Exhibit 99.1

NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE

ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER 2013 RESULTS

Second Quarter 2013 Highlights

·                  Cash available for distribution (“CAD”) of $0.27 per share, representing a 29% increase over the first quarter 2013.

·                  Increased second quarter 2013 cash dividend to $0.20 per common share, representing a 100% increase over the last eight quarters.

·                  Closed $1.4 billion of investments in the second quarter 2013, including $443 million of invested equity.

·                  Subsequent to the second quarter 2013, committed to $778 million of investments, including $444 million of invested equity.

·                  Completed $1.1 billion offering in our first sponsored non-traded REIT, including $350 million raised in the second quarter 2013.

NEW YORK, NY, August 2, 2013 - NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE: NRF) today announced its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013.

Second Quarter 2013 Results

NorthStar reported cash available for distribution (“CAD”) for the second quarter 2013 of $56.5 million, or $0.27 per share. For the second quarter 2013, NorthStar generated net cash provided by operating activities of $56.8 million.  For more information and a reconciliation of CAD to net cash provided by operating activities, please refer to the tables on the following pages.

Net loss to common stockholders for the second quarter 2013 was $(12.6) million, or $(0.06) per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $(77.5) million, or $(0.62) per diluted share for the second quarter 2012.  Second quarter 2013 net loss includes $(42.7) million of non-cash fair value adjustments, compared to $(94.6) million of non-cash fair value adjustments for the second quarter 2012.  These non-cash fair value adjustments are excluded from CAD and adjusted funds from operations.

David T. Hamamoto, chairman and chief executive officer, commented “Throughout the first half of 2013, we have continued to follow through with our business plan of creating long-term, diversified and durable cash flows that generate attractive risk adjusted returns.  We are very pleased that even with eight consecutive dividend increases NorthStar has substantially increased the amount of CAD retained for reinvestment, which is translating into dividend distribution levels more commensurate with that of traditional equity REITs.  Going forward, we will continue to evaluate our distribution policy on a quarterly basis and seek to prudently balance dividends with retaining cash flow for accretive reinvestment.”

Mr. Hamamoto continued, “Our asset management business accomplished a significant milestone this quarter with the completion of our first $1.1 billion non-traded REIT offering.  We look forward to building on this momentum as we target raising $2.75 billion for our two other non-traded REIT products, NorthStar Healthcare Income and NorthStar Real Estate Income II.  Over the last 30 days, we have increased our selling agreements with financial advisory firms to cover more than 46,000 registered representatives for NorthStar Healthcare Income, including the top selling firms from our first non-traded REIT, and expect to continue increasing our selling agreements and accelerate our capital raising pace over the coming months.”

Investments

Real Estate

During the second quarter 2013, NorthStar acquired $1.2 billion of real estate.  Transactions include:

·                  the acquisition of an $865 million portfolio of manufactured housing communities, which was financed with eight separate 10-year, non-recourse mortgages in the aggregate amount of $640 million at a weighted average fixed interest

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rate of 4.02%. NorthStar expects to earn an initial current yield of approximately 14% on its $215 million of invested equity;

·                  the acquisition of ten multifamily properties comprised of approximately 3,000 units for an aggregate purchase price of $281 million, which was financed with nine separate 10-year, non-recourse mortgages in the aggregate amount of $205 million at a weighted average fixed interest rate of 4.09%.  NorthStar expects to earn a weighted average initial current yield of approximately 13% on its $70 million of invested equity; and

·                  the acquisition of eleven healthcare assisted living facilities and one memory care facility comprised of approximately 340 units for an aggregate purchase price of $64 million, which was financed with two separate non-recourse mortgages in the aggregate amount of $46 million at a weighted average current interest rate of 3.15% and weighted average final maturity of five years.  NorthStar expects to earn a weighted average initial current yield of approximately 17% on its $18 million of invested equity.

Subsequent to the end of the second quarter 2013, NorthStar acquired a multifamily property comprised of approximately 490 units for a purchase price of $40 million, which was financed with a 10-year, non-recourse mortgage in the amount of $30 million at a fixed interest rate of 3.69%.  NorthStar expects to earn an initial current yield of approximately 14% on its $10 million of invested equity.

CRE Loans

During the second quarter 2013, NorthStar originated five commercial real estate loans with a $207 million aggregate principal amount and expects to earn a weighted average initial current yield of approximately 13% on its $122 million of invested equity.

Subsequent to the end of the second quarter 2013, NorthStar originated two commercial real estate loans with a $51 million aggregate principal amount and expects to earn a weighted average initial current yield of approximately 15%.

