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Date: November 8, 2010

/s/ JAY SUGARMAN

Jay Sugarman

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q


(Mark One)
ý		QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010
OR
o		TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to

Commission File No. 1-15371

iSTAR FINANCIAL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Maryland (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		95-6881527 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 39^th Floor New York, NY (Address of principal executive offices)		10036 (Zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 930-9400

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (i) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding twelve months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports); and (ii) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer o		Accelerated filer ý		Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).Yes o No ý

As of October 29, 2010, there were 92,318,899 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of iStar Financial Inc. ("Common Stock") outstanding.

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iStar Financial Inc.

Index to Form 10-Q

		Page

Part I.	Consolidated Financial Information	2
Item 1.	Financial Statements:	2
	Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009	2
	Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)—For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009	3
	Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity (unaudited)—For the nine months ended September 30, 2010	4
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)—For the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009	5
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	6
Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	37
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	50
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	50
Part II.	Other Information	52
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	52
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	54
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	54
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	55
Item 4.	(Removed and Reserved)	55
Item 5.	Other Information	55
Item 6.	Exhibits	55
SIGNATURES		56

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PART I. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

iStar Financial Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

		As of September 30, 2010			As of December 31, 2009

ASSETS
Loans and other lending investments, net		$	5,339,180		$	7,661,562
Corporate tenant lease assets, net			1,792,206			2,885,896
Other investments			542,540			433,130
Real estate held for investment, net			709,448			422,664
Other real estate owned			782,611			839,141
Assets held for sale			—			17,282
Cash and cash equivalents			1,119,641			224,632
Restricted cash			12,005			39,654
Accrued interest and operating lease income receivable, net			23,147			54,780
Deferred operating lease income receivable			62,116			122,628
Deferred expenses and other assets, net			81,855			109,206

	Total assets	$	10,464,749		$	12,810,575

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities		$	185,309		$	252,110
Debt obligations, net			8,517,401			10,894,903

	Total liabilities		8,702,710			11,147,013

Commitments and contingencies			—			—
Redeemable noncontrolling interests			1,366			7,444
Equity:
iStar Financial Inc. shareholders' equity:
Preferred Stock Series D, E, F, G and I, liquidation preference $25.00 per share (see Note 11)			22			22
High Performance Units			9,800			9,800
Common Stock, $0.001 par value, 200,000 shares authorized, 138,172 issued and 92,319 outstanding at September 30, 2010 and 137,868 issued and 94,216 outstanding at December 31, 2009			138			138
Additional paid-in capital			3,804,663			3,791,972
Retained earnings (deficit)			(1,944,898	)		(2,051,376	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (see Note 14)			2,027			6,145
Treasury stock, at cost, $0.001 par value, 45,853 shares at September 30, 2010 and 43,652 shares at December 31, 2009			(158,492	)		(151,016	)

	Total iStar Financial Inc. shareholders' equity		1,713,260			1,605,685
Noncontrolling interests			47,413			50,433

	Total equity		1,760,673			1,656,118

	Total liabilities and equity	$	10,464,749		$	12,810,575

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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iStar Financial Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

			For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

			2010			2009			2010			2009
Revenue:
	Interest income		$	84,210		$	124,701		$	287,295		$	444,109
	Operating lease income			41,546			44,063			127,981			133,634
	Other income			8,616			9,452			22,869			20,397

		Total revenue		134,372			178,216			438,145			598,140

Costs and expenses:
	Interest expense			77,286			97,094			246,815			322,255
	Operating costs—corporate tenant lease assets			5,226			3,809			11,279			11,924
	Depreciation and amortization			15,509			16,564			47,510			46,890
	General and administrative			24,239			28,543			76,569			97,856
	Provision for loan losses			78,414			345,892			277,242			1,039,004
	Impairment of other assets			3,832			17,565			17,041			65,129
	Other expense			24,052			12,459			61,044			84,523

		Total costs and expenses		228,558			521,926			737,500			1,667,581

Income (loss) before earnings (loss) from equity method investments and gain on early extinguishment of debt				(94,186	)		(343,710	)		(299,355	)		(1,069,441	)
	Gain on early extinguishment of debt, net			9,525			91,701			118,305			446,957
	Earnings (loss) from equity method investments			6,523			7,370			31,703			(11,266	)

Income (loss) from continuing operations				(78,138	)		(244,639	)		(149,347	)		(633,750	)
	Income (loss) from discontinued operations			(916	)		(3,612	)		18,040			4,837
	Gain from discontinued operations			4,422			809			270,382			12,426

Net income (loss)				(74,632	)		(247,442	)		139,075			(616,487	)
	Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests			(858	)		(515	)		(857	)		998

Net income (loss) attributable to iStar Financial Inc.				(75,490	)		(247,957	)		138,218			(615,489	)
	Preferred dividends			(10,580	)		(10,580	)		(31,740	)		(31,740	)

Net income (loss) attributable to iStar Financial Inc. and allocable to common shareholders, HPU holders and Participating Security holders(1)(2)(3)			$	(86,070	)	$	(258,537	)	$	106,478		$	(647,229	)

Per common share data(3):
	Income (loss) attributable to iStar Financial Inc. from continuing operations:
		Basic and diluted	$	(0.93	)	$	(2.52	)	$	(1.89	)	$	(6.38	)
	Net income (loss) attributable to iStar Financial Inc.:
		Basic and diluted	$	(0.89	)	$	(2.55	)	$	1.10		$	(6.21	)
	Weighted average number of common shares—basic and diluted			93,370			98,674			93,556			101,324
Per HPU share data(1)(3):
	Income (loss) attributable to iStar Financial Inc. from continuing operations:
		Basic and diluted	$	(176.14	)	$	(476.73	)	$	(356.46	)	$	(1,207.13	)
	Net income (loss) attributable to iStar Financial Inc.:
		Basic and diluted	$	(169.27	)	$	(481.93	)	$	209.67		$	(1,175.73	)
	Weighted average number of HPU shares—basic and diluted			15			15			15			15

Explanatory Notes:

(1): HPU holders are current and former Company employees who purchased high performance common stock units under the Company's High Performance Unit Program.
(2): Participating Security holders are Company employees and directors who hold unvested restricted stock units and common stock equivalents granted under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plans.
(3): See Note 13 for amounts attributable to iStar Financial Inc. for income (loss) from continuing operations and further details on the calculation of earnings per share.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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iStar Financial Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

(In thousands)

(unaudited)

	iStar Financial Inc. Shareholders' Equity

	Preferred Stock(1)		HPU's		Common Stock at Par		Additional Paid-In Capital		Retained Earnings (Deficit)			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income			Treasury Stock at cost			Noncontrolling Interests			Total Equity
Balance at December 31, 2009	$	22	$	9,800	$	138	$	3,791,972	$	(2,051,376	)	$	6,145		$	(151,016	)	$	50,433		$	1,656,118
Dividends declared—preferred		—		—		—		—		(31,740	)		—			—			—			(31,740	)
Repurchase of stock		—		—		—		—		—			—			(7,476	)		—			(7,476	)
Restricted stock unit amortization, net		—		—		—		12,691		—			—			—			—			12,691
Net income for the period(2)		—		—		—		—		138,218			—			—			864			139,082
Contributions from noncontrolling interests		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			10			10
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			(3,894	)		(3,894	)
Change in accumulated other comprehensive income		—		—		—		—		—			(4,118	)		—			—			(4,118	)

Balance at September 30, 2010	$	22	$	9,800	$	138	$	3,804,663	$	(1,944,898	)	$	2,027		$	(158,492	)	$	47,413		$	1,760,673

Explanatory Notes:

(1): See Note 11 for details on the Company's Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock.
(2): For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, net income presented above excludes $7 of net loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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iStar Financial Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(unaudited)

			For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

			2010			2009
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)			$	139,075		$	(616,487	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash flows from operating activities:
	Provision for loan losses			277,242			1,039,004
	Non-cash expense for stock-based compensation			13,597			17,572
	Impairment of other assets			18,882			76,433
	Depreciation and amortization			55,036			74,037
	Amortization of discounts/premiums and deferred financing costs on debt			(15,899	)		(4,175	)
	Amortization of discounts/premiums, deferred interest and costs on lending investments			(81,636	)		(91,596	)
	Discounts, loan fees and deferred interest received			10,539			9,605
	(Earnings)/losses from equity method investments			(31,703	)		11,266
	Distributions from operations of equity method investments			26,245			22,365
	Deferred operating lease income			(8,010	)		(11,434	)
	Gain from discontinued operations			(270,382	)		(12,426	)
	Gain on early extinguishment of debt, net			(119,457	)		(446,957	)
	Other non-cash adjustments			674			(5,033	)
	Changes in assets and liabilities:
		Changes in accrued interest and operating lease income receivable, net		15,521			38,314
		Changes in deferred expenses and other assets, net		(6,021	)		6,444
		Changes in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities		(14,850	)		(6,303	)

		Cash flows from operating activities		8,853			100,629

Cash flows from investing activities:
	New investment originations			(100,000	)		—
	Add-on fundings under existing loan commitments			(303,336	)		(1,011,401	)
	Repayments of and principal collections on loans			1,209,098			606,259
	Purchase of securities			(311	)		(17,742	)
	Net proceeds from sales of loans			413,983			554,850
	Net proceeds from sales of CTL assets			1,362,983			58,417
	Net proceeds from sales of other real estate owned			374,881			172,484
	Net proceeds from repayments and sales of securities			213,239			19,360
	Contributions to unconsolidated entities			(15,793	)		(21,104	)
	Distributions from unconsolidated entities			7,778			7,335
	Capital expenditures on CTL and REHI assets			(19,736	)		(4,539	)
	Other investing activities, net			(11,852	)		(14,277	)

		Cash flows from investing activities		3,130,934			349,642

Cash flows from financing activities:
	Borrowings under revolving credit facilities			499			134,423
	Repayments under revolving credit facilities			—			(371,798	)
	Borrowings under secured term loans			—			1,000,000
	Repayments under secured term loans			(1,131,186	)		(312,917	)
	Repayments under unsecured notes			(264,388	)		(628,366	)
	Repurchases and redemptions of secured and unsecured notes			(811,773	)		(588,383	)
	Net distributions to noncontrolling interests			(9,903	)		(1,707	)
	Changes in restricted cash held in connection with debt obligations			11,189			114,408
	Payments for deferred financing costs			—			(51,801	)
	Preferred dividends paid			(31,740	)		(31,740	)
	Purchase of treasury stock			(7,476	)		(21,837	)

		Cash flows from financing activities		(2,244,778	)		(759,718	)

	Changes in cash and cash equivalents			895,009			(309,447	)
	Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period			224,632			496,537

	Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		$	1,119,641		$	187,090

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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iStar Financial Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

Note 1—Business and Organization

Business—iStar Financial Inc., or the "Company," is a publicly-traded finance company focused on the commercial real estate industry. The Company primarily provides custom-tailored financing to high-end private and corporate owners of real estate, including senior and mezzanine real estate debt, senior and mezzanine corporate capital, as well as corporate net lease financing and equity. The Company, which is taxed as a real estate investment trust, or "REIT," provides innovative and value-added financing solutions to its customers. The Company delivers customized financing products to sophisticated real estate borrowers and corporate customers who require a high level of flexibility and service. The Company's two primary lines of business are lending and corporate tenant leasing. As discussed in Note 10, the Company's business has been severely affected by the financial crisis. The Company has significantly curtailed asset origination activities outside its existing portfolio and has focused its resources on asset management of the portfolio.

Organization—The Company began its business in 1993 through private investment funds and became publicly traded in 1998. Since that time, the Company has grown through the origination of new lending and leasing transactions, as well as through corporate acquisitions, including the acquisition of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. in 1999, the acquisitions of Falcon Financial Investment Trust and of a significant non-controlling interest in Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. and affiliates in 2005, and the acquisition of the commercial real estate lending business and loan portfolio which the Company refers to as "Fremont CRE," of Fremont Investment and Loan, or "Fremont," a division of Fremont General Corporation, in 2007.

Note 2—Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

Basis of Presentation—The accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10-01 of Regulation S-X for interim financial statements. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("GAAP") for complete financial statements. These unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented. Such operating results may not be indicative of the expected results for any other interim periods or the entire year.

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified in the Consolidated Financial Statements and the related Notes to conform to the 2010 presentation.

Principles of Consolidation—The Consolidated Financial Statements include the financial statements of the Company, its wholly owned subsidiaries, controlled partnerships and variable interest entities

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iStar Financial Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

Note 2—Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation (Continued)

("VIEs") for which the Company is the primary beneficiary (see Note 3). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Note 3—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

As of September 30, 2010, the Company's significant accounting policies, which are detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, have not changed, except for the following:

Consolidation—Variable interest entities—The Company adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2009-17 on January 1, 2010. In accordance with the standard, the Company evaluated its investments and other contractual arrangements to determine if they constitute variable interests in a VIE. A VIE is an entity where a controlling financial interest is achieved through means other than voting rights. A VIE is consolidated by the primary beneficiary, which is the party that has the power to direct matters that most significantly impact the activities of the VIE and has the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. This overall consolidation assessment includes a review of, among other factors, which interests create or absorb variability, contractual terms, the key decision making powers, their impact on the VIE's economic performance, and related party relationships. Where qualitative assessment is not conclusive, the Company performs a quantitative analysis. The Company reassesses its evaluation of the primary beneficiary of a VIE on an ongoing basis and assesses its evaluation of an entity as a VIE upon certain reconsideration events.

The Company has investments in certain funds that meet the deferral criteria in ASU 2010-10 and will continue to assess consolidation of these entities under the overall guidance on the consolidation of VIEs in Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 810-10. The consolidation evaluation is similar to the process noted above, except that the primary beneficiary is the party that will receive a majority of the VIE's anticipated losses, a majority of the VIE's expected residual returns, or both. In addition, for entities that meet the deferral criteria, the Company reassesses its initial evaluation of the primary beneficiary and whether an entity is a VIE upon the occurrence of certain reconsideration events.

Consolidated VIEs—The Company did not consolidate any new entities as the result of the adoption of ASU 2009-17. The Company continues to consolidate OHA Strategic Credit Fund Parallel I, L.P. ("OHA SCF"), which was created to invest in distressed and undervalued loans, bonds, equities and other investments. As of September 30, 2010, OHA SCF had $41.8 million of total assets, no debt and $0.1 million of noncontrolling interests. The investments held by this entity are presented in "Other investments" on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had a total unfunded commitment of $26.8 million to this entity.

The Company also continues to consolidate Madison Deutsche Andau Holdings, LP ("Madison DA"), which was created to invest in mortgage loans secured by real estate in Europe. As of September 30, 2010, Madison DA had $59.4 million of total assets, no debt and $8.8 million of noncontrolling interests. The investments held by this entity are presented in "Loans and other lending investments, net" on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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iStar Financial Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

Note 3—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Unconsolidated VIEs—On January 1, 2010, the Company deconsolidated Moor Park Real Estate Partners II, L.P. Incorporated ("Moor Park") as a result of the adoption of ASU 2009-17. Moor Park is a third-party managed fund that was created to make investments in European real estate as a 33% investor along-side a sister fund. The Company determined it did not have the power to direct matters that most significantly impact the activities of the VIE due to its interest as a limited partner. There was no cumulative effect adjustment resulting from the deconsolidation and the investment continues to be classified in "Other investments" on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2010, the Company's carrying value in Moor Park was $12.6 million. The Company's maximum exposure to loss from this investment would not exceed the carrying value of its investment.

