Capital Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CT) is a finance and investment management company focused on the commercial real estate industry. Capital Trust's professionals combine extensive real estate experience and capital markets expertise with a broad network of relationships to originate, underwrite, structure, close and manage real estate-related high-yield debt and other investments.
Since its inception in 1997, Capital Trust has established itself as a leader in the field of commercial real estate finance, having closed over $5.0 billion of mezzanine and other high-yield investments. Capital Trust has one of the deepest and most experienced investment management teams in the sector, led by John R. Klopp (CEO), Stephen D. Plavin (COO) and Geoffrey G. Jervis (CFO). This team is augmented by Capital Trust's Board of Directors, which includes some of the real estate industry's most respected investors: Samuel Zell (Chairman), Craig Hatkoff (Co-Founder and Director),and Tom Dobrowski (Managing Director of General Motors Investment Management Co.).
Capital Trust is headquartered in New York City. The company is organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT).
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