Opportunistic Investments

During the second quarter 2013, NorthStar, NorthStar Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (“NorthStar Income”) and funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management (“Vintage Funds” and, together with NorthStar and NorthStar Income, the “NorthStar/GSAM Partnership”) committed to initially fund $510 million to acquire limited partnership interests in up to 25 real estate private equity funds with an aggregate reported net asset value of approximately $925 million as of September 30, 2012 (“PE Investment II”).  NorthStar, NorthStar Income and Vintage Funds will contribute 70%, 15% and 15%, respectively, of all amounts payable.  In July 2013, the NorthStar/GSAM Partnership completed the initial closing and NorthStar funded its full committed amount of $357 million.  The closing of each fund is subject to customary closing conditions, including third party consents.  For additional details regarding this transaction, please refer to the tables on the following pages.

CDO Bonds

During the second quarter 2013, NorthStar completed the redemption of all of the outstanding bonds issued by N-Star Real Estate CDO II (“CDO II”).  NorthStar owned approximately $71 million par amount of bonds in CDO II that it repurchased at an aggregate purchase price of approximately $36 million. Since the beginning of 2013, NorthStar has received total proceeds of approximately $132 million from the sales and paydowns of owned CDO bonds, including the CDO II redemption.

NorthStar had approximately $9.9 billion of assets under management as of June 30, 2013, as adjusted for our acquisition of PE Investment II.

For additional details regarding NorthStar and its investments, please refer to the corporate presentation that will be posted on NorthStar’s website, www.nrfc.com.

Asset Management Business

On July 1, 2013, NorthStar Income successfully completed its primary offering having raised $1.1 billion in aggregate gross offering proceeds, including $528 million this year, through NorthStar Realty Securities, LLC, NorthStar’s broker-dealer.

Year-to-date, NorthStar made an aggregate of $830 million of investments on behalf of NorthStar Income.

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NorthStar Realty Securities, LLC currently has total signed selling agreements, on behalf of NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. (“NorthStar Healthcare”), NorthStar’s second non-traded REIT, with broker-dealers covering more than 46,000 registered representatives.  NorthStar expects to earn annual net fees approximately equal to three percentage points based on total capital raised for each of our current non-traded REITs.

During the second quarter 2013, the NorthStar Real Estate Income II, Inc. (“NorthStar Income II”) registration statement related to its initial offering was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

During the second quarter 2013, NorthStar earned $5.8 million of fees from its management of NorthStar Income.  In addition, during the second quarter 2013, NorthStar received collateral management and other fees from its consolidated CDOs of $5.0 million, which are eliminated on NorthStar’s consolidated statement of operations.

Liquidity, Financing and Capital Markets Highlights

As of July 31, 2013, unrestricted cash was approximately $220 million.

In April 2013, NorthStar issued 8 million shares of its new 8.5% Series D Preferred Stock at a par value of $25 per share and received net proceeds of $193 million.

In June 2013, NorthStar issued $300 million of 5.375% exchangeable senior notes which are payable in June 2023 at the holders’ option.  In July 2013, the over-allotment option of $45 million was exercised by the underwriters. Total net proceeds to NorthStar were $334 million.

In June 2013, NorthStar repaid the $36 million outstanding principal balance of its 11.5% exchangeable senior notes.  Currently, NorthStar’s only near-term unsecured corporate debt obligations relate to its $13 million principal amount of 7.25% notes which are payable in June 2014 at the holders’ option.

Portfolio Management

As of June 30, 2013, NorthStar did not have any loans on non-performing status (“NPL”).  NorthStar categorizes a loan as a NPL if it is in maturity default and/or is past due 90 days on its contractual debt service payments.

During the second quarter 2013, NorthStar had no provision for loan losses, compared to $2.3 million of net provision for loan losses during the first quarter 2013.  As of June 30, 2013, loan loss reserves totaled $133 million, or 6% of total loans, related to ten loans with a carrying value of $165 million.

As of June 30, 2013, NorthStar’s net lease portfolio was 95% leased with a 5.2 year weighted average remaining lease term.  As of June 30, 2013, NorthStar’s healthcare portfolio that was leased to third-party operators was 99% leased with a weighted average lease coverage of 1.2x and a 6.8 year weighted average remaining lease term.  As of June 30, 2013, NorthStar’s manufactured housing communities portfolio was 86% leased.  For additional details regarding NorthStar’s real estate portfolio, please refer to the tables on the following pages.

