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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-111092
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210830
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210830
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20210830

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ISTAR INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001095651
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				956881527
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-259173
		FILM NUMBER:		211224280

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
		STREET 2:		39TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10036
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129309400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
		STREET 2:		39TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10036

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ISTAR FINANCIAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000501

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	STARWOOD FINANCIAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990923
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on August&nbsp;30, 2021</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>UNITED
STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>FORM&nbsp;S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>iSTAR INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</B></P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
    incorporation or organization)</B></P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1114 Avenue of the Americas<BR>
    39<SUP>th</SUP> Floor<BR>
    New York, New York<BR>
    (212) 930-9400</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>95-6881527</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
    Identification Number)</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>10036</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>iStar Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Full title of the Plan)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Geoffrey Dugan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>iStar Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1114 Avenue of the Americas<BR>
39<SUP>th</SUP> Floor<BR>
New York, New York<BR>
(212) 930-9400</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Kathleen Werner,&nbsp;Esq.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Clifford Chance US LLP</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>31 West 52nd Street</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10019</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(212) 878-8000</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of &quot;large accelerated filer,&quot; &quot;accelerated filer,&quot; &quot;smaller reporting company,&quot; and
 &quot;emerging growth company&quot; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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<TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated
filer</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
                                                                                                            <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Accelerated filer</TD>
                                                                                   <TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></TD>
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<TD>Non-accelerated filer</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
                                                                                                                   <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Smaller reporting company</TD>
                                                                                   <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 15%">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right; width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right; width: 61%">&nbsp;</TD>
                                                        <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 18%">Emerging growth company</TD>
                                                                                   <TD STYLE="text-align: right; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any
new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B)&nbsp;of the Securities Act. &nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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<BR>
Title of Securities to be Registered</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Amount to be<BR>
 Registered<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price Per<BR>
Share<SUP>(2)</SUP></B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Aggregate Offering<BR>
Price<SUP>(2)</SUP></B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Amount of<BR>
Registration Fee</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 28%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2.5pt">Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 14%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">1,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 14%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">25.33</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 14%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">25,330,000.00</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 2.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 14%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">2763.50</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &quot;Securities Act&quot;),
this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock that become issuable under the iStar Inc. 2009 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the &quot;2009 LTIP&quot;), by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding ordinary shares.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;and
Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;promulgated under the Securities Act. The offering price per ordinary share and the aggregate offering price is
based upon the average of the high and low prices of the common stock, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August&nbsp;24, 2021.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Represents additional shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2009 LTIP. See &ldquo;Explanatory
Note&rdquo; for additional information.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">iStar Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;)
is filing this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 to register 1,000,000 additional shares of common stock authorized for issuance
under the iStar Inc. 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the &quot;2009 LTIP&quot;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to General
Instruction&nbsp;E of Form&nbsp;S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration
Statement on Form <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095651/000110465912059277/a12-18376_1s8.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">S-8 (No.&nbsp;333-183465)</A> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &quot;SEC&quot;) on
August&nbsp;21, 2012, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth this Registration
Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART&nbsp;II</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by
Reference.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents, which
have been filed by the registrant with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference herein, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this
Registration Statement:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1095651/000109565121000012/star-20210331.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">March&nbsp;31, 2021</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1095651/000109565121000018/star-20210630x10q.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">June&nbsp;30, 2021</A>, filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;29, 2021 and August&nbsp;3, 2021;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1095651/000109565121000006/star-20201231.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">The Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020 filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;23, 2021;</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095651/000110465921045943/tm212491-1_def14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">The Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;2, 2021</A> (solely to
the extent specifically incorporated by reference into the Company's <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1095651/000109565121000006/star-20201231.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020</A>);</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1095651/000110465921062779/tm2115529d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May&nbsp;7, 2021</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1095651/000110465921066836/tm2116335d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May&nbsp;14, 2021</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1095651/000109565121000015/star-20210706x8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">July&nbsp;6, 2021</A>; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The description of the Company's common stock contained in <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095651/000109565120000012/stardescriptionofregiste.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Exhibit&nbsp;4.14</A>
                                                                                                             of the Company's <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1095651/000109565120000012/star-12312019x10k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2019, filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;24, 2020</A>, which