In addition, the Company determined 26 of its other investments were VIEs where it is not the primary beneficiary and accordingly the VIEs have not been consolidated in the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements. As of September 30, 2010, the Company's maximum exposure to loss from these investments would not exceed the sum of the $154.2 million carrying value of the investments and $33.6 million of related unfunded commitments.

In addition, the Company has included supplemental disclosure on its reserve for loan losses policy, as follows:

Reserve for loan losses—The reserve for loan losses reflects management's estimate of loan losses inherent in the loan portfolio as of the balance sheet date. The reserve is increased through the "Provision for loan losses" on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations and is decreased by charge-offs when losses are confirmed through the receipt of assets such as cash in a pre-foreclosure sale or via ownership control of the underlying collateral in full satisfaction of the loan upon foreclosure or when significant collection efforts have ceased. The reserve for loan losses includes a general, formula-based component and an asset-specific component.

The general reserve component covers performing loans and reserves for loan losses are recorded when (i) available information as of each balance sheet date indicates that it is probable a loss has occurred in the portfolio and (ii) the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. The formula-based general reserve is derived from estimated principal default probabilities and loss severities applied to groups of loans based upon risk ratings assigned to loans with similar risk characteristics during the Company's quarterly loan portfolio assessment. During this assessment, the Company performs a comprehensive analysis of its loan portfolio and assigns risk ratings to loans that incorporate management's current judgments about their credit quality based on all known relevant internal and external factors that may affect collectability. The Company considers, among other things, payment status, lien position, borrower financial resources and investment in collateral, collateral type, project economics and geographical location as well as national and regional economic factors. This methodology results in loans being segmented by risk classification into risk rating categories that are associated with estimated probabilities of default and principal loss. The Company estimates loss rates based on historical realized losses experienced within its portfolio and takes into account current economic conditions affecting the commercial real estate market when establishing appropriate time frames to evaluate loss experience.

The asset-specific reserve component relates to reserves for losses on impaired loans. The Company considers a loan to be impaired when, based upon current information and events, it believes that it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due under the contractual terms of the

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iStar Financial Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

Note 3—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

loan agreement. This assessment is made on a loan-by-loan basis each quarter based on such factors as payment status, lien position, borrower financial resources and investment in collateral, collateral type, project economics and geographical location as well as national and regional economic factors. A reserve is established for an impaired loan when the present value of payments expected to be received, observable market prices, or the estimated fair value of the collateral (for loans that are dependent on the collateral for repayment) is lower than the carrying value of that loan.

Substantially all of the Company's impaired loans are collateral dependent and impairment is measured using the estimated fair value of collateral, less costs to sell. The Company generally uses the income approach through internally developed valuation models to estimate the fair value of the collateral for such loans. In more limited cases, the Company obtains external "as is" appraisals for loan collateral, generally when third party participations exist. Valuations are performed or obtained at the time a loan is determined to be impaired and designated non-performing, and they are updated if circumstances indicate that a significant change in value has occurred. In limited cases, appraised values may be discounted when real estate markets rapidly deteriorate.

A loan is also considered impaired if its terms are modified in a troubled debt restructuring ("TDR"). A TDR occurs when the Company grants a concession to a borrower in financial difficulty by modifying the original terms of the loan. Impairments on TDR loans are generally measured based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the effective interest rate of the original loan.

New accounting standards

In July 2010, Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU 2010-20, "Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses," ("ASU 2010-20"), which outlines specific disclosures that will be required for the allowance for credit losses and all finance receivables. Finance receivables includes loans, lease receivables and other arrangements with a contractual right to receive money on demand or on fixed or determinable dates that is recognized as an asset on an entity's statement of financial position. ASU 2010-20 will require companies to provide disaggregated levels of disclosure by portfolio segment and class to enable users of the financial statement to understand the nature of credit risk, how the risk is analyzed in determining the related allowance for credit losses and changes to the allowance during the reporting period. Required disclosures under ASU 2010-20 as of the end of a reporting period are effective for the Company's December 31, 2010 reporting period and disclosures regarding activities during a reporting period are effective for the Company's March 31, 2011 interim reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the required disclosures.

In February 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-10, "Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments for Certain Investments Funds" ("ASU 2010-10"), which amended certain provisions of ASC 810-10. ASU 2010-10 defers the effective date of ASU 2009-17 for reporting enterprises' interest in certain entities and for certain money market mutual funds. An entity that qualifies for the deferral will continue to be assessed under the overall guidance on the consolidation of variable interest entities in ASC 810-10 (previously Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 167) or other applicable consolidation guidance. In addition, ASU 2010-10 amended certain provisions to change how a decision maker or service provider determines whether its contract represents a variable interest. The Company

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iStar Financial Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

Note 3—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

adopted ASU 2010-10 on January 1, 2010, as required, and as a result, deferred the effective date of ASC 810-10 for certain entities that met the criteria.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 167, "Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R)" ("ASU 2009-17"), which eliminates the exemption for qualifying special purpose entities, creates a new approach for determining who should consolidate a VIE and requires an ongoing reassessment to determine if a company should consolidate a VIE. The standard is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after November 15, 2009. The Company adopted ASU 2009-17 on January 1, 2010, as required.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 166, "Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140" ("ASU 2009-16"), which eliminates the qualifying special-purpose entity concept, creates a new unit of account definition that must be met for transfers of portions of financial assets to be eligible for sale accounting, clarifies and changes the de-recognition criteria for a transfer to be accounted for as a sale, changes the amount of recognized gain or loss on a transfer of financial assets accounted for as a sale when beneficial interests are received by the transferor and requires new disclosures. The Company adopted ASU 2009-16 on January 1, 2010, as required, and it did not have a significant impact on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

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(unaudited)

Note 4—Loans and Other Lending Investments, net

The following is a summary of the Company's loans and other lending investments ($ in thousands):

		As of September 30, 2010											As of December 31, 2009

Type of Investment(1)		Loan Count		Performing Loans		Loan Count		Non- performing Loans(2)		Total			Loan Count		Performing Loans			Loan Count		Non- performing Loans(2)			Total
Senior Mortgages			81	$	2,561,335		55	$	2,653,063	$	5,214,398			108	$	3,791,633			73	$	4,049,300		$	7,840,933
Subordinate Mortgages			14		291,323		2		91,966		383,289			17		401,532			4		89,881			491,413
Corporate/Partnership Loans			19		738,690		2		10,971		749,661			19		887,555			6		70,074			957,629

	Managed Loan Value(3)		114		3,591,348		59		2,756,000		6,347,348			144		5,080,720			83		4,209,255			9,289,975
Participated portion of loans(3)					—				—		—					(174,936	)				(298,333	)		(473,269	)

	Total Loans			$	3,591,348			$	2,756,000		6,347,348				$	4,905,784				$	3,910,922			8,816,706
Reserves for loan losses											(1,024,661	)												(1,417,949	)

	Total Loans, net										5,322,687													7,398,757
Other lending investments—securities											16,493													262,805

	Total Loans and other lending investments, net									$	5,339,180												$	7,661,562

Explanatory Notes:

(1): Loans and other lending investments are presented net of unearned income, unamortized discounts and premiums and net unamortized deferred fees and costs. In total, these amounts represented a net discount of $88.0 million and $97.0 million as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
(2): Substantially all of the Company's impaired loans are collateral dependent and impairment has been measured using the fair value of collateral less costs to sell. Additionally, substantially all of the Company's specific reserves relate to loans where impairment was measured based on the estimated fair value of the loans' collateral. Non-performing loans have been determined to be impaired in accordance with the Company's policy and are on non-accrual status. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had non-accrual loans with a total carrying value of $2.90 billion and $4.13 billion, respectively, which included non-performing loans and certain loans that were restructured in troubled debt restructurings.
(3): Managed Loan Value represents the Company's carrying value of a loan, gross of specific reserves and the outstanding participation interest on loans in the Fremont CRE portfolio. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had received $5.4 million of principal repayments that had not yet been remitted to the Fremont Participation holder and are reflected as a payable in "Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities" on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Fremont Participation below for further discussion.

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(unaudited)

Note 4—Loans and Other Lending Investments, net (Continued)

Changes in the Company's reserve for loan losses were as follows (in thousands):


Reserve for loan losses, December 31, 2008	$	976,788
Provision for loan losses		1,255,357
Charge-offs		(814,196	)

Reserve for loan losses, December 31, 2009(1)		1,417,949
Provision for loan losses		277,242
Charge-offs		(670,530	)

Reserve for loan losses, September 30, 2010(1)	$	1,024,661

Explanatory Note:

(1): Total reserve for loan losses at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, included asset specific reserves of $891.0 million and $1.24 billion, respectively, and general reserves of $133.7 million and $174.9 million, respectively.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company funded $303.3 million under existing loan commitments and received gross principal repayments of $1.74 billion, of which a portion of these repayments were allocable to the Fremont Participation (as defined below). During the same period, the Company sold loans with a total carrying value of $484.3 million, for which it recognized charge-offs of $70.3 million.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company received title to properties in full or partial satisfaction of non-performing mortgage loans with a carrying value of $1.02 billion, for which the properties had served as collateral, and recorded charge-offs totaling $412.9 million related to these loans. These properties were recorded as Other real estate owned ("OREO") or Real estate held for investment ("REHI") on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets (see Note 5).

The carrying value of impaired loans was $2.99 billion and $4.20 billion as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. As of September 30, 2010, the Company assessed the impaired loans for specific impairment and determined that non-performing loans with a carrying value of $2.37 billion required specific reserves totaling $891.0 million and that the remaining impaired loans did not require any specific reserves. The average carrying value of total impaired loans was approximately $3.47 billion and $4.00 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Company recorded interest income from cash payments received on impaired loans of $2.5 million and $26.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, and $3.8 million and $9.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively.

Fremont Participation—On July 2, 2007, the Company sold a $4.20 billion participation interest ("Fremont Participation") in the $6.27 billion Fremont CRE portfolio. The Company repaid the participation interest in full on October 15, 2010. While the Fremont Participation interest was outstanding, the holder of the participation received floating interest at LIBOR + 1.50% and 70% of all principal collected from the Fremont CRE portfolio, including principal collected from amounts funded on the loans subsequent to the acquisition of the portfolio and proceeds received from asset sales. As a result of the repayment, the Company will retain 100% of proceeds from sales and repayments of assets associated with the Fremont CRE portfolio, and the assets included in the portfolio will be eligible for

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selection by the Company's lenders to serve as collateral for the Company's borrowings under its secured credit facilities and secured notes.

Changes in the outstanding Fremont Participation balance were as follows (in thousands):


Loan participation, December 31, 2009	$	473,269
Principal repayments(1)		(473,269	)

Loan participation, September 30, 2010	$	—

Explanatory Note:

(1): Includes $5.4 million of principal repayments received by the Company as of September 30, 2010 that had not yet been remitted to the Fremont Participation holder and are reflected as a payable in "Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities" on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Securities—During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company recognized $9.0 million in net gains resulting from a $205.0 million prepayment of held-to-maturity debt securities and sales of its remaining available-for-sale debt securities.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company determined that unrealized credit related losses on certain held-to-maturity and available-for-sale debt securities were other-than-temporary and recorded impairment charges totaling $2.2 million and $11.7 million in "Impairment of other assets" on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Encumbered loans—As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, loans and other lending investments with a carrying value of $3.63 billion and $4.39 billion, respectively, were pledged as collateral under the Company's secured indebtedness.

Note 5—Real estate held for investment, net and Other real estate owned

During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company received title to properties with an aggregate estimated fair value of $607.1 million, in full or partial satisfaction of non-performing mortgage loans for which those properties had served as collateral. Of that amount, properties with a value of $269.4 million were classified as REHI and $337.7 million as OREO, based on management's current intention to either hold the properties over a longer period or to market them for sale.

Real estate held for investment, net—REHI consisted of the following (in thousands):

	As of September 30, 2010			As of December 31, 2009

Land held for investment and development	$	487,735		$	290,283
Other operating properties		228,357			135,281
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		(6,644	)		(2,900	)

Real estate held for investment, net	$	709,448		$	422,664

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(unaudited)

Note 5—Real estate held for investment, net and Other real estate owned (Continued)

The Company records REHI operating income in "Other income" and REHI operating expenses in "Other expense," on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations, as follows (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

	2010		2009		2010		2009
REHI operating income	$	5,597	$	2,977	$	14,111	$	2,977
REHI operating expenses	$	8,944	$	4,955	$	21,113	$	4,955

Other real estate owned—During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company sold OREO assets with a carrying value of $370.2 million. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company recorded net (recoveries)/impairment charges on OREO properties totaling $(0.4) million and $16.8 million, respectively, and recorded net expenses related to holding costs for OREO properties of $10.2 million and $24.1 million, respectively.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recorded impairment charges to OREO properties totaling $8.0 million and $36.9 million, respectively, and recorded net expenses related to holding costs for OREO properties of $7.2 million and $20.7 million, respectively.

Encumbered OREO and REHI assets—As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, OREO assets with a carrying value of $281.5 million and $232.7 million, respectively, and REHI assets with a carrying value of $43.0 million and $27.1 million, respectively were pledged as collateral under the Company's secured indebtedness.

Note 6—Corporate Tenant Lease Assets, net

The Company's investments in CTL assets, at cost, were as follows (in thousands):

	As of September 30, 2010			As of December 31, 2009

Facilities and improvements	$	1,648,100		$	2,761,083
Land and land improvements		454,925			639,581
Less: accumulated depreciation		(310,819	)		(514,768	)

Corporate tenant lease assets, net	$	1,792,206		$	2,885,896

On June 25, 2010, the Company completed the sale of a portfolio of 32 CTL assets to a single purchaser for a gross purchase price of $1.35 billion that resulted in a net gain of $250.3 million. The aggregate carrying value of the portfolio of assets was $1.05 billion. In relation to this transaction, the Company reduced its gain on sale and recorded a liability of $30.0 million based upon certain contingent obligations potentially owing to the purchaser. Proceeds from this transaction were used to repay a $947.9 million term loan collateralized by the properties being sold that was scheduled to mature in April 2011, as well as for general corporate purposes. See Note 9 for additional details on the repayment of the debt collateralized by these assets. As part of the purchaser's financing for the transaction, the Company

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(unaudited)

Note 6—Corporate Tenant Lease Assets, net (Continued)

provided the purchaser with $105.6 million of mezzanine loans, which were subsequently paid down to $26.9 million as of September 30, 2010.

