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                                                                   Exhibit 23.1




             CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


We have issued our report dated October 23, 2003, accompanying the consolidated
financial statements of the Structured Finance Business of Arbor Commercial
Mortgage, LLC and Subsidiaries and our report dated February 2, 2001,
accompanying the financial statements of Mezzobridge Funding LLC contained in
the S-11 Registration Statement of Arbor Realty Trust,Inc.  We consent to the
use of the aforementioned reports in the Registration Statement and to the use
of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts."

 /s/ Grant Thornton LLP

New York, New York
November 13, 2003



