Real Estate - Blackstone Haynes and Republic Technologies International, both had problems and ultimately filed bankruptcy. [56] La Quinta Inns & Suites was spun out for IPO in 2014 and was later acquired by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts[57]. Following the acquisition, Blackstone merged GSO's operations with its existing debt investment operations. In the last 3 years, The Blackstone Group has exited 31 companies. This site and the materials herein are directed only to certain types of investors and to persons in jurisdictions where Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust ("BREIT") is authorized for distribution. [19] In June 1989, Blackstone acquired freight railroad operator, CNW Corporation. Blackstone is one of the world's leading investment firms. Our scale - with more than 12,000 real estate assets and 250 portfolio companies - enables us to invest in dynamic sectors positioned for long-term growth. 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Blackstone's real estate business was founded in 1991 and has US $320 billion of investor capital under management. [4]:148155, Blackstone Real Estate Advisers, its real estate affiliate, bought the Watergate complex in Washington D.C. in July 1998 for $39 million[41] and sold it to Monument Reality in August 2004. Cvent was valued at $5.3 billion in 2021 when Vista, which had acquired it for $1.65 billion a few years ago, took it public in a merger with a blank-check acquisition company. Blackstone to acquire majority stake in R Systems for Rs 2,904 crore Blackstone is buying the promoters' stake for Rs 245 per share, a premium of 3.9 per cent on the current price of Rs 235.8 per share. [167] The buildings sold in San Francisco and Silicon Valley included 26 office buildings and two development parcels. ET. Build the strongest argument relying on authoritative content, attorney-editor expertise, and industry defining technology. Blackstone is the world's largest alternative asset manager, with $991B in AUM. In December 2020, Blackstone invested nearly $400 million in Liftoff, a mobile advertising company. [170] The move caused investor consternation and limited the ability to attract new capital for BRIET. [23][24] Additionally, Blackstone and Silverman acquired a 65% interest in Prime Motor Inn's Ramada and Howard Johnson franchises for $140 million, creating Hospitality Franchise Systems as a holding company. [55] Extended Stay Hotels was sold to The Lightstone Group in July 2007 and Prime Hospitality's Wellesley Inns were folded into La Quinta. The Blackstone Group Mergers and Acquisitions Summary | Mergr In December 2008, Blackstone announced that Kailix would be spun off to its management team to form a new fund as an independent entity backed by Blackstone. Blackstone Portfolio Exits - CB Insights We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. At Lehman, Schwarzman served as head of Lehman Brothers' global mergers and acquisitions business. Blackstone acquired the premium hotel operator for approximately $26 billion, representing a 25% premium to Hilton's all-time high stock price. [172] GSO was founded in 2005 by Bennett Goodman, Tripp Smith, and Doug Ostrover. Blackstone to acquire majority stake in R Systems for Rs 2,904 crore Wells Fargo Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, SMBC, a member of SMBC Group, and TSB Capital Advisors served as Blackstones financial advisors, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP acted as Blackstones legal counsel. Blackstone 's real estate investment trust (REIT) limited its redemptions for the sixth month in a row in April, after investors tried to pull $4.5 billion out of the property giant.. Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) let its shareholders pull out $1.3 billion, or roughly 29 percent of what they requested to withdraw, as a rush of investors looked to take money out of the $70 . The report also condemned Blackstone for "using its significant resources and political leverage to undermine domestic laws and policies that would in fact improve access to adequate housing." [40], Blackstone's investments in the late 1990s included AMF Group (1996), Haynes International (1997), American Axle (1997), Premcor (1997), CommNet Cellular (1998), Graham Packaging (1998), Centennial Communications (1999), Bresnan Communications (1999), PAETEC Holding Corp. (1999). In January 2021, Blackstone acquired a majority shareholding in, In March 2021, Blackstone made a $6.2 billion takeover bid for Australian casino operator. They acquired Cvent for $4.6B. [168], In 2018, a critique was raised regarding a purchase agreement on several hundred apartments in Frederiksberg, Denmark, between Blackstone's Danish partner North 360 and Frederiksberg Boligfond, a non-profit housing organization established by Frederiksberg Municipality in 1930.