Summarized financial information for discontinued operations related to the sale of the portfolio of 32 CTL assets is as follows (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

	2010		2009		2010		2009
Total revenues	$	—	$	28,750	$	55,559	$	85,945
Income from discontinued operations	$	—	$	2,320	$	16,389	$	8,053

In addition to the sale of the portfolio of assets noted above, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company sold CTL assets with carrying values of $48.6 million and $119.7 million, respectively, which resulted in gains of $4.4 million and $20.1 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company sold CTL assets with carrying values of $21.2 million and $46.0 million, respectively, which resulted in gains of $0.8 million and $12.4 million, respectively.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company recorded impairment charges on CTL assets of $5.7 million and $6.1 million, respectively, of which $1.5 million and $1.9 million were included in "Income (loss) from discontinued operations" on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recorded impairment charges on CTL assets of $8.9 million and $11.5 million, respectively, of which $8.7 million and $11.3 million were included in "Income (loss) from discontinued operations" on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company receives reimbursements from customers for certain facility operating expenses including common area costs, insurance and real estate taxes. Customer expense reimbursements were $6.2 million and $23.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, and $9.5 million and $28.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. Of these amounts, $5.8 million and $18.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, and $6.4 million and $18.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, were included as a reduction of "Operating costs—corporate tenant lease assets," and the remainder was included in "Income (loss) from discontinued operations" on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Allowance for doubtful accounts—As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the total allowance for doubtful accounts related to tenant receivables was $3.4 million and $2.8 million, respectively.

Encumbered CTL assets—As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, CTL assets with a carrying value of $1.54 billion and $2.59 billion, respectively, were encumbered with mortgages or pledged as collateral under the Company's secured indebtedness.

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(unaudited)

Note 7—Other Investments

Other investments consist of the following items (in thousands):

	As of September 30, 2010		As of December 31, 2009

Equity method investments	$	506,987	$	339,002
CTL in-place lease intangibles, net(1)		26,174		48,751
Cost method investments		9,020		6,923
Marketable securities		359		38,454

Other investments	$	542,540	$	433,130

Explanatory Note:

(1): Accumulated amortization for these assets was $24.9 million and $33.1 million as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. Amortization expense related to these assets was $1.6 million and $4.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, and $1.7 million and $5.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively.

Equity method investments

The Company's equity method investments and its proportionate share of their results were as follows (in thousands):

		Carrying value				Equity in earnings

						For three months ended September 30,				For nine months ended September 30,
		As of September 30, 2010		As of December 31, 2009		For three months ended September 30,				For nine months ended September 30,
		As of September 30, 2010		As of December 31, 2009		2010		2009		2010		2009
Oak Hill		$	167,236	$	180,372	$	2,217	$	3,803	$	10,707	$	8,663
LNR			123,403		—		2,336		—		2,336		—
Madison Funds			88,826		75,096		1,398		165		7,452		(7,414	)
Other			127,522		83,534		572		3,402		11,208		(12,515	)

	Total	$	506,987	$	339,002	$	6,523	$	7,370	$	31,703	$	(11,266	)

LNR—On July 29, 2010, the Company acquired an ownership interest of approximately 24% in LNR Property Corporation ("LNR"). LNR is a servicer and special servicer of commercial mortgage loans and CMBS and a diversified real estate investment, finance and management company. In the transaction, the Company and a group of investors, including other creditors of LNR, acquired 100% of the common stock of LNR in exchange for cash and the extinguishment of existing senior notes of LNR's parent holding company (the "Holdco Notes"). The Company's share of the consideration paid was $100.0 million in cash as well as $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of Holdco Notes that were exchanged for an equity interest of $20.0 million.

Other equity and cost method investments—During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recorded a non-cash out-of-period charge of $9.4 million to recognize additional losses from an equity method investment as a result of additional depreciation expense that should have been recorded at

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Note 7—Other Investments (Continued)

the equity method entity. This adjustment was recorded as a reduction to "Other investments" on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets and a decrease to "Earnings (losses) from equity method investments," on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company concluded that the amount of losses that should have been recorded in periods beginning in July 2007 were not material to any of its previously issued financial statements. The Company also concluded that the cumulative out-of-period charge was not material to the fiscal year in which it has been recorded. As such, the charge was recorded in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, rather than restating prior periods.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recognized impairment charges on certain of its equity and cost method investments of $7.1 million and $12.2 million, respectively.

Note 8—Other Assets and Other Liabilities

Deferred expenses and other assets, net, consist of the following items (in thousands):

	As of September 30, 2010		As of December 31, 2009

Deferred financing fees, net(1)	$	22,487	$	41,959
Other receivables		15,973		15,235
Corporate furniture, fixtures and equipment, net(2)		11,608		14,550
Prepaid expenses		8,806		6,045
Leasing costs, net(3)		6,509		14,830
Other assets		16,472		16,587

Deferred expenses and other assets, net	$	81,855	$	109,206

Explanatory Notes:

(1): Accumulated amortization on deferred financing fees was $32.6 million and $30.3 million as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
(2): Accumulated depreciation on corporate furniture, fixture and equipment was $6.7 million and $5.6 million as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
(3): Accumulated amortization on leasing costs was $5.0 million and $11.2 million as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.

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(unaudited)

Note 8—Other Assets and Other Liabilities (Continued)

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities consist of the following items (in thousands):

	As of September 30, 2010		As of December 31, 2009

Accrued interest payable	$	58,896	$	49,697
Accrued expenses		35,208		37,388
Property taxes payable		12,695		5,211
Deferred tax liabilities		11,880		9,336
Unearned operating lease income		8,432		17,153
Fremont Participation payable (see Note 4)		5,458		67,711
Security deposits from customers		3,562		24,763
Other liabilities		49,178		40,851

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	185,309	$	252,110

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(unaudited)

Note 9—Debt Obligations, net

As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company's debt obligations were as follows (in thousands):

			Carrying Value as of

			September 30, 2010		December 31, 2009		Stated Interest Rates	Scheduled Maturity Date
Secured revolving credit facilities:
	Line of credit(1)		$	619,896	$	625,247	LIBOR + 1.50%	June 2011
	Line of credit(1)			334,180		334,180	LIBOR + 1.50%	June 2012
Unsecured revolving credit facilities:
	Line of credit			502,116		504,305	LIBOR + 0.85%	June 2011
	Line of credit			243,840		244,295	LIBOR + 0.85%	June 2012

	Total revolving credit facilities			1,700,032		1,708,027
Secured term loans:
	Collateralized by CTLs			—		947,862	6.25%	April 2011
	Collateralized by loans, CTLs, REHI and OREO(1)			1,055,000		1,055,000	LIBOR + 1.50%	June 2011
	Collateralized by loans, CTLs, REHI and OREO(1)			613,384		621,221	LIBOR + 1.50%	June 2012
	Collateralized by loans, CTLs, REHI and OREO(2)			1,000,000		1,000,000	LIBOR + 2.50%	June 2012
	Collateralized by CTLs			—		114,279	11.438%	December 2020
	Collateralized by CTLs and OREO			191,935		260,980	LIBOR + 1.65%	Various through 2029
							6.4% - 8.4%

	Total secured term loans			2,860,319		3,999,342
Secured notes:
	8.0% senior notes(3)			—		155,253	8.0%	March 2011
	10.0% senior notes(3)(4)			312,329		479,548	10.0%	June 2014

	Total secured notes			312,329		634,801
Unsecured notes:
	LIBOR + 0.35% senior notes			—		158,699	LIBOR + 0.35%	March 2010
	5.375% senior notes			—		143,509	5.375%	April 2010
	6.0% senior notes			111,322		251,086	6.0%	December 2010
	5.80% senior notes			123,841		192,890	5.80%	March 2011
	5.125% senior notes			108,446		175,168	5.125%	April 2011
	5.65% senior notes			202,538		286,787	5.65%	September 2011
	5.15% senior notes			333,006		406,996	5.15%	March 2012
	5.50% senior notes			108,345		146,470	5.50%	June 2012
	LIBOR + 0.50% senior convertible notes(5)			787,750		787,750	LIBOR + 0.50%	October 2012
	8.625% senior notes			501,701		508,701	8.625%	June 2013
	5.95% senior notes			448,453		459,453	5.95%	October 2013
	6.5% senior notes			67,055		75,635	6.5%	December 2013
	5.70% senior notes			200,601		206,601	5.70%	March 2014
	6.05% senior notes			105,765		105,765	6.05%	April 2015
	5.875% senior notes			261,403		261,403	5.875%	March 2016
	5.85% senior notes			99,722		99,722	5.85%	March 2017

		Total unsecured notes		3,459,948		4,266,635
Other debt obligations				100,000		100,000	LIBOR + 1.5%	October 2035

Total debt obligations				8,432,628		10,708,805
Debt premiums/(discounts), net(4)(5)				84,773		186,098

Total debt obligations, net			$	8,517,401	$	10,894,903

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(unaudited)

Note 9—Debt Obligations, net (Continued)

Explanatory Notes:

(1): Represents outstanding borrowings under the Company's Second Priority Credit Agreements. Under these agreements, the participating lenders have a second priority lien on the same collateral pool securing the First Priority Credit Agreement (see below). As of September 30, 2010, there was approximately $7.6 million that was immediately available to draw under the Second Priority Credit Agreements. These revolving and term loan commitments have an annual commitment fee of 0.20%.
(2): Represents the outstanding secured term loan under the Company's First Priority Credit Agreement as of September 30, 2010. As discussed in Note 17, on November 2, 2010, the Company fully repaid the $1.0 billion outstanding under its First Priority Credit Agreement and terminated all commitments thereunder.
(3): Represents the Company's Second Priority Secured Exchange Notes. These notes and borrowings under the Second Priority Credit Agreements are secured by a lien of equal priority on the same pool of collateral.
(4): As of September 30, 2010, debt premiums/(discounts), net includes unamortized debt premiums of $117.4 million associated with the Second Priority Secured Exchange Notes, which resulted from the unsecured/secured note exchange transactions completed in May 2009.
(5): As of September 30, 2010, the outstanding principal balance of the Company's senior convertible notes was $787.8 million, the unamortized discount was $24.7 million and the net carrying amount of the liability was $763.1 million. As of September 30, 2010, none of the conversion triggers have been met and the carrying value of the additional paid-in-capital, or equity component of the convertible notes, was $37.4 million. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company recognized interest expense on the convertible notes of $4.8 million and $13.1 million, respectively, of which $2.7 million and $8.0 million, respectively, related to the amortization of the debt discount. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recognized interest expense on the convertible notes of $4.8 million and $16.9 million, respectively, of which $2.5 million and $7.5 million, respectively, related to the amortization of the debt discount.

Future Scheduled Maturities—As of September 30, 2010, future scheduled maturities of outstanding long-term debt obligations, net are as follows (in thousands):


2010 (remaining three months)	$	111,322
2011		2,674,685
2012(1)		3,420,505
2013		1,072,385
2014		512,930
Thereafter		640,801

Total principal maturities		8,432,628
Unamortized debt premiums/(discounts), net		84,773

Total long-term debt obligations, net	$	8,517,401

Explanatory Note:

(1): As discussed in Note 17, on November 2, 2010, the Company fully repaid the $1.0 billion outstanding under its First Priority Credit Agreement, which was scheduled to mature in June 2012, and terminated all commitments thereunder.

Repayments and Note Repurchases—During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company retired $582.5 million par value of its senior secured and unsecured notes through open market repurchases and redeemed $282.3 million of senior secured notes with various maturities ranging from March 2010 to June 2014. In connection with these repurchases and redemptions, the Company recorded aggregate gains on early extinguishment of debt of $9.5 million and $125.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively. The Company also repaid $264.4 million of unsecured notes at maturity during the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

During the same period, the Company repaid secured term loans, including a $947.9 million non-recourse loan that was collateralized by the portfolio of 32 CTL assets sold during the period, as well

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as $153.3 million of other term loans with various maturities. In connection with these repayments, the Company expensed unamortized deferred financing costs and incurred other expenses totaling $7.6 million, which reduced net gain on early extinguishment of debt during the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

Debt Covenants

The Company's ability to borrow under its secured credit facilities depends on maintaining compliance with various covenants, including a minimum tangible net worth covenant and specified financial ratios, such as fixed charge coverage, unencumbered assets to unsecured indebtedness, eligible collateral coverage and leverage ratios. All of these covenants in the Company's facilities are maintenance covenants and, if breached and not cured within applicable cure periods, could result in an acceleration of the Company's facilities if a waiver or modification is not agreed upon with the required lenders (see Business Risks and Uncertainties in Note 10). The Company's secured credit facilities also impose limitations on repayments, repurchases, refinancings and optional redemptions of its existing unsecured and secured debt securities, as well as limitations on repurchases of its Common Stock. Specifically, the Company may refinance its outstanding senior unsecured notes using up to $1.0 billion of second priority secured notes (of which $634.8 million principal amount has been issued to date) and an unlimited amount of third priority secured notes in exchange transactions, or new unsecured notes subject to certain limitations. Prior to the Company's repayment of the $1.0 billion outstanding under its First Priority Credit Agreement on November 2, 2010 (see Note 17), the Company was permitted to use up to an aggregate of $350.0 million to repurchase its senior unsecured notes maturing after June 26, 2012 and its Common Stock. This limitation has been increased to $750.0 million as a result of repaying the $1.0 billion outstanding under its First Priority Credit Agreement; provided, however, that no more than $50.0 million may be used for Common Stock repurchases prior to December 31, 2010 and no more than $100.0 million may be used for all Common Stock repurchases. There is no limitation on the Company's ability to repurchase senior unsecured notes maturing on or before June 26, 2012. Through September 30, 2010, the Company had used $349.5 million of its $750.0 million currently available to repurchase senior unsecured notes maturing after June 26, 2012 and Common Stock, of which $36.9 million was used to repurchase Common Stock.

For so long as the Company maintains its qualification as a REIT, the secured credit facilities permit the Company to distribute 100% of its REIT taxable income on an annual basis. The Company may not pay common dividends if it ceases to qualify as a REIT.

The First and Second Priority Credit Agreements and indentures governing the Second Priority Secured Exchange Notes also require that the Company maintain collateral coverage of at least 1.3x the aggregate borrowings and letters of credit outstanding under the First Priority Credit Agreement, the Second Priority Credit Agreements and the Second Priority Secured Exchange Notes. Under certain circumstances, the First and Second Priority Credit Agreements require that payments of principal and net sale proceeds received by the Company in respect of assets constituting collateral for the Company's obligations under these agreements be applied toward the mandatory prepayment of loans and commitment reductions under them. The Company would be required to make such prepayments (i) during any time that the fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined under the agreements, is less than 1.25 to 1.00, (ii) if, after receiving a payment of principal or net sale proceeds in respect of collateral, the Company has insufficient eligible assets available to pledge as replacement collateral or (iii) if, and for so long as, the aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding under the First Priority Credit Agreement

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

Note 9—Debt Obligations, net (Continued)

exceeds $500 million at any time on or after September 30, 2010, or zero at any time on or after March 31, 2011. The loans outstanding under the First Priority Credit Agreement exceeded $500 million from September 30, 2010 through November 1, 2010. Therefore, during this time the Company redirected to its lenders the payments of principal and net sales proceeds of assets serving as collateral as described further above. The First Priority Credit Agreement was fully repaid, and all commitments terminated thereunder, on November 2, 2010.

