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Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures  
Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

Note 7– Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

On July 31, 2018, an unconsolidated joint venture sold its property located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for $12,813,000, net of closing costs, and paid off the related $6,970,000 mortgage. The Company’s 50% share of the gain from this sale was $1,986,000, which is included in Equity in earnings from sale of unconsolidated joint venture properties on the consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018.

On April 5, 2018, an unconsolidated joint venture sold its building and a portion of its land, located in Savannah, Georgia for $2,600,000, net of closing costs. The Company's 50% share of the gain from this sale was $71,000, which is included in Equity in earnings from sale of unconsolidated joint venture properties on the consolidated statement of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The unconsolidated joint venture retained approximately five acres of land at this property.

The Company’s remaining four unconsolidated joint ventures each own and operate one property.  At September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company’s equity investment in unconsolidated joint ventures totaled $10,283,000 and $10,723,000, respectively. In addition to the equity in earnings from the sale of properties of $2,057,000 in 2018, the Company recorded equity in earnings of $173,000 and $716,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, and $212,000 and $663,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. Included in equity in earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 is income of $110,000 related to the discontinuance of hedge accounting on a mortgage swap related to the unconsolidated joint venture property, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that was sold in July 2018 (see above and Note 15).

At September 30, 2018, MCB is the Company’s joint venture partner in one of these unconsolidated joint ventures in which the Company has an equity investment of $8,534,000.