                                                                                                             updated the description thereof contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095651/0001047469-99-037769-index.html" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">8-A/A
                                                                                                             (File No.&nbsp;001-15371)</A>, filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;5, 1999.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In addition, all documents
filed by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act after the date of this registration
statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part
of it from the respective dates of filing such documents; except as to any portion of any future annual, quarterly or current report or
other document that is deemed furnished and not deemed filed under such provisions. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 90%"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;description</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095651/000110465921045943/tm212491-1_def14a.htm#P2AO" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.1*</A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095651/000110465921045943/tm212491-1_def14a.htm#P2AO" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">iStar Inc. 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated on May&nbsp;13, 2021, (incorporated by reference to our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;2, 2021)</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="tm2126373d1_ex5-1.htm">5.1</A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="tm2126373d1_ex5-1.htm">Opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="tm2126373d1_ex23-1.htm">23.1</A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="tm2126373d1_ex23-1.htm">Consent of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="tm2126373d1_ex5-1.htm">23.2</A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="tm2126373d1_ex5-1.htm">Consent of Clifford Chance US LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="#a_001">24.1</A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="#a_001">Power of Attorney (included in signature page)</A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in New York, New York on August&nbsp;30, 2021.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">iSTAR INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ JAY SUGARMAN</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 5%">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 42%">Jay Sugarman</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="a_001"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Doug Heitner, Garett Rosenblum and Geoffrey Dugan and each of them, as such person's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and any additional related
registration statement filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (including post-effective
amendments to the registration statement and any such related registration statements), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ JAY SUGARMAN</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Jay Sugarman</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Chairman and<BR>
    Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">August&nbsp;30, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ GARETT ROSENBLUM</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Garett Rosenblum</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Chief Accounting Officer</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
    Officer)</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">August&nbsp;30, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ CLIFFORD
    DE SOUZA</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Clifford De Souza</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">August&nbsp;30, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ DAVID EISENBERG</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">David Eisenberg</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">August&nbsp;30, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ ROBIN JOSEPHS</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Robin Josephs</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">August&nbsp;30, 2021</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ RICHARD LIEB</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Richard Lieb</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">August&nbsp;30, 2021</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ BARRY W.
    RIDINGS</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Barry W. Ridings</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">August&nbsp;30, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 30%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>CLIFFORD
                           CHANCE US LLP</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">31 West 52nd Street</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">New York, NY 10019-6131</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Tel +1 212 878 8000</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Fax +1 212 878 8375</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">www.cliffordchance.com</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">August&nbsp;30, 2021</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">iStar Financial Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">1114 Avenue of the Americas</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">New York, New York 10036</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 6%; text-align: left">Re:</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 94%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Registration
                                            Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 of iStar Financial Inc.</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We have acted as counsel to iStar Financial Inc.,
a Maryland corporation (the &ldquo;<B>Company</B>&rdquo;), in connection with the Company&rsquo;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<B>Commission</B>&rdquo;) on August&nbsp;21, 2012 (the &ldquo;<B>Registration
Statement</B>&rdquo;) for registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>Securities Act</B>&rdquo;), of up
to 1,000,000 shares (the &ldquo;<B>Shares</B>&rdquo;) of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, which may be issued
from time to time pursuant to the Company&rsquo;s 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;<B>Plan</B>&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">In rendering this opinion, we have examined originals
or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates and other instruments
as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of rendering this opinion.&nbsp; In such examination, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents, certificates and instruments submitted to us as originals, the conformity
with originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the absence of any amendments or modifications to those items reviewed
by us.&nbsp; As to any facts material to this opinion which we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements
and representations of representatives of the Company and others.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Based upon the foregoing, and such other examination
of law and fact as we have deemed necessary, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and, when the
Shares are issued and delivered by the Company upon receipt of the consideration therefor as provided in, and otherwise in accordance
with, the Plan, the Shares will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The opinion stated herein is limited to the Maryland
General Corporation Law.&nbsp; We do not express any opinion with respect to the law of any other jurisdiction or as to the effect of
any such law on the opinion herein stated.&nbsp; In addition, we have assumed that the resolutions of the Company&rsquo;s board of directors
or its compensation committee authorizing the Company to issue and deliver the Shares pursuant to the Plan will be in full force and
effect at all times at which such Shares are issued and delivered by the Company and that the Company will take no action inconsistent
with such resolutions.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 31%"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP</B> &nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">iStar Financial Inc.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">August&nbsp;30, 2021</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This letter has been prepared for your use in
connection with the Registration Statement and is based upon the law as in effect and the facts known to us on the date hereof.&nbsp;
We have not undertaken to advise you of any subsequent changes in the law or of any facts that hereafter may come to our attention.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Respectfully,</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Clifford Chance US LLP</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 23.1</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0">We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;S-8 of our reports dated February&nbsp;23, 2021 relating to the financial statements of iStar,&nbsp;Inc. and the effectiveness
of iStar,&nbsp;Inc.&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K of iStar,&nbsp;Inc.
for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">/s/ DELOITTE&nbsp;&amp; TOUCHE LLP</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">August&nbsp;30, 2021</P>

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