Organization	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements
Organization	Note 1. Organization References herein to “we,” “us” or “our” refer to Capital Trust, Inc. and its subsidiaries unless the context specifically requires otherwise. We are a fully integrated, self-managed, real estate finance and investment management company that specializes in credit sensitive financial products. To date, our investment programs have focused on loans and securities backed by commercial real estate assets. We invest for our own account directly on our balance sheet and for third parties through a series of investment management vehicles. Our business model is designed to produce a mix of net interest margin from our balance sheet investments, and fee income and co-investment income from our investment management vehicles. In managing our operations, we focus on originating investments, managing our portfolios and capitalizing our businesses. From the inception of our finance business in 1997 through March 31, 2012, we have completed approximately $12.0 billion of commercial real estate debt investments. We conduct our operations as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes. We are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbol “CT”, and are headquartered in New York City. March 2011 Restructuring On March 31, 2011, we restructured, amended, or extinguished all of our outstanding recourse debt obligations, which we refer to as our March 2011 restructuring. Our March 2011 restructuring involved: (i) the contribution of certain of our legacy assets to a newly formed subsidiary, CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower, Inc., or CT Legacy REIT, (ii) the assumption of our legacy repurchase obligations by CT Legacy REIT, and (iii) the extinguishment of the remainder of our recourse obligations, our senior credit facility and junior subordinated notes. The restructuring was financed with a new $83.0 million mezzanine loan obtained by CT Legacy REIT from an affiliate of Five Mile Capital Partners LLC, or Five Mile, and the issuance of equity interests in the common stock of CT Legacy REIT to the former lenders under our senior credit facility and our former junior subordinated noteholders, as well as to an affiliate of Five Mile. Following the completion of our March 2011 restructuring, we no longer have any recourse debt obligations, and retain unencumbered ownership of 100% of (i) our investment management platform, CT Investment Management Co., LLC, (ii) our co-investment in CT Opportunity Partners I, LP, (iii) our residual ownership interests in three of the CDOs that we issued, CT CDOs I, II, and IV, and (iv) our tax-basis net operating losses. Furthermore, we have a 52% equity interest in the common stock of CT Legacy REIT. Our economic interest in CT Legacy REIT is, however, subject to (i) the secured notes, which are non-recourse obligations that are collateralized by certain of our retained equity interests in the common stock of CT Legacy REIT, (ii) incentive awards that provide for the participation in amounts earned from our retained equity interests in the common stock of CT Legacy REIT, and (iii) the subordinate class B common stock of CT Legacy REIT owned by our former junior subordinate noteholders. See Note 5 for further discussion of the secured notes, Note 9 for further discussion of the management incentive awards plan, and Note 6 for further discussion of the class B common stock. In addition to our interest in the common stock of CT Legacy REIT, we also own 100% of its outstanding class A preferred stock. The class A preferred stock initially entitles us to cumulative preferred dividends of $7.5 million per annum, which dividends will be reduced in January 2013 to the greater of (i) 2.5% of certain of CT Legacy REIT’s assets, and (ii) $1.0 million per annum. CT Legacy Assets Deconsolidation On February 10, 2012, we refinanced CT Legacy REIT’s mezzanine loan and repurchase facility with a single, new $124.0 million repurchase facility with JPMorgan. The borrower under the new JP Morgan facility, CT Legacy Asset, LLC, or CT Legacy Assets, is a wholly owned subsidiary of CT Legacy REIT and owns all of its assets, other than cash. As a result of the refinancing, CT Legacy REIT ceased to be the primary beneficiary of CT Legacy Assets and, therefore, discontinued the consolidation of CT Legacy Assets. As a result, its assets and liabilities were deconsolidated from our financial statements as of February 10, 2012. See Note 6 for a further discussion of CT Legacy REIT and CT Legacy Assets.

Note 1. Organization

References herein to “we,” “us” or “our” refer to Capital Trust, Inc. and its subsidiaries unless the context specifically requires otherwise.

We are a fully integrated, self-managed, real estate finance and investment management company that specializes in credit sensitive financial products. To date, our investment programs have focused on loans and securities backed by commercial real estate assets. We invest for our own account directly on our balance sheet and for third parties through a series of investment management vehicles. Our business model is designed to produce a mix of net interest margin from our balance sheet investments, and fee income and co-investment income from our investment management vehicles. In managing our operations, we focus on originating investments, managing our portfolios and capitalizing our businesses. From the inception of our finance business in 1997 through March 31, 2012, we have completed approximately $12.0 billion of commercial real estate debt investments. We conduct our operations as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes. We are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbol “CT”, and are headquartered in New York City.

March 2011 Restructuring

On March 31, 2011, we restructured, amended, or extinguished all of our outstanding recourse debt obligations, which we refer to as our March 2011 restructuring. Our March 2011 restructuring involved: (i) the contribution of certain of our legacy assets to a newly formed subsidiary, CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower, Inc., or CT Legacy REIT, (ii) the assumption of our legacy repurchase obligations by CT Legacy REIT, and (iii) the extinguishment of the remainder of our recourse obligations, our senior credit facility and junior subordinated notes. The restructuring was financed with a new $83.0 million mezzanine loan obtained by CT Legacy REIT from an affiliate of Five Mile Capital Partners LLC, or Five Mile, and the issuance of equity interests in the common stock of CT Legacy REIT to the former lenders under our senior credit facility and our former junior subordinated noteholders, as well as to an affiliate of Five Mile.

Following the completion of our March 2011 restructuring, we no longer have any recourse debt obligations, and retain unencumbered ownership of 100% of (i) our investment management platform, CT Investment Management Co., LLC, (ii) our co-investment in CT Opportunity Partners I, LP, (iii) our residual ownership interests in three of the CDOs that we issued, CT CDOs I, II, and IV, and (iv) our tax-basis net operating losses. Furthermore, we have a 52% equity interest in the common stock of CT Legacy REIT. Our economic interest in CT Legacy REIT is, however, subject to (i) the secured notes, which are non-recourse obligations that are collateralized by certain of our retained equity interests in the common stock of CT Legacy REIT, (ii) incentive awards that provide for the participation in amounts earned from our retained equity interests in the common stock of CT Legacy REIT, and (iii) the subordinate class B common stock of CT Legacy REIT owned by our former junior subordinate noteholders.

See Note 5 for further discussion of the secured notes, Note 9 for further discussion of the management incentive awards plan, and Note 6 for further discussion of the class B common stock.

In addition to our interest in the common stock of CT Legacy REIT, we also own 100% of its outstanding class A preferred stock. The class A preferred stock initially entitles us to cumulative preferred dividends of $7.5 million per annum, which dividends will be reduced in January 2013 to the greater of (i) 2.5% of certain of CT Legacy REIT’s assets, and (ii) $1.0 million per annum.

CT Legacy Assets Deconsolidation

On February 10, 2012, we refinanced CT Legacy REIT’s mezzanine loan and repurchase facility with a single, new $124.0 million repurchase facility with JPMorgan. The borrower under the new JP Morgan facility, CT Legacy Asset, LLC, or CT Legacy Assets, is a wholly owned subsidiary of CT Legacy REIT and owns all of its assets, other than cash. As a result of the refinancing, CT Legacy REIT ceased to be the primary beneficiary of CT Legacy Assets and, therefore, discontinued the consolidation of CT Legacy Assets. As a result, its assets and liabilities were deconsolidated from our financial statements as of February 10, 2012.

See Note 6 for a further discussion of CT Legacy REIT and CT Legacy Assets.