The Company's outstanding debt securities also contain covenants that include fixed charge coverage and unencumbered assets to unsecured indebtedness ratios. The fixed charge coverage ratio in the Company's debt securities is an incurrence test. If the Company does not meet the fixed charge coverage ratio, its ability to incur additional indebtedness will be restricted. The unencumbered assets to unsecured indebtedness covenant and the eligible collateral coverage covenant described in the preceding paragraph are maintenance covenants and, if breached and not cured within applicable cure periods, could result in acceleration of the Company's debt securities unless a waiver or modification is agreed upon with the requisite percentage of the bondholders. Based on the Company's unsecured credit ratings at September 30, 2010, the financial covenants in its debt securities, including the fixed charge coverage ratio and maintenance of unencumbered assets to unsecured indebtedness ratio, are operative.

The Company's secured credit facilities contain cross default provisions that would allow the lenders to declare an event of default and accelerate the Company's indebtedness to them if the Company fails to pay amounts due in respect of the Company's other recourse indebtedness in excess of specified thresholds, or if such other recourse indebtedness is accelerated or the lenders under such other indebtedness are otherwise permitted to accelerate such indebtedness for any reason. The Company's unsecured credit facilities and the indentures governing its debt securities provide that the lenders thereunder may declare an event of default and accelerate the indebtedness to them if a payment default occurs at maturity under the Company's other recourse indebtedness in excess of specified thresholds or if such indebtedness is otherwise accelerated for any reason.

The Company believes it is in full compliance with all the covenants in its debt obligations as of September 30, 2010.

Ratings Triggers

The Company's First and Second Priority Credit Agreements and unsecured credit agreements bear interest at LIBOR based rates plus an applicable margin which varies between the facilities and is determined based on the Company's corporate credit ratings. The Company's ability to borrow under its credit facilities is not dependent on the level of its credit ratings. Based on the Company's current credit ratings, further downgrades in the Company's credit ratings will have no effect on its borrowing rates under these facilities.

Note 10—Commitments and Contingencies

Business Risks and Uncertainties—The economic downturn and tightening of credit markets adversely impacted the Company's business, financial condition and operating performance in a number of ways. The Company has experienced significant levels of non-performing loans and provisions for loan losses, increasing amounts of real estate owned as the Company has foreclosed on defaulting borrowers, and a reduction in available liquidity. The economic conditions and their effect on the Company's operations have also resulted in increases in the Company's financing costs, a continuing inability to access the

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

Note 10—Commitments and Contingencies (Continued)

unsecured debt markets, depressed prices for the Company's Common Stock and narrower margins of compliance by the Company with its debt covenants.

The Company has $111.3 million aggregate principal amount of indebtedness maturing during the remainder of 2010, $2.58 billion maturing on or before June 30, 2011 and an additional $202.5 million maturing on or before December 31, 2011. A failure by the Company to repay its indebtedness as it comes due, or to satisfy a covenant, would trigger a default or an event of default which could give the lenders under the affected indebtedness the ability to accelerate the debt. Most of the Company's recourse debt instruments contain cross default and/or cross-acceleration provisions which may be triggered by defaults or accelerations of the Company's recourse debt above specified thresholds.

The Company's activities during the financial crisis have focused primarily on resolving problem assets, generating liquidity through loan repayments and asset sales, retiring and paying down debt, maintaining compliance with the financial covenants in its debt instruments and positioning the Company to deal with upcoming debt maturities. The Company's asset sales during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 generated gains of $270.4 million, while the Company's debt repurchases generated $125.9 million of gains. These gains were important contributors to the Company's continued compliance with certain of its debt covenants.

The Company will need additional liquidity to supplement expected loan repayments and cash generated from operations in order to meet its debt maturities, and/or the Company will need to refinance and/or extend some of its upcoming debt maturities. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company received loan repayments of $1.74 billion and generated net proceeds from asset sales of $2.37 billion. The Company used a substantial portion of these funds to repay or repurchase $2.26 billion of debt during that period. The Company expects to continue to utilize asset sales as a means of generating liquidity and to repurchase debt at a discount to par in order to reduce its outstanding debt obligations. Although commercial real estate markets remain depressed, management believes there has been some improvement in market conditions, particularly for high quality assets.

The Company is exploring alternatives for realigning the long-term structure of its assets and liabilities through refinancing, restructuring and/or recapitalization transactions. As announced earlier this year, the Company has retained a third party advisor to assist it in these efforts. The Company has taken several steps to enhance its flexibility in executing such transactions, including the repayment of the $1.0 billion outstanding under its First Priority Credit Agreement (see Note 17) and the redemption of $322.5 million aggregate principal amount of its senior secured notes. Together, these actions increased the amount of the Company's unencumbered assets to $6.35 billion. In addition, the repayment of indebtedness under the First Priority Credit Agreement allows the Company to spend up to an additional $400.0 million to repurchase its longer-dated unsecured bonds and equity under its debt covenants (See Note 9). Subsequent to the end of the quarter, the Company also fully repaid the third party participation interest in the Fremont CRE portfolio. As a result, the Company will retain 100% of proceeds from future repayments and sales of its Fremont assets and the assets will be available to replace and release existing collateral for the Company's secured credit facilities and secured notes, or to utilize for other potential financing transactions. The Company has had and expects to continue to have discussions with third parties regarding potential financing, however, any such transactions would be subject to market conditions and other factors, some of which are outside of the Company's control, and there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to execute any such transactions or generate sufficient liquidity to meet its cash needs. If the Company is unable to refinance or repay its debt as it comes due, the Company's business,

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

Note 10—Commitments and Contingencies (Continued)

financial condition, results of operations and Common Stock price will be materially and adversely affected. The Company's plans are dynamic and it expects to adjust its plans as market conditions change.

Unfunded Commitments—The Company has certain off-balance sheet unfunded commitments. The Company generally funds construction and development loans and build-outs of CTL space over a period of time if and when the borrowers and tenants meet established milestones and other performance criteria. The Company refers to these arrangements as Performance-Based Commitments. In addition, the Company will sometimes establish a maximum amount of additional fundings which it will make available to a borrower or tenant for an expansion or addition to a project if it approves of the expansion or addition at its sole discretion. The Company refers to these arrangements as Discretionary Fundings. Finally, the Company has committed to invest capital in several real estate funds and other ventures. These arrangements are referred to as Strategic Investments. As of September 30, 2010, the maximum amounts of the fundings the Company may make under each category, assuming all performance hurdles and milestones are met under the Performance-Based Commitments, that it will approve all Discretionary Fundings and that 100% of its capital committed to Strategic Investments is drawn down, are as follows (in thousands):

		Loans		CTL		Total

Performance-Based Commitments		$	177,821	$	3,734	$	181,555
Discretionary Fundings			165,267		—		165,267
Strategic Investments			N/A		N/A		61,130

	Total	$	343,088	$	3,734	$	407,952

Other Commitments—In 2009, as a result of the Company's decision to remain in its current space that is leased through 2021, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with a landlord regarding a separate long-term lease for new headquarters space. Under the settlement, the Company agreed to pay the landlord a $42.4 million settlement payment in order to settle all disputes between the Company and the landlord relating to the lease and the landlord agreed among other things, to terminate the lease. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recognized this lease termination expense in "Other expense" on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

Note 11—Equity

Preferred Stock—The Company had the following series of Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock outstanding as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009:

					Cumulative Preferential Cash Dividends(1)(2)

Series	Shares Authorized, Issued and Outstanding (in thousands)		Par Value		Rate per Annum of the $25.00 Liquidation Preference			Equivalent to Fixed Annual Rate (per share)
D		4,000	$	0.001		8.00	%	$	2.00
E		5,600	$	0.001		7.875	%	$	1.97
F		4,000	$	0.001		7.8	%	$	1.95
G		3,200	$	0.001		7.65	%	$	1.91
I		5,000	$	0.001		7.50	%	$	1.88

		21,800

Explanatory Notes:

(1): Holders of shares of the Series D, E, F, G and I preferred stock are entitled to receive dividends, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends. Dividends are cumulative from the date of original issue and are payable quarterly in arrears on or before the 15th day of each March, June, September and December or, if not a business day, the next succeeding business day. Any dividend payable on the preferred stock for any partial dividend period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends will be payable to holders of record as of the close of business on the first day of the calendar month in which the applicable dividend payment date falls or on another date designated by the Board of Directors of the Company for the payment of dividends that is not more than 30 nor less than ten days prior to the dividend payment date.
(2): The Company declared and paid dividends aggregating $6.0 million, $8.3 million, $5.8 million, $4.6 million and $7.0 million on its Series D, E, F, G, and I preferred stock, respectively, during the nine months ended September 30, 2010. There are no dividend arrearages on any of the preferred shares currently outstanding.

Dividends—In order to maintain its election to qualify as a REIT, the Company must currently distribute, at a minimum, an amount equal to 90% of its taxable income and must distribute 100% of its taxable income to avoid paying corporate federal income taxes. The Company has recorded net operating losses and may record net operating losses in the future, which may reduce its taxable income in future periods and lower or eliminate entirely the Company's obligation to pay dividends for such periods in order to maintain its REIT qualification. Because taxable income differs from cash flow from operations due to non-cash revenues and expenses (such as depreciation and certain asset impairments), in certain circumstances, the Company may generate operating cash flow in excess of its dividends or, alternatively, may be required to borrow to make sufficient dividend payments. The Company's secured credit facilities permit the Company to distribute 100% of its REIT taxable income on an annual basis, for so long as the Company maintains its qualification as a REIT. The secured credit facilities restrict the Company from paying any common dividends if it ceases to qualify as a REIT. The Company did not declare or pay any Common Stock dividends for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

Stock Repurchase Program—During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company repurchased 2.2 million shares of its outstanding Common Stock for approximately $7.5 million, at an average cost of $3.40 per share, and the repurchases were recorded at cost. As of September 30, 2010, the

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

Note 11—Equity (Continued)

Company had $14.1 million of Common Stock available to repurchase under the Board authorized stock repurchase programs. The Company's Common Stock repurchases are also restricted by limitations imposed by the Company's secured credit facilities, as discussed further in the Debt Covenants section of Note 9.

Noncontrolling Interest—The following table presents amounts attributable to iStar Financial Inc. and allocable to common shareholders, HPU holders and Participating Security holders and excludes amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests (in thousands):

		For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

		2010			2009			2010			2009
Amounts attributable to iStar Financial Inc. and allocable to common shareholders, HPU holders and Participating Security holders
Income (loss) from continuing operations		$	(78,996	)	$	(245,154	)	$	(150,204	)	$	(632,752	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations			(916	)		(3,612	)		18,040			4,837
Gain from discontinued operations			4,422			809			270,382			12,426

Net income (loss)			(75,490	)		(247,957	)		138,218			(615,489	)
	Preferred dividends		(10,580	)		(10,580	)		(31,740	)		(31,740	)

Net income (loss) allocable to common shareholders, HPU holders and Participating Security holders		$	(86,070	)	$	(258,537	)	$	106,478		$	(647,229	)

Note 12—Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Employee Benefits

Stock-based Compensation—The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $3.9 million and $13.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, and $4.5 million and $17.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively in "General and administrative" on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of September 30, 2010, there was $19.3 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to all unvested restricted stock units. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average remaining vesting/service period of 0.90 years. As of September 30, 2010, an aggregate of 3.3 million shares remain available for issuance pursuant to future awards under the Company's 2006 and 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plans.

Restricted Stock Units

2010 Awards—On February 17, 2010, the Company granted 1,516,074 service-based restricted stock units to employees that represent the right to receive an equivalent number of shares of the Company's Common Stock (after deducting shares for minimum required statutory withholdings) if and when the units vest. These units will cliff vest on February 17, 2012 if the employee is employed by the Company on that date and carry dividend equivalent rights that entitle the holder to receive dividend payments prior to vesting, if and when dividends are paid on shares of the Company's Common Stock. The grant date fair value of these awards was $4.7 million. As of September 30, 2010, 1,370,917 of these awards remained outstanding.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

Note 12—Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Employee Benefits (Continued)

On March 2, 2010, the Company granted 806,518 performance-based restricted stock units to its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. These units represent the right to receive an equivalent number of shares of the Company's Common Stock (after deducting shares for minimum required statutory withholdings) if and when the units vest. The performance-based units will cliff vest on March 2, 2012 if certain performance and service conditions have been achieved, relating to reduction in the Company's general and administrative expenses, retirement of debt and continued employment. Upon achievement of the performance conditions prior to the cliff vesting date, these performance-based units thereafter carry dividend equivalent rights that entitle the holder to receive dividend payments, if and when dividends are paid on shares of the Company's Common Stock. The grant date fair value of these performance based units was $3.2 million. As of September 30, 2010, all of these awards remained outstanding.

Other Outstanding Awards—In addition to the awards granted in 2010, noted above, the following awards remained outstanding as of September 30, 2010:

•: 1,854,311 service-based restricted stock units with original vesting terms ranging from two to five years that are entitled to be paid dividends if and when dividends are paid on shares of the Company's Common Stock.
•: 8,380,000 market-condition based restricted stock units granted to executives and other officers of the Company on December 19, 2008. These units will vest only if specified price targets for the Company's Common Stock are achieved and if the employee is thereafter employed on the vesting date, as follows: (a) if the Common Stock achieves an average price of $7.00 or more (average NYSE closing price over 20 consecutive trading days) prior to December 19, 2010, the units will vest in two equal installments on January 1, 2011 and January 1, 2012; and (b) if the units do not achieve the $7.00 average price target, but the Common Stock achieves an average price of $10.00 or more (average NYSE closing price over 20 consecutive trading days) prior to December 19, 2011, the units will vest in one installment on January 1, 2012. These awards established a $4.00 average price target for the initial period ended December 19, 2009, which was not achieved, therefore, only the $7.00 and $10.00 average price targets remain applicable. If an applicable price target has been achieved, the units will thereafter be entitled to dividend equivalent payments as dividends are paid on the Company's Common Stock.
•: 2,000,000 market-condition based restricted stock units contingently awarded to the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on October 9, 2008 and approved by shareholders on May 27, 2009. These units will cliff vest in one installment on October 9, 2011 only if the total shareholder return on the Company's Common Stock is at least 25% per year (compounded at the end of the three year vesting period, including dividends). Total shareholder return will be based on the average NYSE closing prices for the Company's Common Stock for the 20 days prior to: (a) the date of the award on October 9, 2008 (which was $3.38); and (b) the vesting date (which must be at least $6.58 if no dividends are paid). No dividends will be paid on these units prior to vesting.
•: 341,199 market-condition based restricted stock units outstanding that were granted to employees on January 18, 2008 and cliff vest on December 31, 2010, only if the total shareholder return on the Company's Common Stock is at least 20% (compounded annually, including dividends) from the date of the award through the end of the vesting period. Total shareholder return will be based on the average NYSE closing prices for the Company's Common Stock for the 20 days prior to (a) the

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

Note 12—Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Employee Benefits (Continued)

date of the award on January 18, 2008 (which was $25.04) and (b) the vesting date. No dividends will be paid on these units prior to vesting.

