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INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURES  
INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURES

NOTE 7—INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURES

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company participated in three and four unconsolidated joint ventures, respectively, each of which owns and operates one property; the Company’s equity investment in these ventures totaled $10,702,000 and $11,061,000, respectively. The Company recorded equity in earnings of $38,000, $16,000 and $1,304,000 during 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Included in equity in earnings from unconsolidated joint ventures during 2018 is income of (i) $550,000 due to the write-off of an intangible lease liability in connection with the expiration of the Kmart lease at the Manahawkin, New Jersey property and (ii) $110,000 related to the discontinuance of hedge accounting on a mortgage swap related to a property sold in July 2018 (see Note 9).

In March 2020, an unconsolidated joint venture sold its property located in Savannah, Georgia for $819,000, net of closing costs. The Company’s 50% share of the gain from this sale was $121,000, which is included in Equity in earnings from sale of unconsolidated joint venture properties on the consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2020. In 2018, the Company recorded equity in earnings from the sale of unconsolidated joint venture properties of $2,057,000.

At December 31, 2020 and 2019, MCB and the Company are partners in an unconsolidated joint venture in which the Company’s equity investment is approximately $8,761,000 and $8,834,000, respectively.