Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We have issued our report dated March 8, 2016, with respect to the consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 of NorthStar/RXR New York Metro Real Estate, Inc., which is included in Supplement No. 3 to the Prospectus dated November 12, 2015, which is part of the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-200617). We consent to the use of the aforementioned report in the Registration Statement and related Prospectus Supplement, and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption “Experts.”
/s/ Grant Thornton LLP
New York, New York
March 8, 2016
March 8, 2016