Stock Options—As of September 30, 2010, the Company had 142,788 stock options outstanding and exercisable with a weighted average strike price of $24.87 and a weighted average remaining contractual life of 0.83 years.

Common Stock Equivalents ("CSEs")—During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company granted 84,573 CSEs to members of the Board of Directors at a grant date fair value of $5.91 per share. These CSEs have a one-year service vesting period and pay dividends in an amount equal to the dividends paid on the equivalent number of shares of the Company's Common Stock from the date of grant, as and when dividends are paid on the Common Stock. As of September 30, 2010, 281,958 CSEs granted to members of the Company's Board of Directors remained outstanding and had an aggregate intrinsic value of $0.9 million.

401(k) Plan—The Company made gross contributions to its 401(k) Plan of approximately $0.1 million and $0.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, and $0.2 million and $1.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

Note 13—Earnings Per Share

The following table presents a reconciliation of income (loss) from continuing operations used in the basic and diluted EPS calculations (in thousands, except for per share data):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

	2010			2009			2010			2009
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	(78,138	)	$	(244,639	)	$	(149,347	)	$	(633,750	)
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		(858	)		(515	)		(857	)		998
Preferred dividends		(10,580	)		(10,580	)		(31,740	)		(31,740	)

Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to iStar Financial Inc. and allocable to common shareholders and HPU holders	$	(89,576	)	$	(255,734	)	$	(181,944	)	$	(664,492	)

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

Note 13—Earnings Per Share (Continued)

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, the following shares were anti-dilutive (in thousands):

The statement of comprehensive income (loss) attributable to iStar Financial, Inc. is as follows (in thousands):

Accumulated other comprehensive income reflected in the Company's shareholders' equity is comprised of the following (in thousands):

Fair value represents the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The following fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used in valuation techniques to measure fair value:

Certain of the Company's assets and liabilities are recorded at fair value either on a recurring or non-recurring basis. Assets required to be marked-to-market and reported at fair value every reporting period are classified as being valued on a recurring basis. Other assets not required to be recorded at fair value every period may be recorded at fair value if a specific provision or other impairment is recorded within the period to mark the carrying value of the asset to market as of the reporting date. Such assets are classified as being valued on a non-recurring basis.

The following table summarizes the Company's assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring and non-recurring basis by the above categories (in thousands):

In addition to the Company's disclosures regarding assets and liabilities recorded at fair value in the financial statements, it is also required to disclose the estimated fair values of all financial instruments, regardless of whether they are recorded at fair value in the financial statements.

The book and estimated fair values of financial instruments were as follows (in thousands)(1):

Given the nature of certain assets and liabilities, clearly determinable market based valuation inputs are often not available, therefore, these assets and liabilities are valued using internal valuation techniques. Subjectivity exists with respect to these internal valuation techniques, therefore, the fair values disclosed may not ultimately be realized by the Company if the assets were sold or the liabilities were settled with third parties. The methods the Company used to estimate the fair values presented in the two tables are described more fully below for each type of asset and liability.

Derivatives—The Company uses interest rate swaps, interest rate caps and foreign currency derivatives to manage its interest rate and foreign currency risk. The valuation of these instruments is determined using discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves, foreign exchange rates, and implied volatilities. The Company incorporates credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its own non-performance risk and the respective counterparty's non-performance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of its derivative contracts for the effect of non-performance risk, the Company has considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings, thresholds, mutual puts, and guarantees. The Company has determined that the significant inputs used to value its derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities—All of the Company's available-for-sale and impaired held-to-maturity debt and equity securities are actively traded and have been valued using quoted market prices. The Company's traded marketable securities are valued using market quotes, to the extent they are available, or broker quotes that fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Impaired loans—The Company's loans identified as being impaired are generally collateral dependent loans and are evaluated for impairment by comparing the estimated fair value of the underlying collateral,

less costs to sell, to the carrying value of each loan. Due to the nature of the individual properties collateralizing the Company's loans, the Company generally uses a discounted cash flow approach through internally developed valuation models to estimate the fair value of the collateral. This approach requires the Company to make significant judgments in respect to discount rates, capitalization rates and the timing and amounts of estimated future cash flows that are all considered Level 3 inputs. These cash flows generally include property revenues, lot and unit sale prices, operating costs, and costs of completion. In more limited cases, the Company obtains external "as is" appraisals for loan collateral, generally when third party participations exist, and appraised values may be discounted when real estate markets rapidly deteriorate.

Impaired OREO assets—If the Company determines an OREO asset is impaired it records an impairment charge to mark the asset to its estimated fair market value. Due to the nature of the individual properties in the OREO portfolio, the Company uses a discounted cash flow methodology through internally developed valuation models to estimate the fair value of the assets. This approach requires the Company to make significant judgments with respect to discount rates, capitalization rates and the timing and amounts of estimated future cash flows that are all considered Level 3 inputs. These cash flows generally include property revenues, lot and unit sale prices, operating costs, and costs of completion.

Impaired CTL assets held for sale—The estimated fair value of impaired CTL assets held for sale is determined using observable market information, typically including contracted prices with prospective purchasers.

Impaired CTL assets—If the Company determines a CTL asset is impaired it records an impairment charge to mark the asset to its estimated fair market value. Due to the nature of the individual properties in the CTL portfolio, the Company generally uses a discounted cash flow methodology through internally developed valuation models to estimate the fair value of the assets. This approach requires the Company to make significant judgments with respect to discount rates, capitalization rates and the timing and amounts of estimated future cash flows that are all considered Level 3 inputs. These cash flows are primarily based on expected future leasing rates and operating costs.

Loans and other lending investments—The Company estimates the fair value of its performing loans and other lending investments using a discounted cash flow methodology. This method discounts estimated future cash flows using rates management determines best reflect current market interest rates that would be offered for loans with similar characteristics and credit quality.

Debt obligations, net—For debt obligations traded in secondary markets, the Company uses market quotes, to the extent they are available to determine fair value. For debt obligations not traded in secondary markets, the Company determines fair value using the discounted cash flow methodology, whereby contractual cash flows are discounted at rates that management determines best reflect current market interest rates that would be charged for debt with similar characteristics and credit quality.

The Company has determined that it has two reportable operating segments: Real Estate Lending and Corporate Tenant Leasing. The reportable segments were determined based on the management approach, which looks to the Company's internal organizational structure. These two lines of business

require different support infrastructures. The Real Estate Lending segment includes all of the Company's activities related to senior and mezzanine real estate debt and corporate capital investments, OREO and REHI. The Corporate Tenant Leasing segment includes all of the Company's activities related to the ownership and leasing of corporate facilities.

The Company evaluates performance based on the following financial measures for each segment (in thousands):

On November 2, 2010, the Company fully repaid the $1.0 billion outstanding on its First Priority Credit Agreement, which was due to mature in June 2012, and terminated all commitments thereunder. As a result of this repayment, the amount of collateral which must be pledged to its secured facilities and secured notes in order to meet the required 1.3x collateral coverage covenants applicable to such indebtedness has been reduced. The repayment also increases the aggregate limitation contained in the Company's secured credit facilities on its repurchases of its senior unsecured notes maturing after June 26, 2012 and its Common Stock from $350.0 million to $750.0 million; provided, however, that no more than $50.0 million may be used for Common Stock repurchases prior to December 31, 2010 and no more than $100.0 million may be used for all Common Stock repurchases.

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Certain statements in this report, other than purely historical information, including estimates, projections, statements relating to our business plans, objectives and expected operating results, and the assumptions upon which those statements are based, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Forward-looking statements are included with respect to, among other things, iStar Financial Inc.'s (the "Company's") current business plan, business strategy, portfolio management, prospects and liquidity. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In assessing all forward-looking statements, readers are urged to read carefully all cautionary statements contained in this Form 10-Q and the uncertainties and risks described in Item 1a—"Risk Factors" in our 2009 Annual Report (as defined below), all of which could affect our future results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. For purposes of Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, the terms "we," "our" and "us" refer to iStar Financial Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.

The discussion below should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes in this quarterly report on form 10-Q and our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 (the "2009 Annual Report"). These historical financial statements may not be indicative of our future performance. We have reclassified certain items in our consolidated financial statements of prior periods to conform to our current financial statements presentation.

iStar Financial Inc. is a publicly traded finance company focused on the commercial real estate industry. We primarily provide custom tailored financing to high-end private and corporate owners of real estate, including senior and mezzanine real estate debt, senior and mezzanine corporate capital, as well as corporate net lease financing and equity. We are taxed as a real estate investment trust, or "REIT" and provide innovative and value added financing solutions to our customers. We deliver customized financial products to sophisticated real estate borrowers and corporate customers who require a high level of flexibility and service. Our two primary lines of business are lending and corporate tenant leasing. As discussed below, our business has been severely affected by the financial crisis. We have significantly curtailed asset origination activities outside our existing portfolio and have focused our resources on asset management of the portfolio.

Our loan portfolio is primarily comprised of senior and mezzanine real estate loans that typically range in size from $20 million to $150 million and have original terms generally ranging from three to ten years. These loans may be either fixed-rate (based on the U.S. Treasury rate plus a spread) or variable-rate (based on LIBOR plus a spread) and are structured to meet the specific financing needs of the borrowers. Our portfolio also includes senior and subordinated loans to corporations, particularly those engaged in real estate or real estate related businesses. These financings may be either secured or unsecured, typically range in size from $20 million to $150 million and have initial maturities generally ranging from three to ten years. We also own whole loans, loan participations and debt securities.

Our corporate tenant leases ("CTLs") provide capital to corporations and other owners who control facilities leased to single creditworthy customers. Our net leased assets are generally mission critical headquarters or distribution facilities that are subject to long-term leases with public companies, many of which are rated corporate credits. Most of the leases provide for expenses at the facility to be paid by the

corporate customer on a triple net lease basis. CTL transactions have initial terms generally ranging from 15 to 20 years and typically range in size from $20 million to $150 million. As discussed below, we sold a significant portion of our CTL assets in a portfolio sale transaction that closed in June 2010.

Our primary sources of revenues are interest income, which is the interest that borrowers pay on loans, and operating lease income, which is the rent that corporate customers pay to lease our CTL properties. We primarily generate income through the "spread" or "margin," which is the difference between the revenues generated from loans and leases and interest expense and the cost of CTL operations.

We began our business in 1993 through private investment funds and became publicly traded in 1998. Since that time, we have grown through the origination of new lending and leasing transactions, as well as through corporate acquisitions, including the acquisition of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. in 1999, the acquisitions of Falcon Financial Investment Trust and of a significant non-controlling interest in Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. and affiliates in 2005, and the acquisition of the commercial real estate lending business and loan portfolio, or "Fremont CRE," of Fremont Investment and Loan, or "Fremont," a division of Fremont General Corporation, in 2007.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2010, we recorded a net loss of $75.5 million, primarily due to a provision for loan losses of $78.4 million and reduced interest income resulting from our significant level of non-performing loans. Non-performing loans decreased to $2.76 billion or 43.4% of Managed Loan Value (as defined below in "Risk Management") as of September 30, 2010, compared to $4.21 billion or 45.3% of Managed Loan Value at December 31, 2009. The level of non-performing loans is a result of the continued distress in the commercial and residential real estate markets and weakened economic conditions impacting our borrowers, who continue to have difficulty servicing their debt and refinancing or selling their projects in order to repay their loans in a timely manner. The balance of our real estate held for investment ("REHI") and other real estate owned ("OREO") assets have increased from $1.26 billion as of December 31, 2009 to $1.49 billion as of September 30, 2010, as we have obtained title to properties through foreclosure or through deed-in-lieu of foreclosure as part of our efforts to resolve non-performing loans.

The economic downturn and tightening of credit markets adversely impacted our business, financial condition and operating performance in a number of ways. We have experienced significant levels of non-performing loans and provisions for loan losses, increasing amounts of real estate owned as we have foreclosed on defaulting borrowers, and a reduction in available liquidity. The economic conditions and their effect on our operations have also resulted in increases in our financing costs, a continuing inability to access the unsecured debt markets, depressed prices for our Common Stock and narrower margins of compliance by us with our debt covenants.

We have $111.3 million aggregate principal amount of indebtedness maturing during the remainder of 2010, $2.58 billion maturing on or before June 30, 2011 and an additional $202.5 million maturing on or before December 31, 2011. A failure by us to repay our indebtedness as it comes due, or to satisfy a covenant, would trigger a default or an event of default which could give the lenders under the affected indebtedness the ability to accelerate the debt. Most of our recourse debt instruments contain cross default and/or cross-acceleration provisions which may be triggered by defaults or accelerations of our recourse debt above specified thresholds.

Our activities during the financial crisis have focused primarily on resolving problem assets, generating liquidity through loan repayments and asset sales, retiring and paying down debt, maintaining compliance with the financial covenants in our debt instruments and positioning ourselves to deal with upcoming debt maturities. Our asset sales during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 generated gains of $270.4 million, while our debt repurchases generated $125.9 million of gains. These gains were important contributors to our continued compliance with certain of our debt covenants.

We will need additional liquidity to supplement expected loan repayments and cash generated from operations in order to meet our debt maturities, and/or we will need to refinance and/or extend some of our upcoming debt maturities. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we received loan repayments of $1.74 billion and generated net proceeds from asset sales of $2.37 billion. We used a substantial portion of these funds to repay or repurchase $2.26 billion of debt during that period. We expect to continue to utilize asset sales as a means of generating liquidity and to repurchase debt at a discount to par in order to reduce our outstanding debt obligations. Although commercial real estate markets remain depressed, we believe there has been some improvement in market conditions, particularly for high quality assets.

We are exploring alternatives for realigning the long-term structure of our assets and liabilities through refinancing, restructuring and/or recapitalization transactions. As announced earlier this year, we have retained a third party advisor to assist us in these efforts. We have taken several steps to enhance our flexibility in executing such transactions, including the repayment of the $1.0 billion outstanding under our First Priority Credit Agreement (see Subsequent Events) and the redemption of $322.5 million aggregate principal amount of our senior secured notes. Together, these actions increased the amount of our unencumbered assets to $6.35 billion. In addition, the repayment of indebtedness under the First Priority Credit Agreement allows us to spend up to an additional $400.0 million to repurchase our longer-dated unsecured bonds and equity under our debt covenants (See Debt Covenants). Subsequent to the end of the quarter, we also fully repaid the third party participation interest in the Fremont CRE portfolio. As a result, we will retain 100% of proceeds from future repayments and sales of our Fremont assets and the assets will be available to replace and release existing collateral for our secured credit facilities and secured notes, or to utilize for other potential financing transactions. We have had and expect to continue to have discussions with third parties regarding potential financing, however, any such transactions would be subject to market conditions and other factors, some of which are outside of our control, and there can be no assurance that we will be able to execute any such transactions or generate sufficient liquidity to meet our cash needs. If we are unable to refinance or repay our debt as it comes due, our business, financial condition, results of operations and Common Stock price will be materially and adversely affected. Our plans are dynamic and we expect to adjust our plans as market conditions change.

Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2010 compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2009

Revenue—The decrease in our interest income is primarily a result of a decline in the balance of performing loans to $3.59 billion at September 30, 2010 from $5.79 billion at September 30, 2009. The decline in performing loans was driven by a smaller asset base resulting from loan repayments and sales as well as loans moving to non-performing status. (see "Risk Management" for additional discussion of non-performing loans).

Operating lease income from our CTL assets decreased primarily due to a slight decrease in tenant occupancy rates.

Costs and expenses—Total costs and expenses decreased primarily due to decreases in the provision for loan losses and interest expense. The decline in our provision for loan losses was primarily due to fewer loans moving to non-performing status during the three months ended September 30, 2010 as compared to the same period of 2009, resulting in lower specific reserve provisions. Additionally, loan repayments and sales have led to a decrease in the performing loan asset base, which has resulted in a reduction in the required general loan loss reserve. See "Risk Management" for additional discussion of reserve for loan losses.

Interest expense decreased primarily due to the repayment and retirement of debt during the last twelve months. The carrying value of our debt declined to $8.52 billion at September 30, 2010 from $11.31 billion at September 30, 2009. In addition, the weighted average interest rate on outstanding debt decreased to 3.57% for the three months ended September 30, 2010 from 4.11% during the same period in 2009 primarily due to the repayment of higher rate debt obligations.

Impairment of other assets for the three months ended September 30, 2010 includes $4.2 million related to one CTL asset and net recoveries on OREO assets of $0.4 million. For the same period in 2009, impairment of other assets includes $8.0 million of impairments on OREO assets, $7.1 million on equity investments and $2.2 million on investment securities.

Other expense was higher primarily due to additional property related holding costs associated with our increased number of OREO and REHI assets. These expenses increased to $19.1 million in the third quarter of 2010 from $12.2 million in the same period in 2009.

General and administrative expenses decreased primarily due to a reduction of $2.7 million in payroll and compensation expenses which was driven by a reduction in headcount.

Gain on early extinguishment of debt, net—During the three months ended September 30, 2010, we retired $125.0 million par value of our senior unsecured notes through open market repurchases and recognized an aggregate gain on early extinguishment of debt of $9.5 million. During the same period in 2009, we retired $255.5 million par value of our senior unsecured notes through open market repurchases which resulted in an aggregate gain on early extinguishment of debt of $91.7 million. Our note repurchases in the third quarter of 2010 yielded lower gains primarily due to the fact that we were limited by our covenants to repurchases of notes with nearer term maturities which were also trading closer to par than in 2009.

Income (loss) from discontinued operations—During the three months ended September 30, 2010, losses from discontinued operations included the net income from three CTL assets sold during the period. During the same period in 2009, losses from discontinued operations included the net income from CTL assets sold in the past 12 months that was more than offset by $8.7 million of impairments on three of those sold assets.

Gain from discontinued operations—We sold three CTL assets during the three months ended September 30, 2010, and recognized aggregate gains of $4.4 million. During the three months ended September 30, 2009, we sold two assets and recognized aggregate gains of $0.8 million.

Results of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009

Operating lease income from our CTL assets decreased primarily due to a slight decrease in tenant occupancy rates and lower rent received as a result of lease restructurings.

Costs and expenses—Total costs and expenses decreased primarily due to decreases in the provision for loan losses and interest expense. The decline in our provision for loan losses was primarily due to fewer loans moving to non-performing status during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 resulting in lower specific reserve provisions. The decrease in loans moving to non-performing status during the current quarter is a function of a smaller overall loan portfolio and somewhat improving economic conditions and credit environment. Additionally, loan repayments and sales have led to a decline in the performing loan asset base, which has resulted in a reduction in the required general loan loss reserve. See "Risk Management" for additional discussion of reserve for loans losses.

Interest expense decreased primarily due to the repayment and retirement of debt during the last twelve months as well as the exchange of senior unsecured notes for new second-lien senior secured notes completed in May 2009. The carrying value of our debt declined to $8.52 billion at September 30, 2010 from $11.31 billion at September 30, 2009. In addition, the weighted average interest rate on outstanding debt decreased to 3.94% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 from 4.08% during the same period in 2009 primarily due to the repayment of higher rate debt obligations.

Impairment of other assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 primarily consists of $16.8 million of impairments on OREO assets. For the same period in 2009, impairment of other assets primarily includes $36.9 million of impairments on OREO assets, $12.2 million on equity investments and $11.7 million on investment securities.

Other expense was lower primarily due to a $42.4 million charge incurred in 2009 pursuant to a settlement agreement under which we terminated a long-term lease for new headquarters space and settled all disputes with the landlord. This charge was partially offset by increased property related holding costs, associated with our increased number of OREO and REHI assets. These expenses increased to $45.2 million in 2010 from $25.6 million in 2009.

The decrease in general and administrative expenses was primarily due to $11.5 million of lower payroll and compensation expenses, primarily driven by a reduction in head count, and $5.9 million of rent expense incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 relating to a lease for new headquarters space which was terminated in May 2009.

Gain on early extinguishment of debt, net—During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we retired $582.5 million par value of our senior secured and unsecured notes through open market repurchases and we redeemed $282.3 million of senior secured notes, which together resulted in an aggregate gain on early extinguishment of debt of $125.9 million. Notes repurchased in 2010 yielded lower gains than in the prior year primarily because they were trading closer to par. These gains were offset by $7.6 million associated with expensing the unamortized deferred financing costs and other costs incurred in connection with the repayments of our $947.9 million non-recourse term loan and another secured term loan that were each collateralized by CTL assets we sold during the period.

During the same period in 2009, we repurchased and retired $926.2 million par value of our senior unsecured notes and completed our secured note exchange transactions which resulted in gains on early extinguishment of debt of $339.0 million and $108.0 million, respectively.

Earnings (loss) from equity method investments—The increase in earnings from equity method investments was primarily attributable to better market performance that affected our strategic investments in 2010 as compared to 2009. In addition, during 2009, we recorded a $9.4 million non-cash out of period charge to recognize losses from an equity method investment as a result of additional depreciation expense that should have been recorded at the equity method entity in prior periods.

Income (loss) from discontinued operations—During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, income (loss) from discontinued operations included the net income from CTL assets sold during the period. During the same period in 2009, income (loss) from discontinued operations included the net income from CTL assets sold in the past 12 months offset by $11.3 million of impairments on those sold assets.

Gain from discontinued operations—We sold a total of 41 CTL assets during the nine months ended September 30, 2010, and recognized aggregate gains of $270.4 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we sold four CTL assets and recognized aggregate gains of $12.4 million.

We measure our performance using adjusted earnings in addition to net income. Adjusted earnings represent net income attributable to us and allocable to our common shareholders, HPU holders and Participating Security holders computed in accordance with GAAP, before depreciation, amortization, gain from discontinued operations, impairments of goodwill and intangible assets and extraordinary items. Adjustments for joint ventures reflect our share of adjusted earnings calculated on the same basis.

We believe that adjusted earnings is a helpful measure to consider, in addition to net income (loss), because this measure helps us to evaluate how our commercial real estate finance business is performing compared to other commercial finance companies, without the effects of certain GAAP adjustments that are not necessarily indicative of current operating performance.

The most significant GAAP adjustments that we exclude in determining adjusted earnings are depreciation and amortization which are typically non-cash charges. As a commercial finance company that focuses on real estate lending and corporate tenant leasing, we record significant depreciation on our

real estate assets, and deferred financing amortization associated with our borrowings. Depreciation and amortization do not affect our daily operations, but they do impact financial results under GAAP. Adjusted earnings is not an alternative or substitute for net income (loss) in accordance with GAAP as a measure of our performance. Rather, we believe that adjusted earnings is an additional measure that helps us analyze how our business is performing. Adjusted earnings should not be viewed as an alternative measure of either our operating liquidity or funds available for our cash needs or for distribution to our shareholders. In addition, we may not calculate adjusted earnings in the same manner as other companies that use a similarly titled measure.

Loan Credit Statistics—The table below summarizes our non-performing loans and details the reserve for loan losses associated with our loans:

As of September 30, 2010, non-performing loans and OREO and REHI assets had the following collateral and property type characteristics ($ in thousands):

Non-Performing Loans—We designate loans as non-performing at such time as: (1) the loan becomes 90 days delinquent; (2) the loan has a maturity default; or (3) management determines it is probable that it will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan. All non-performing loans are placed on non-accrual status and income is only recognized in certain cases upon actual cash receipt. As of September 30, 2010, we had non-performing loans with an aggregate carrying value and Managed Loan Value of $2.76 billion, or 43.4% of the Managed Loan Value of total loans. Our non-performing loans decreased during the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to sales and repayments as well as transfers of non-performing loans to OREO and REHI. Due to the continued volatility of the commercial real estate market, the process of estimating collateral values and reserves continues to require significant judgment on the part of management. Management currently believes there is adequate collateral and reserves to support the carrying values of the loans.

Watch List Assets—We conduct a quarterly credit review resulting in an individual risk rating being assigned to each asset in our portfolio. This review is designed to enable management to evaluate and manage asset-specific credit issues and identify credit trends on a portfolio-wide basis. As of September 30, 2010, we had assets on the watch list (excluding non-performing loans) with an aggregate carrying value and aggregate Managed Loan Value of $696.1 million, or 11.0% of total Managed Loan Value.

Reserve for Loan Losses—As of September 30, 2010, the reserve for loan losses represented 16.1% of Managed Loan Value compared to 15.3% at December 31, 2009. This was the result of $277.2 million of

provisioning for loan losses, reduced by $670.5 million of charge-offs during the nine months ended September 30, 2010, combined with a lower loan portfolio balance. The reserve is increased through the provision for loan losses, which reduces income in the period recorded and the reserve is reduced through charge-offs.

The reserve for loan losses includes an asset-specific component and a formula-based component. An asset-specific reserve is established for an impaired loan when the estimated fair value of the loan's collateral less costs to sell is lower than the carrying value of the loan. As of September 30, 2010, we had asset-specific reserves of $891.0 million or 32.3% of non-performing loans compared to asset-specific reserves of $1.24 billion or 29.5% of non-performing loans at December 31, 2009. The decrease in the amount of asset-specific reserves during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was primarily due to charge-offs recorded upon sale, repayment or transfers of loans to OREO and REHI.

The formula-based general reserve is derived from estimated principal default probabilities and loss severities applied to groups of loans based upon risk ratings assigned to loans with similar risk characteristics during our quarterly loan portfolio assessment. During this assessment we perform a comprehensive analysis of our loan portfolio and assign risk ratings to loans that incorporate management's current judgments about their credit quality based on all known relevant internal and external factors that may affect collectability. We consider, among other things, payment status, lien position, borrower financial resources and investment in collateral, collateral type, project economics and geographical location as well as national and regional economic factors. This methodology results in loans being segmented by risk classification into risk rating categories that are associated with estimated probabilities of default and principal loss. We estimate loss rates based on historical realized losses experienced within our portfolio and take into account current economic conditions affecting the commercial real estate market when establishing appropriate time frames to evaluate loss experience.

The general reserve was $133.7 million or 3.7% of performing loans as of September 30, 2010, compared to $174.9 million or 3.4% of performing loans at December 31, 2009. The decrease in the amount of general reserves resulted from the decrease in the population of performing loans outstanding from $5.1 billion to $3.6 billion, offset in part by a slight weakening in the weighted average risk ratings of performing loans outstanding during that same period.

Real Estate Held for Investment, net and Other Real Estate Owned—During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we received title to properties in full or partial satisfaction of non-performing mortgage loans with a carrying value of $1.02 billion, for which the properties had served as collateral, and recorded charge-offs totaling $412.9 million related to these loans. Of this total, we recorded properties with a carrying value of $269.4 million to REHI and $337.7 million to OREO based on our strategy to either hold the properties over a longer period or to market them for sale. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we sold OREO assets with a carrying value of $370.2 million and recorded impairment charges totaling $16.8 million due to changing market conditions.

Corporate Tenant Lease assets—As of September 30, 2010, our CTL assets consisted of 81 leases among 63 different tenants. Rental income generated by these leases is 45% from government agencies and public companies and 55% from private companies. CTL assets were 87.9% leased with a weighted average lease term of 13 years.

As of September 30, 2010, we had $1.12 billion of unrestricted cash. As discussed below in Subsequent Events, we have since repaid the $1.0 billion outstanding on our First Priority Credit Agreement which was due to mature in June 2012, and terminated all commitments thereunder. For the remainder of 2010, we have $111.3 million of debt maturities and we currently expect to use approximately $120.0 million in other net uses of cash for loan commitments, investment activities and operating expenses. However, the timing of funding these commitments and the amounts of the individual fundings are largely dependent on construction projects meeting certain milestones, and therefore they are difficult to predict with certainty.

We have approximately $2.58 billion of aggregate principal amount of indebtedness maturing on or before June 30, 2011 and an additional $202.5 million maturing on or before December 31, 2011.

Our capital sources in today's financing environment include repayments from our loan assets, proceeds from asset sales, secured financings and possibly other capital raising transactions. From a liquidity perspective, we expect to continue to experience significant uncertainty with respect to our sources of funds. Historically we have also issued unsecured corporate debt, convertible debt and preferred and common equity; however, current market conditions have effectively eliminated our access to these sources of capital in the near term.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2010, we received gross principal repayments of $650.6 million and proceeds from asset sales of $400.6 million. We funded $76.7 million of pre-existing commitments, invested $100.0 million of new cash equity in LNR Property Corporation ("LNR") and repaid outstanding debt of $131.0 million, including repurchases of senior secured and unsecured notes, resulting in the recognition of $9.5 million in gain on the early extinguishment of debt during the quarter. To date, we have been able to partially mitigate the impact of increased expenses associated with our loan loss reserves and other impairments on some of our financial covenants through the recognition of gains associated with the extinguishment of debt and asset sales. Subject to certain limitations imposed by our secured bank credit facilities, we may from time to time seek to retire or repurchase additional outstanding debt through cash purchases and/or exchanges, which may take the form of open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, however, there can be no assurance that our efforts in this regard will be successful.

We will need additional liquidity over the coming year to supplement loan repayments and cash generated from operations in order to meet our debt maturities and funding obligations. We actively manage our liquidity and continually work on initiatives to address both our debt covenants compliance and our liquidity needs. We expect proceeds from asset sales to supplement loan repayments and intend to continue to analyze additional asset sales, secured financing alternatives and other available capital sources as means of generating liquidity to reduce our outstanding debt obligations, while at the same time exploring alternatives for realigning the long-term structure of our assets and liabilities. Earlier this year, we announced that we retained a third party advisor to assist us in exploring such alternatives which could include, among other things, refinancing and/or restructuring some or all of our outstanding indebtedness. There can be no assurance we will be able to execute such alternatives or generate sufficient liquidity to meet our cash needs.

