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SEC Comment Letter for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (KREF, KREF-PA) (CIK 0001631596) (KREF) — May 1, 2017

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (KREF, KREF-PA) (CIK 0001631596)
Date: May 1, 2017 · CIK: 0001631596 · Accession: 0000000000-17-015111

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File numbers found in text: 333-217126

Date
May 1, 2017
Author
/s/ Sandra B. Hunter
Form
UPLOAD
Company
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (KREF, KREF-PA) (CIK 0001631596)

Letter

Mail Stop 3233 May 1, 2017 Via E -Mail Christen E.J. Lee Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co -President KKR Real Estate Finance Manager LLC 9 West 57th Street New York, New York 10019

Re: KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 Filed April 26, 2017 File No. 333-217126

Dear Mr. Lee :

We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following comment . Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the requested information . If you do not believe our comment appl ies to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in y our response.

After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you provide in response to our comment , we may have additional comments. Unless we note otherwise , our references to prior comments are to comments in our April 24, 2017 letter .

Capitalization, page 84

1. Please supplementally tell us how you arrived at the “As Adjusted” cash and cash equivalents, as it appears that the amount may include other adjustments than those described on page 84. Alternatively, cash amounts may be removed from the capitalization table.

Christen E .J. Lee KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. May 1, 2017 Page 2

You may contact Bill Demarest, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551 -3432 or Kristi Marrone, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551 -3429 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Bryan Hough, Staff Attorney, at ( 202) 551 -8625 or me at (202) 551 -3758 with any other questions.

Sincerely,
/s/ Sandra B. Hunter

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Mail Stop 3233
May 1, 2017

Via E -Mail
Christen E.J. Lee
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co -President
KKR Real Estate Finance Manager LLC
9 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019

Re: KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-11
Filed April 26, 2017
  File No.  333-217126

Dear Mr. Lee :

We have reviewed your amended registration statement  and have the following comment .
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the requested
information .  If you do not believe our comment appl ies to your facts and circumstances or do
not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in y our response.

After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to our comment , we may have  additional comments.   Unless  we note
otherwise , our references to prior comments are to comments in our April 24, 2017  letter .

Capitalization, page 84

1. Please supplementally  tell us how you arrived at the “As Adjusted” cash and cash
equivalents, as it appears that the amount may include other adjustments than those
described on page 84.  Alternatively, cash amounts may be removed from the
capitalization table.

Christen E .J. Lee
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
May 1, 2017
Page 2

 You may contact Bill Demarest, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551 -3432 or Kristi Marrone,
Staff Accountant, at (202) 551 -3429 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial
statements and related matters. Please contact Bryan Hough, Staff Attorney, at ( 202) 551 -8625 or
me at (202) 551 -3758 with any other questions.

Sincerely,

 /s/ Sandra B. Hunter

Sandra B. Hunter
Staff Attorney
Office of Real Estate and
Commodities

cc:  Joseph H. Kaufman, Esq.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Via E -mail