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Stepping Into the Yards

For months, Jeff Blau, chief executive of development giant Related Cos., talked to banks about financing Related's planned 895-foot office tower on Manhattan's West Side. But a deal was elusive. So earlier this year Mr. Blau tried a different tack: He called Barry Sternlicht, who controls Starwood Property Trust Inc., a fast-growing mortgage real-estate investment trust.

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