Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. is a Maryland corporation that focuses primarily on directly originating, investing in and ... managing senior floating-rate commercial mortgage loans and other debt and debt-like commercial real estate investments. We are a long-term, fundamental value-oriented investor. We construct our investment portfolio on a loan-by-loan basis, emphasizing rigorous credit underwriting, selectivity and diversification, and assess each investment from a fundamental value perspective relative to other opportunities available in the market. Our primary target investments are directly originated floating-rate performing senior commercial real estate loans, typically with terms of three to five years, usually ranging in size from $25 million to $150 million. We typically provide intermediate-term bridge or transitional financing for a variety of purposes, including acquisitions, recapitalizations, refinancings and a range of business plans, including lease-up, renovation, repositioning and repurposing of the property. We generally target the top 25, and up to the top 50, metropolitan statistical areas in the United States, or MSAs. We believe that those markets provide ample supply of high credit quality properties to lend against, sufficient number of owners and sponsors with institutional attributes, and adequate market liquidity. We believe this approach will enable us to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns to our stockholders while preserving our capital base through diverse business cycles. We have built a leading commercial real estate lending platform by capitalizing on our team's longstanding presence in the commercial real estate finance markets and it's reputation as a thoughtful and responsible manage of investors' capital. We leverage the talent and industry expertise of our team members to invest in and mange senior floating-rate commercial mortgage loans and other debt and debt-like commercial real estate investments. read more