Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.
A lender that provides senior mortgages on commercial real estate — office towers, hotels, apartment buildings, and warehouses — to property owners across the United States and Europe. The company began in 1997 as Capital Trust, a small real estate lender, and was renamed after Blackstone, the giant investment firm, took over its management in 2013. Its ticker symbol, BXMT, is a wink at its parent company.
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