Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. is a real estate finance company that originates, acquires, and manages loans and other debt or credit-oriented investments collateralized by or related to commercial real estate. Its investment portfolio consists of senior floating rate mortgage loans secured by a first-priority mortgage on commercial real estate assets. The company operates in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Spain, Sweden, Canada, the rest of Europe, and internationally, and it operates as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. Formerly known as Capital Trust, Inc., it changed its name to Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. in May 2013; it was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, New York.