8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 3, 2020

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iStar Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1114 Avenue of the Americas, 39th Floor

New York, New York 10036

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

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

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N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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iStar Inc. announced that David Eisenberg has been appointed to the company's board of directors effective as of August 3, 2020.

Mr. Eisenberg is the Founder and Managing Director of Zigg Capital, a venture capital fund focused on the real estate and construction industries. Mr. Eisenberg has been investing for the past decade in companies that provide novel software or hardware solutions to these industries or which create new uses of space. Representative companies in which he has invested include Procore, Juniper Square, VTS Matterport and Tend. Prior to founding Zigg, Mr. Eisenberg served as the Global Senior Vice President of Technology of CBRE Group, Inc. from January 2017 to January 2019. He joined CBRE as a result of CBRE's acquisition of Floored, a technology company founded by Mr. Eisenberg and led by him as its Chief Executive Officer from June 2012 to January 2017. Earlier in Mr. Eisenberg's career, he was a founding team member of two other retail technology businesses, TellApart (subsequently acquired by Twitter) and Bonobos (subsequently acquired by Walmart). Mr. Eisenberg started his career at Bain & Company and graduated from Harvard with a degree in Psychology. Mr. Eisenberg's qualifications for iStar's board include his experience in investing capital in the real estate and construction industries, his operational experience in real estate technology and his extensive background as an entrepreneur and founder of new technology businesses.

SIGNATURE

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.