Hatkoff is the co-founder of Capital Trust and served on the board of Directors. Hatkoff is active as a board member of both public as well as non-profit boards.  He currently serves on three public company boards that include Colony Capital (NYSE: CLNY) and SL Green (NYSE: SLG), two of the country's largest REITs,  as well as Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp, a SPAC that is expected to convert into a REIT during 2020 and trades on the Canadian NEO stock exchange. He has also served as a director of Taubman Centers Inc (TCO) from 2004- 2019 and was a co-founder of Capital Trust along with Samuel Zell, the legendary Chicago based billionaire investor, where he served as Vice Chairman.