Stockholders’ Equity

As of June 30, 2013, NorthStar had 208,709,267 total common shares and operating partnership units outstanding and $18 million of non-controlling interests relating to its operating partnership.  GAAP book value per share was $5.29 as of June 30, 2013, which includes negative GAAP equity in certain of our non-recourse CDO financings due to non-cash fair value adjustments.  Adjusted book value at June 30, 2013 would be $6.68 per share, excluding certain unrealized and other adjustments, loan loss reserves and accumulated depreciation and amortization.

The adjusted book value does not take into consideration any value related to the in-place and anticipated advisory fee income streams generated by NorthStar’s sponsored, non-traded REITs and NorthStar’s CDO collateral management fees.  NorthStar expects over $40 million of net asset management fees in 2013.  For a reconciliation of adjusted book value per share to GAAP book value per share, please refer to the tables on the following pages.

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Common Dividend Announcement

On July 31, 2013, NorthStar announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock, payable with respect to the quarter ended June 30, 2013.  The dividend is expected to be paid on August 16, 2013 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 12, 2013. The Company’s common shares will begin trading ex-dividend on August 8, 2013.

Earnings Conference Call

NorthStar will hold a conference call to discuss second quarter 2013 financial results on August 2, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time.  Hosting the call will be David Hamamoto, chairman and chief executive officer; Albert Tylis, president; Daniel Gilbert, chief investment and operating officer; and Debra Hess, chief financial officer.

The call will be webcast live over the Internet from NorthStar’s website, www.nrfc.com, and will be archived on the Company’s website.  The call can also be accessed live over the phone by dialing 866-225-8754, or for international callers, by dialing 480-629-9818.

A replay of the call will be available one hour after the call through Friday, August 9, 2013 by dialing 800-406-7325 or, for international callers, 303-590-3030, using pass code 4630509.

About NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. is a diversified commercial real estate investment and asset management company that is organized as an internally managed REIT.  For more information about NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., please visit www.nrfc.com.

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Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

($ in thousands, except share and per share data)

(1)         The three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 include $4.2 million and $4.8 million, respectively, of equity-based compensation expense. The six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 include $10.2 million and $7.2 million of equity-based compensation expense, respectively.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

($ in thousands, except share data)

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

($ in thousands, except share data)

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Included in this press release are certain “non-GAAP financial measures,” which are measures of NorthStar’s historical or future financial performance that are different from measures calculated and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, within the meaning of the applicable Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, rules.  These include: Cash Available for Distribution, Funds From Operations and Adjusted Funds From Operations.   NorthStar believes these terms can be useful measures of its performance, which are further defined below.

Cash Available for Distribution (“CAD”)

CAD is a non-GAAP financial measure. NorthStar calculates CAD by adjusting net cash provided by (used in) operating activities to deduct preferred stock dividends; to reflect actual distributions received related to income earned in joint ventures; to reflect timing differences related to certain G&A expenses and corporate borrowing payments; to reflect timing differences related to non-capitalized transaction costs that are amortized over the life of the investment for purposes of CAD; to include amortization of discounts related to repurchased CDO bonds, investments owned outside CDOs and similar income items; and to exclude one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP and certain other non-recurring items.

NorthStar believes that CAD provides investors and management with a meaningful indicator of the operating performance of the Company. NorthStar management also uses CAD, among other measures, to evaluate profitability and the Board of Directors considers CAD in determining NorthStar’s quarterly cash dividends.  CAD may fluctuate from period to period based upon a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the timing and amount of investments, repayments and asset sales, capital raised, use of leverage, changes in the expected yield of investments and the overall conditions in commercial real estate and the economy generally.

CAD should not be considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) or as an indication of our cash from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) or a measure of our liquidity or profitability.  In addition, our methodology for calculating CAD may differ from the methodologies used by other comparable companies, including other REITs, when calculating the same or similar supplemental financial measures and may not be comparable with these companies.

Reconciliation of Cash Available for Distribution

(Amounts in thousands except per share data)

(1)         Three months ended June 30, 2013 is based on the six months ended June 30, 2013 less the three months ended March 31, 2013 as reported in the first quarter 2013 Form 10-Q.

(2)         Realized discounts related to repurchased CDO bonds totaled $53 million in 2012 and are currently expected to be approximately $70 million in 2013. For CAD, realized discounts on CDO bonds are assumed to equal annual amortization of total expected cash discount over a 5.4 year weighted average remaining life as of January 1, 2013.

(3)         CAD per share does not take into account any potential dilution from exchangeable notes, warrants or restricted stock units that are subject to performance metrics that are not currently achieved.

