Starwood suing HFZ for $157M over co-op conversion loan default
Starwood Property Trust is suing Ziel Feldman’s HFZ Capital Group, charging the developer defaulted on loan payments at an...
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Barry Sternlicht on 1031s: Kill them
Barry Sternlicht compares the coronavirus pandemic to a race at the Indianapolis Speedway gone wrong. As a pace car laps around the track, lenders have to pull into the pit to change the tires...
Starwood Property Trust looks to offload $2B loan portfolio
Starwood Property Trust is reportedly trying to sell a portfolio of loans that it purchased in 2018 as a...
“When it’s really ugly, it’s a good time to invest”: Sternlicht on Starwood’s hunt for opportunities
When the coronavirus started to take hold, Barry Sternlicht compared it to World War III. With the pandemic having completely overwhelmed the global economy,...
Sternlicht on retail’s woes: Tenants have done “incredibly shitty job” running stores
Troubles in the retail world aren’t going away anytime soon — and retailers have themselves to blame. That’s according to Starwood Property Trust CEO...
Sternlicht gets political on earnings call
Starwood Property Trust’s CEO Barry Sternlicht sees an economic slowdown in the near future as the country faces a new presidential election. “I’ve never seen an election as long as I have been alive...
“The only thing we worry about is the calamitous recession”: Barry Sternlicht tells analysts in Q2 earnings call
On the heels of a strong second quarter for Starwood Property Trust, Chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht spoke to analysts during an earnings call...
Starwood earnings down 30% as REIT writes off losses from regional malls
Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Property Trust saw earnings fall by nearly a third at the start of the year as...
Starwood expects to boost offshore investing as US economy slows
Starwood Property Trust’s Barry Sternlicht told analysts the real estate investment trust increased its offshore spending in 2018, particularly...
Starwood expands outside real estate with GE energy finance acquisition
Starwood Property Trust plans to buy a GE energy-finance business for $2.56 billion, part of the firm’s plan to...