In addition, under the terms of our credit agreements, we can issue a total of up to $1.0 billion of second priority secured notes in exchange or refinancing transactions involving our unsecured notes. After giving effect to the private exchange offers in May 2009, we can issue up to $365.2 million of new notes in exchange or refinancing transactions. Our liquidity plan is dynamic and we expect to monitor the markets and adjust our plan as market conditions change. There is a risk that we will not be able to meet all of our funding and debt service obligations or maintain compliance with our debt covenants. Management's failure to successfully implement our liquidity plan would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and Common Stock price.

Compliance with our debt covenants will also impact our ability to obtain additional debt and equity financing. In addition, any decision by our lenders and investors to provide us with additional financing or to restructure our existing indebtedness may depend upon a number of other factors, such as our compliance with the terms of existing credit arrangements, our financial performance, our credit ratings, industry or market trends, the general availability of and rates applicable to financing transactions, such lenders' and investors' resources and policies concerning the terms under which they make capital commitments and the relative attractiveness of alternative investment or lending opportunities.

The following table outlines the contractual obligations related to our long-term debt agreements and operating lease obligations as of September 30, 2010.

Repayments and Note Repurchases—During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we retired $582.5 million par value of our senior secured and unsecured notes through open market repurchases and we redeemed $282.3 million of senior secured notes with various maturities ranging from March 2010 to June 2014. In connection with these repurchases and redemptions, we recorded aggregate gains on early extinguishment of debt of $9.5 million and $125.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively. We also repaid $264.4 million of unsecured notes at maturity during the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

During the same period, we repaid secured term loans, including a $947.9 million non-recourse loan that was collateralized by the portfolio of 32 CTL assets that was sold, as well as $153.3 million of other term loans with various maturities. In connection with these repayments, we expensed unamortized deferred financing costs and incurred other expenses totaling $7.6 million, which reduced our net gain on early extinguishment of debt during the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

Debt Covenants—Our ability to borrow under our secured credit facilities depends on maintaining compliance with various covenants, including a minimum tangible net worth covenant and specified financial ratios, such as fixed charge coverage, unencumbered assets to unsecured indebtedness, eligible collateral coverage and leverage ratios. Our recent financial results have put pressure on our ability to maintain compliance with certain of the debt covenants in our secured bank credit facilities. We intend to operate our business in order to remain in compliance with the covenants in our debt instruments;

however, there can be no assurance that we will be able to do so. All of these covenants in our facilities are maintenance covenants and, if breached and not cured within applicable cure periods, could result in an acceleration of our facilities if a waiver or modification is not agreed upon with the required lenders. Our secured credit facilities also impose limitations on repayments, repurchases, refinancings and optional redemptions of our existing unsecured and secured debt securities, as well as limitations on repurchases of our Common Stock. Specifically, we may refinance our outstanding senior unsecured notes using up to $1.0 billion of second priority secured notes (of which $634.8 million principal amount has been issued to date) and an unlimited amount of third priority secured notes in exchange transactions, or new unsecured notes subject to certain limitations. Prior to our repayment of the $1.0 billion outstanding under our First Priority Credit Agreement on November 2, 2010 (see Subsequent Events), we were permitted to use up to an aggregate of $350.0 million to repurchase our senior unsecured notes maturing after June 26, 2012 and our Common Stock. This limitation has been increased to $750.0 million as a result of repaying the $1.0 billion outstanding under our First Priority Credit Agreement; provided, however, that no more than $50.0 million may be used for Common Stock repurchases prior to December 31, 2010 and no more than $100.0 million may be used for all Common Stock repurchases. There is no limitation on our ability to repurchase senior unsecured notes maturing on or before June 26, 2012. Through September 30, 2010, we had used $349.5 million of our $750.0 million currently available to repurchase senior unsecured notes maturing after June 26, 2012 and Common Stock, of which $36.9 million was used to repurchase Common Stock.

For so long as we maintain our qualification as a REIT, the secured credit facilities permit us to distribute 100% of our REIT taxable income on an annual basis. We may not pay common dividends if we cease to qualify as a REIT.

The First and Second Priority Credit Agreements and the indentures governing the Second Priority Secured Exchange Notes require that we maintain collateral coverage of at least 1.3x the aggregate borrowings and letters of credit outstanding under the First Priority Credit Agreement, the Second Priority Credit Agreements and the Second Priority Secured Exchange Notes. Under certain circumstances, the First and Second Priority Credit Agreements require that payments of principal and net sale proceeds received by us in respect of assets constituting collateral for our obligations under these agreements be applied toward the mandatory prepayment of loans and commitment reductions under them. We would be required to make such prepayments (i) during any time that the fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined under the agreements, is less than 1.25 to 1.00, (ii) if, after receiving a payment of principal or net sale proceeds in respect of collateral, we have insufficient eligible assets available to pledge as replacement collateral or (iii) if, and for so long as, the aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding under the First Priority Credit Agreement exceeds $500 million at any time on or after September 30, 2010, or zero at any time on or after March 31, 2011. The loans outstanding under the First Priority Credit Agreement exceeded $500 million from September 30, 2010 through November 1, 2010. Therefore, during this time, we redirected to our lenders the payments of principal and net sales proceeds of assets serving as collateral as further described above. The First Priority Credit Agreement was fully repaid, and all commitments terminated thereunder, on November 2, 2010.

Our outstanding debt securities also contain covenants that include fixed charge coverage and unencumbered assets to unsecured indebtedness ratios. The fixed charge coverage ratio in our debt securities is an incurrence test. If we do not meet the fixed charge coverage ratio, our ability to incur additional indebtedness will be restricted. The unencumbered assets to unsecured indebtedness covenant and the eligible collateral coverage covenant described in the preceding paragraph are maintenance covenants and, if breached and not cured within applicable cure periods, could result in acceleration of our debt securities unless a waiver or modification is agreed upon with the requisite percentage of the bondholders. Based on our unsecured credit ratings at September 30, 2010, the financial covenants in our debt securities, including the fixed charge coverage ratio and maintenance of unencumbered assets to unsecured indebtedness ratio, are operative.

Our secured credit facilities contain cross default provisions that would allow the lenders to declare an event of default and accelerate our indebtedness to them if we fail to pay amounts due in respect of our other recourse indebtedness in excess of specified thresholds, or if such other recourse indebtedness is accelerated or the lenders under such other indebtedness are otherwise permitted to accelerate such indebtedness for any reason. Our unsecured credit facilities and the indentures governing our debt securities provide that the lenders thereunder may declare an event of default and accelerate the indebtedness to them if a payment default occurs at maturity under our other recourse indebtedness in excess of specified thresholds or if such indebtedness is otherwise accelerated for any reason.

We believe we are in full compliance with all the covenants in our debt instruments as of September 30, 2010.

Ratings Triggers—Our First and Second Priority Credit Agreements and unsecured credit agreements bear interest at LIBOR based rates plus an applicable margin which varies between the facilities and is determined based on our corporate credit ratings. Our ability to borrow under our credit facilities is not dependent on the level of our credit ratings. Based on our current credit ratings, further downgrades in our credit ratings will have no effect on our borrowing rates under these facilities.

Off-Balance Sheet Transactions—We are not dependent on the use of any off-balance sheet financing arrangements for liquidity.

Unfunded commitments—We generally fund construction and development loans and build-outs of CTL space over a period of time if and when the borrowers and tenants meet established milestones and other performance criteria. We refer to these arrangements as Performance-Based Commitments. In addition, we sometimes establish a maximum amount of additional funding which we will make available to a borrower or tenant for an expansion or addition to a project if we approve of the expansion or addition in our sole discretion. We refer to these arrangements as Discretionary Fundings. Finally, we have committed to invest capital in several real estate funds and other ventures. These arrangements are referred to as Strategic Investments. As of September 30, 2010, the maximum amounts of the fundings we may make under each category, assuming all performance hurdles and milestones are met under the Performance-Based Commitments, that we approve all Discretionary Fundings and that 100% of our capital committed to Strategic Investments is drawn down, are as follows (in thousands):

Transactions with Related Parties—We have substantial investments in non-controlling interests of Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. and 12 related entities and a controlling interest in OHA Strategic Credit Fund Parallel I, L.P. In relation to our investment in these entities, we appointed to our Board of Directors a member that holds a substantial investment in these same entities. As of September 30, 2010, our carrying value in these entities was $209.6 million. We recorded equity in earnings from these investments of $2.6 million and $17.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010.

Stock Repurchase Program—During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we repurchased 2.2 million shares of our outstanding Common Stock for approximately $7.5 million, at an average cost of $3.40 per share, and the repurchases were recorded at cost. As of September 30, 2010, we had $14.1 million of Common Stock available to repurchase under Board authorized stock repurchase programs. Our Common Stock repurchases are also restricted by limitations imposed by our secured credit facilities, as discussed in the Debt Covenants section above.

Subsequent Events—On November 2, 2010, we fully repaid the $1.0 billion outstanding on our First Priority Credit Agreement, which was due to mature in June 2012, and terminated all commitments thereunder. As a result of this repayment, the amount of collateral which must be pledged to our secured facilities and secured notes in order to meet the required 1.3x collateral coverage covenants applicable to such indebtedness has been reduced. The repayment also increases the aggregate limitation contained in our secured credit facilities on our repurchases of our senior unsecured notes maturing after June 26, 2012 and our Common Stock from $350.0 million to $750.0 million; provided, however, that no more than $50.0 million may be used for Common Stock repurchases prior to December 31, 2010 and no more than $100.0 million may be used for all Common Stock repurchases.

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments in certain circumstances that affect amounts reported as assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. We have established detailed policies and control procedures intended to ensure that valuation methods, including any judgments made as part of such methods, are well controlled, reviewed and applied consistently from period to period. We base our estimates on historical corporate and industry experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be appropriate under the circumstances. For all of these estimates, we caution that future events rarely develop exactly as forecasted, and, therefore, routinely require adjustment.

A summary of our critical accounting estimates is included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition. There have been no significant changes to our critical accounting estimates as of September 30, 2010.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements—For a discussion of the impact of new accounting pronouncements on our financial condition or results of operations, see Note 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

There have been no material changes in Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 as compared to the disclosures included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. See discussion of quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk under Item 7a—"Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk," included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company's Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer (who is our principal financial officer), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company has formed a disclosure committee that is responsible for considering the materiality of information and determining the disclosure obligations of the Company on a timely basis. The disclosure committee reports directly to the Company's Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Accounting Officer is currently a member of the disclosure committee.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the disclosure committee and other members of management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, of the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(b) or Rule 15d-15. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer concluded that the Company's

disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

There have been no changes during the last fiscal quarter in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that it will detect or uncover failures within the Company to disclose material information otherwise required to be set forth in the Company's periodic reports.

In April 2008, two putative class action complaints were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York naming the Company and certain of its current and former executive officers as defendants and alleging violations of federal securities laws. Both suits were purportedly filed on behalf of the same putative class of investors who purchased Common Stock in the Company's December 13, 2007 public offering (the "Company's Offering"). The two complaints were consolidated in a single proceeding (the "Citiline Action") on April 30, 2008.

On November 17, 2008, Plumbers Union Local No. 12 Pension Fund and Citiline Holdings, Inc. were appointed Lead Plaintiffs to pursue the Citiline Action. Plaintiffs filed a Consolidated Amended Complaint on February 2, 2009, purportedly on behalf of a putative class of investors who purchased the Company's common stock between December 6, 2007 and March 6, 2008 (the "Complaint"). The Complaint named as defendants the Company, certain of its current and former executive officers, and certain investment banks who served as underwriters in the Company's Offering. The Complaint reasserted claims for alleged violations of Sections 11, 12(a)(2) and 15 of the Securities Act, and added claims for alleged violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act. Plaintiffs allege the defendants made certain material misstatements and omissions relating to the Company's continuing operations, including the value of the Company's loan portfolio and certain debt securities held by the Company. The Complaint seeks certification as a class action, unspecified compensatory damages plus interest and attorneys fees, and rescission of the public offering. No class has been certified. The Company and its current and former officers filed a motion to dismiss the Complaint on April 27, 2009 and, on March 26, 2010, the Court issued its order granting, in part, the dismissal of certain Securities Act claims against certain of the Company's current and former officers, but denying the motion as to all claims asserted against the Company. Accordingly, the discovery process has commenced. The Company believes the Citiline Action has no merit and intends to continue defending itself vigorously against it.

In April and May 2010, three separate shareholder derivative complaints were filed, purportedly on the Company's behalf against the Company's Board of Directors and certain current and former executive officers. These actions arise out of the same facts and circumstances alleged in the Citiline Action (described above) and all claim that the individual defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the Company and are liable to the Company for unjust enrichment, abuse of control, gross mismanagement and waste of corporate assets. Two of these complaints were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the third was filed in Supreme Court of New York, County of New York. In June 2010, the New York state court action was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff. Plaintiffs in the remaining two derivative actions seek monetary damages, reimbursement for professional fees, improvements in governance and controls and disgorgement of profits. The Company, as a nominal defendant on whose behalf the plaintiffs claim they are acting, has filed motions to dismiss these claims on the basis that neither shareholder has established the right to usurp the Board of Directors' power to decide whether and when a suit should be filed. The Company expects briefing on the motions to dismiss these claims to be completed by November 5, 2010. The individual defendants, who are separately represented by counsel, believe these claims have no merit and intend to defend themselves vigorously against these actions.

On two occasions in 2009, the Company received letters from persons claiming to own Company shares and demanding that the Company address certain compensation, disclosure and other issues. In response to these demands, the Company appointed a special committee of independent directors. The committee, with the assistance of independent counsel, investigated the claims and concluded that the claimants either had not demonstrated they had standing to raise claims or had not sustained damages. One of these individuals, who repeatedly refused to provide any satisfactory evidence that she owned stock in the Company, has since filed suit against the Company (one of the pending derivative actions described in the preceding paragraph), alleging that certain current and former officers and directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company, and that the special committee improperly refused her demand to initiate suit against these officers and directors on behalf of the Company. The Company has received letters from two other individuals claiming to own Company shares and demanding that the Company take action against current and former officers and directors named in the letter to recover damages arising from alleged breaches of fiduciary duties. The allegations in these two letters are materially the same as those made in the pending shareholder derivative actions described in the preceding paragraph. At least one of the individuals has substantiated standing by demonstrating that they have owned, and continue to own, stock in the Company. Accordingly, the special committee of independent directors is currently reviewing the claims made in these letters.

On July 14, 2010, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation ("Northrop") filed a complaint in Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia against iStar NG LP (a former subsidiary of the Company), the Company, the purchaser of the CTL portfolio that we sold on June 25, 2010, and two of the purchaser's affiliates. The complaint arises out of a dispute regarding a purported right of first offer in respect of a property leased to Northrop which Northrop claims was triggered by the portfolio transaction. The complaint asserts claims for, among other things, (i) specific performance and other equitable relief; (ii) breach of the right of first offer (against iStar NG LP only); (iii) declaratory judgment as to the applicability of the right of first offer; (iv) tortious interference with contractual relations (against all defendants except iStar NG LP); (v) unjust enrichment; (vi) violation of the Virginia Business Conspiracy Act; (vii) conversion; and (viii) other injunctive and equitable relief. The complaint seeks, among other relief, specific performance of the right of first offer, a constructive trust, compensatory damages, treble damages for breach of the conspiracy statute, punitive damages, and recovery of attorneys' fees and interest. On August 10, 2010, the Company and the other defendants filed demurrers and pleas in bar seeking dismissal of the complaint. No briefing schedule has been set on the demurrers and pleas, which remain pending.