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Funds from Operations (FFO) and Adjusted Funds from Operations (AFFO)

Management believes that funds from operations, or FFO, and adjusted funds from operations, or AFFO, each of which are non-GAAP measures, are additional appropriate measures of the operating performance of a REIT and NorthStar in particular. We compute FFO in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), as net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (losses) from sales of depreciable property, the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles, real estate-related depreciation and amortization, impairment on depreciable property owned directly or indirectly and after adjustments for unconsolidated ventures.    FFO, as defined by NAREIT, is a computation made by analysts and investors to measure a real estate company’s cash flow generated by operations.

NorthStar calculates AFFO by subtracting from or adding to FFO:

·                  normalized recurring expenditures that are capitalized by NorthStar and then amortized, but which are necessary to maintain NorthStar’s properties and revenue stream, e.g., leasing commissions and tenant improvement allowances;

·                  an adjustment to reverse the effects of transaction costs;

·                  an adjustment to reverse the effects of the straight-lining of rental income or expense and fair value lease revenue;

·                  the amortization or accrual of various deferred costs including intangible assets and equity-based compensation;

·                  an adjustment to reverse the effects of acquisition gains or losses; and

·                  an adjustment to reverse the effects of non-cash unrealized gains (losses).

NorthStar’s calculation of AFFO differs from the methodology used for calculating AFFO by certain other REITs and, accordingly, our AFFO may not be comparable to AFFO reported by other REITs.

Neither FFO nor AFFO is equivalent to net income or cash generated from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP.  Furthermore, FFO and AFFO do not represent amounts available for management’s discretionary use because of needed capital replacement or expansion, debt service obligations or other commitments or uncertainties.  Neither FFO nor AFFO should be considered as an alternative to net income as an indicator of NorthStar’s operating performance or as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of NorthStar’s liquidity.

NorthStar urges investors to carefully review the GAAP financial information included as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and quarterly earnings releases.

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Funds from Operations (FFO) and Adjusted Funds from Operations (AFFO)

($ in thousands, except per share data)

(1)         Amount excludes non-controlling limited partner interest in NorthStar’s operating partnership.

(2)         FFO and AFFO per share does not take into account any potential dilution from exchangeable notes, warrants or restricted stock units that are subject to performance metrics that are not currently achieved.

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Assets Under Management as of June 30, 2013(1)

($ in thousands)

(1)         Includes PE Investment II which completed its initial closing in July 2013.

(2)         Based on principal amount of CRE debt and securities investments, fair value for our private equity fund investments and the cost basis of our other real estate investments.  Any real estate owned (either directly or through a joint venture) as a result of taking title to a property through foreclosure, deed in lieu or otherwise (“taking title to a property”) reflects the principal amount of the loan at time of foreclosure.

(3)         Primarily related to real estate owned (either directly or through a joint venture) as a result of taking title to a property and other CRE debt investments accounted for as joint ventures.

(4)         Includes the initial and deferred amount of PE Investment II.

(5)         Based on consolidated total assets.

(6)         Includes $2.0 billion of CRE securities that serve as collateral in CDO financing transactions.

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Investments

2013 Year to Date through August 1, 2013

($ in millions)

(1) Management provides no assurances that the weighted average life or cash flows of investments will be consistent with management’s expectations or that the CDO bonds, originated loans or other investments, will payoff at par, if at all. Actual results could differ materially from those presented.

Balance Sheet Holdings of NorthStar CDO Bonds (1)

As of August 1, 2013

($ in thousands)

(1)         Unencumbered CDO bonds are owned by NorthStar. The majority of CDO bonds are eliminated with the corresponding liability of the respective CDO on NorthStar’s consolidated financial statements.

(2)         Represents the maximum amount of principal proceeds that could be received.  There is no assurance NorthStar will receive the maximum amount of principal proceeds.

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PE Investment I (1)

($ in millions)

Our Proportionate Share of PE Investment I

(1)                   Based on financial data reported by the underlying funds as of March 31, 2013, except as otherwise noted.

(2)                   Net cost represents total funded capital less distributions received, excluding any distributions in excess of contributions for funds representing 3% of reported NAV.

(3)                   Represents implied leverage for funds with investment-level financing, calculated as debt divided by assets at fair value.

(4)                   Net of a $2 million reserve for taxes.

(5)                   Due to the timing of the closing of fund interests, contributions are recorded based on the period of settlement and may not represent the period such contributions were made.  Amounts presented are based on the applicable period, not the period of settlement.

PE Investment I by Underlying Investment Type (1)

As of March 31, 2013

(1)                   Based on individual fund financial statements.

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PE Investment II (1)

($ in millions)