The company has just finished divesting itself of most of itshealth care assets in a $1 billion sale to Omega. That move,though, should not be interpreted to mean the company is exitingthe category, which includes assisted living, skilled nursing andsenior housing, Gilleland tells GlobeSt.com. Instead it will focusits fire power on health care first mortgage lending. In fact nextyear it plans to invest between $200 million to $300 million insuch a manner.

GlobeSt.com: CapitalSource has gone through some changesover the pastfew years. Can you walk me through those to explainhow you got toyour current strategy?

Gilleland: Sure, we launched in December 2000 andstarted focusingmore on health care in 2002. We were classified asa REIT in January2006 and then we de-REITed in January 2009. We didthat because inJuly 2008 we acquired Fremont Investment, which atthe time had $5billion in deposits. Under US law, you know, a bankholding companycannot hold a REIT. So we are morphing into a bankholding company –right now we are still considered a small financecompany, though,until we wind down that part of our portfolio.