On August 17, 2010, the Company filed its answer and asserted counterclaims against Northrop for declaratory judgment, tortious interference with contract, and tortious interference with contract expectancy. Among other relief, the Company seeks compensatory and punitive damages, in addition to a declaration that the purported right of first offer was not triggered by the portfolio transaction. On September 15, 2010, the other defendants filed their answer and asserted similar counterclaims for breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, and tortious interference with prospective contract. Northrop has responded to the counterclaims with a procedural motion seeking additional information with respect to those counterclaims. No briefing schedule has been set on Northrop's procedural motion, and the counterclaims remain pending.

Discovery between the parties is ongoing. No trial date or other deadlines have been set.

The Company continues to believe the claims asserted against it in this complaint have no merit and will defend itself vigorously in this action.

See the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 in addition to the risks set forth below:

We may not be able to refinance or repay our substantial indebtedness, which could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and Common Stock price.

We have approximately $111.3 million aggregate principal amount of indebtedness maturing during the remainder of 2010, approximately $2.58 billion maturing on or before June 30, 2011 and an additional $202.5 million maturing on or before December 31, 2011. We will need additional liquidity to supplement expected loan repayments and cash generated from operations in order to meet our debt maturities and funding obligations. Earlier this year, we announced that we retained a third party advisor to assist us in exploring alternatives for realigning the long term structure of our assets and liabilities, which could include, among other things, refinancing and/or restructuring some or all of our outstanding indebtedness. There can be no assurance that we will be able to execute such alternatives or generate sufficient liquidity to meet our cash needs. A failure by us to refinance or repay our indebtedness as it comes due, or to satisfy a covenant in our debt instruments, would likely trigger a default or an event of default which could give the lenders under the affected indebtedness the ability to accelerate the debt. Most of our recourse debt instruments contain cross default and/or cross-acceleration provisions which may be triggered by defaults or accelerations of our recourse debt above specified thresholds. If we are unable to refinance or repay our debt as it comes due, our business, financial condition, results of operations and Common Stock price will be materially and adversely affected.

Our debt covenants restrict our ability to enter into certain capital raising transactions.

As discussed elsewhere in this report, we are currently considering alternatives for realigning the long term structure of our assets and liabilities and for raising capital, including through asset sales, secured financings, refinancings and other transactions. However, certain of our material debt obligations require us to comply with customary financial performance and other covenants, including but not limited to, covenants related to leverage, net worth, maintenance of unencumbered assets, and other financial requirements and ratios. Any capital raising transactions we undertake would need to be structured such that we remain in compliance with such covenants.

The following table sets forth the information with respect to purchases made by or on behalf of the Company of its Common Stock during the three months ended September 30, 2010:

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

The undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer of iStar Financial Inc. (the "Company"), hereby certifies on the date hereof, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 (the "Form 10-Q"), filed concurrently herewith by the Company, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Certification of principal financial officer
Pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

The undersigned, the principal financial officer of iStar Financial Inc. (the "Company"), hereby certifies on the date hereof, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 (the "Form 10-Q"), filed concurrently herewith by the Company, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

	2010			2009			2010			2009
Earnings allocable to common shares:
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share:
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to iStar Financial Inc. and allocable to common shareholders(1)	$	(86,934	)	$	(248,583	)	$	(176,597	)	$	(646,385	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		(889	)		(3,511	)		17,509			4,705
Gain from discontinued operations		4,292			786			262,421			12,087

Net income (loss) attributable to iStar Financial Inc. and allocable to common shareholders	$	(83,531	)	$	(251,308	)	$	103,333		$	(629,593	)

Denominator (basic and diluted):
Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted earnings per common share		93,370			98,674			93,556			101,324

Basic and diluted earnings per common share:
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to iStar Financial Inc. and allocable to common shareholders(1)	$	(0.93	)	$	(2.52	)	$	(1.89	)	$	(6.38	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		(0.01	)		(0.04	)		0.19			0.05
Gain from discontinued operations		0.05			0.01			2.80			0.12

Net income (loss) attributable to iStar Financial Inc. and allocable to common shareholders	$	(0.89	)	$	(2.55	)	$	1.10		$	(6.21	)

Earnings allocable to High Performance Units:
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per HPU share:
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to iStar Financial Inc. and allocable to HPU holders(1)	$	(2,642	)	$	(7,151	)	$	(5,347	)	$	(18,107	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		(27	)		(101	)		531			132
Gain from discontinued operations		130			23			7,961			339

Net income (loss) attributable to iStar Financial Inc. and allocable to HPU holders	$	(2,539	)	$	(7,229	)	$	3,145		$	(17,636	)

Denominator (basic and diluted):
Weighted average High Performance Units outstanding for basic and diluted earnings per share		15			15			15			15

Basic and diluted earnings per HPU share:
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to iStar Financial Inc. and allocable to HPU holders(1)	$	(176.14	)	$	(476.73	)	$	(356.46	)	$	(1,207.13	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		(1.80	)		(6.73	)		35.40			8.80
Gain from discontinued operations		8.67			1.53			530.73			22.60

Net income (loss) attributable to iStar Financial Inc. and allocable to HPU holders	$	(169.27	)	$	(481.93	)	$	209.67		$	(1,175.73	)

	For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30,

	2010		2009
Joint venture shares		298		298
Stock options		143		520
Restricted stock units(1)		11,528		11,548

	As of

	September 30, 2010			December 31, 2009
Unrealized gains/(losses) on available-for-sale securities	$	(171	)	$	3,959
Unrealized gains on cash flow hedges		3,816			4,156
Unrealized losses on cumulative translation adjustment		(1,618	)		(1,970	)

Accumulated other comprehensive income	$	2,027		$	6,145

					Fair Value Using

			Total		Quoted market prices in active markets (Level 1)		Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)		Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
As of September 30, 2010:
Recurring basis:
	Financial Assets:
		Marketable securities—trading debt and equity securities	$	359	$	359	$	—	$	—
	Financial Liabilities:
		Derivative liabilities	$	1,227	$	—	$	1,227	$	—
Non-recurring basis:
	Financial Assets:
		Impaired loans	$	976,424	$	—	$	—	$	976,424
	Non-financial Assets:
		Impaired OREO	$	23,307	$	—	$	—	$	23,307
		Impaired CTL assets	$	14,310	$	—	$	—	$	14,310
As of December 31, 2009:
Recurring basis:
	Financial Assets:
		Derivative assets	$	800	$	—	$	800	$	—
		Other lending investments—available-for-sale debt securities	$	6,800	$	6,800	$	—	$	—
		Marketable securities—trading debt and equity securities	$	38,454	$	254	$	38,200	$	—
	Financial Liabilities:
		Derivative liabilities	$	254	$	—	$	254	$	—
Non-recurring basis:
	Financial Assets:
		Impaired loans	$	1,167,498	$	—	$	—	$	1,167,498
	Non-financial Assets:
		Impaired OREO	$	181,540	$	—	$	—	$	181,540
		Impaired CTL assets held for sale	$	17,282	$	—	$	—	$	17,282
		Impaired CTL assets	$	48,000	$	—	$	—	$	48,000

		As of September 30, 2010				As of December 31, 2009

		Book Value		Fair Value		Book Value		Fair Value
Financial assets:
	Loans and other lending investments, net	$	5,339,180	$	4,946,852	$	7,661,562	$	6,638,840
Financial liabilities:
	Debt obligations, net	$	8,517,401	$	7,352,996	$	10,894,903	$	8,115,023

	Real Estate Lending(1)			Corporate Tenant Leasing(2)		Corporate/ Other(3)			Company Total

*Three months ended September 30, 2010:*
Total revenues(4)	$	92,061		$	41,547	$	764		$	134,372
Earnings from equity method investments		—			605		5,918			6,523
Total operating and interest expense(5)		100,123			25,489		102,946			228,558

Net operating income (loss)(6)		(8,062	)		16,663		(96,264	)		(87,663	)
*Three months ended September 30, 2009:*
Total revenues(4)	$	128,057		$	44,061	$	6,098		$	178,216
Earnings from equity method investments		—			614		6,756			7,370
Total operating and interest expense(5)		372,428			24,169		125,329			521,926

Net operating income (loss)(6)		(244,371	)		20,506		(112,475	)		(336,340	)
*Nine months ended September 30, 2010:*
Total revenues(4)	$	308,013		$	127,981	$	2,151		$	438,145
Earnings from equity method investments		—			1,873		29,830			31,703
Total operating and interest expense(5)		348,563			69,248		319,689			737,500

Net operating income (loss)(6)		(40,550	)		60,606		(287,708	)		(267,652	)
*Nine months ended September 30, 2009:*
Total revenues(4)	$	448,342		$	134,981	$	14,817		$	598,140
Earnings (loss) from equity method investments		—			1,881		(13,147	)		(11,266	)
Total operating and interest expense(5)		1,126,119			79,839		461,623			1,667,581

Net operating income (loss)(6)		(677,777	)		57,023		(459,953	)		(1,080,707	)
*As of September 30, 2010:*
Total long-lived assets(7)	$	6,831,239		$	1,792,206		—		$	8,623,445
Total assets		6,922,123			1,918,078		1,624,548			10,464,749
*As of December 31, 2009:*
Total long-lived assets(7)	$	8,923,367		$	2,903,178	$	—		$	11,826,545
Total assets		8,999,558			3,149,783		661,234			12,810,575

		For the Three Months Ended September 30,

		2010			2009			$ Change			% Change
		(in thousands)
Interest income		$	84,210		$	124,701		$	(40,491	)		(32	)%
Operating lease income			41,546			44,063			(2,517	)		(6	)%
Other income			8,616			9,452			(836	)		(9	)%

	Total revenue		134,372			178,216			(43,844	)		(25	)%

Interest expense			77,286			97,094			(19,808	)		(20	)%
Operating costs—corporate tenant lease assets			5,226			3,809			1,417			37	%
Depreciation and amortization			15,509			16,564			(1,055	)		(6	)%
General and administrative			24,239			28,543			(4,304	)		(15	)%
Provision for loan losses			78,414			345,892			(267,478	)		(77	)%
Impairment of other assets			3,832			17,565			(13,733	)		(78	)%
Other expense			24,052			12,459			11,593			93	%

	Total costs and expenses		228,558			521,926			(293,368	)		(56	)%

Gain on early extinguishment of debt, net			9,525			91,701			(82,176	)		(90	)%
Earnings from equity method investments			6,523			7,370			(847	)		(11	)%
Income (loss) from discontinued operations			(916	)		(3,612	)		2,696			75	%
Gain from discontinued operations			4,422			809			3,613			>100	%

Net income (loss)		$	(74,632	)	$	(247,442	)	$	172,810			70	%

	As of September 30, 2010			As of December 31, 2009

Non-performing loans
Carrying value	$	2,756,000		$	3,910,922
Participated portion		—			298,333

Managed Loan Value(1)	$	2,756,000		$	4,209,255
As a percentage of Managed Loan Value of total loans(2)		43.4	%		45.3	%
Watch list loans
Carrying value	$	696,115		$	697,138
Participated portion		—			20,561

Managed Loan Value(1)	$	696,115		$	717,699
As a percentage of Managed Loan Value of total loans(2)		11.0	%		7.7	%
Reserve for loan losses	$	1,024,661		$	1,417,949
As a percentage of Managed Loan Value of total loans(2)		16.1	%		15.3	%
As a percentage of Managed Loan Value of non-performing loans		37.2	%		33.7	%
Other real estate owned
Carrying value	$	782,611		$	839,141
Real estate held for investment, net
Carrying value	$	709,448		$	422,664

		Non- performing Loans		OREO		REHI		Total

Collateral/Property Type
Condo:
	Construction—Completed	$	547,892	$	325,968	$	—	$	873,860	20.6	%
	Construction—In Progress		367,410		13,975		—		381,385	9.0	%
	Conversion		53,520		113,845		—		167,365	3.9	%

	Subtotal Condo		968,822		453,788		—		1,422,610	33.5	%

Land			678,368		110,077		491,627		1,280,072	30.1	%
Mixed Use/Mixed Collateral			324,673		70,733		18,734		414,140	9.7	%
Retail			266,670		45,145		27,347		339,162	8.0	%
Entertainment/Leisure			269,172		—		—		269,172	6.3	%
Multifamily			43,111		82,668		29,445		155,224	3.7	%
Office			86,956		—		24,263		111,219	2.6	%
Hotel			24,738		15,000		68,397		108,135	2.5	%
Industrial/R&D			29,487		5,200		49,635		84,322	2.0	%
Corporate—Real Estate			61,754		—		—		61,754	1.5	%
Other			2,249		—		—		2,249	0.1	%

Gross carrying value		$	2,756,000	$	782,611	$	709,448	$	4,248,059	100.0	%

		Principal And Interest Payments Due By Period

		Total		Less Than 1 Year(1)		2 - 3 Years(1)		4 - 5 Years		6 - 10 Years		After 10 Years
		(In thousands)
Long-Term Debt Obligations:
Unsecured notes		$	2,672,198	$	546,147	$	943,052	$	821,874	$	361,125	$	—
Secured notes			312,329		—		—		312,329		—		—
Convertible notes			787,750		—		787,750		—		—		—
Unsecured revolving credit facilities			745,956		502,116		243,840		—		—		—
Secured term loans			2,860,319		1,117,847		1,668,560		—		20,700		53,212
Secured revolving credit facilities			954,076		619,896		334,180		—		—		—
Trust preferred			100,000		—		—		—		—		100,000

	Total principal maturities		8,432,628		2,786,006		3,977,382		1,134,203		381,825		153,212
Interest Payable(2)			835,903		304,178		361,473		102,714		37,410		30,128
Operating Lease Obligations			42,435		1,252		11,097		8,744		17,987		3,355

	Total(3)	$	9,310,966	$	3,091,436	$	4,349,952	$	1,245,661	$	437,222	$	186,695

		Average Price Paid per Share			Maximum Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans(1)

September 1 - September 30, 2010	1,112,229	$	3.17	1,112,229	$	14,124,387

Total Purchases	1,112,229			1,112,229

Exhibit Number			Document Description

	10.1		Equity Purchase Agreement, dated July 29, 2010, among LNR Property Corporation, Riley Holdco Corp. and iStar Marlin LLC.(1)
	31.0		Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
	32.0		Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.


		iSTAR FINANCIAL INC. Registrant
Date: November 8, 2010		/s/ JAY SUGARMAN Jay Sugarman Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
		iSTAR FINANCIAL INC. Registrant
Date: November 8, 2010		/s/ DAVID DISTASO David DiStaso Chief Accounting Officer (principal financial officer)