Digital Colony Named as Finalist in Seven Categories by Infrastructure Investor for its Awards 2019

Colony Capital, Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) (“Colony” or the “Company”) announced today that Digital Colony has been nominated in seven categories for the 11^th annual global Infrastructure Investor Awards 2019, sponsored by PEI’s Infrastructure Investor. The editorial team at Infrastructure Investor selected Digital Colony among the finalists in the following seven categories:

Global

• Personality of the Year – Marc C. Ganzi, Digital Colony CEO and future CEO of Colony Capital
• Equity Fundraising of the Year – Digital Colony
• Digital Infrastructure Investor of the Year – Digital Colony

North America

• Fund Manager of The Year – Digital Colony
• Equity Fundraising of The Year – Digital Colony
• Digital Infrastructure Deal of the Year – Digital Bridge (for its merger with Colony Capital)
• Digital Infrastructure Investor of the Year – Digital Colony

“This has been a year of major accomplishments for us,” said Marc Ganzi. “We closed the $4.05 billion Digital Colony Partners fund, the first and largest discretionary investment fund dedicated to digital infrastructure, and announced the pending $14 billion acquisition of Zayo Group Holdings by Digital Colony and EQT. Most significantly, the combination of Digital Bridge and Colony Capital this year has created a leading platform for digital real estate and infrastructure. We are honored that the editors of one of the top institutional infrastructure publications have recognized us in these prestigious awards.”

The winners of the Infrastructure Investor Awards 2019 will be chosen by readers and firms in the infrastructure investing sector, with the deadline for voting on January 10, 2020. For more information visit here.

About Colony Capital

Colony Capital, Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) is a leading global investment management firm with assets under management of $53 billion, which includes approximately $14 billion of assets under management from Digital Bridge, a leading global investment manager of digital infrastructure assets including cell towers, small cells, fiber and data centers. The Company manages capital on behalf of its stockholders, as well as institutional and retail investors in private funds, and traded and non-traded real estate investment trusts. The Company has significant holdings in: (a) the healthcare, industrial and hospitality property sectors; (b) Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. (NYSE: CLNC), which is externally managed by a subsidiary of the Company; and (c) various other equity and debt investments. The Company is headquartered in Los Angeles with key offices in Boca Raton, New York, Paris and London, and has over 450 employees across 21 locations in 13 countries including employees assumed in the July 2019 business combination with Digital Bridge. For additional information regarding the Company and its management and business, please refer to www.clny.com.

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