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The rise of soundstage real estate, by the numbers
Private equity giant Blackstone announced in June that it would acquire a 49 percent stake in a portfolio of...
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Blackstone’s Schwarzman defends Trump on exec call
Hours after President Donald Trump questioned the results of the presidential election and falsely claimed that voter fraud had...
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Property debt investors raising money but still looking for distress
For a few months, real estate debt investors have been raising money and looking for opportunities to spend it....
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Blackstone makes $1.2B deal with Brookfield for self-storage company
Blackstone Group is buying Simply Self Storage from Brookfield Asset Management for about $1.2 billion, Bloomberg reported. Brookfield bought...
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Real estate for data centers is having a moment
Real estate for data centers is booming as the popularity of streaming services like TikTok drives demand. Digital Realty...
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Blackstone buys Roku’s Silicon Valley office buildings
A few months after making a blockbuster deal in Hollywood, Blackstone Group is making another big bet on streaming...
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Blackstone bets big on life-science buildings with $14.6B deal
Blackstone Group sold a portfolio of 93 life-science buildings to a separate fund the asset manager controls for $14.6...
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Blackstone assembles biggest real estate debt fund ever
PTA parents can look to Blackstone for fundraising inspiration. The giant firm gathered $8 billion for a property debt...
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Where real estate’s investment giants stand on Biden vs. Trump
Private equity and other major investment firms have donated more to Joe Biden than President Donald Trump so far...
Layoffs at Blackstone’s Stuy Town management firm
Beam Living, the management company at the sprawling Stuyvesant Town complex in Manhattan, has let some employees go. The...