The Form 10 states the Trust's primary strategy is to originate, acquire, finance, manage and dispose of primarily real estate debt investments, including senior mortgage loans, subordinated debt and similar investments, diversified by geography and property sector. To a lesser extent it may hold other real estate lending, CMBS, CLOs and related securities, opportunistically own direct real estate, and co-invest with other LaSalle accounts. It plans leverage and is a blind pool. LaSalle invests under broad board-approved guidelines.