Real Estate Decarbonization Mandates Are Fueling Green Economy Investments
Everyone in New York City real estate knew the day would eventually come. The Big Apple’s building efficiency mandate, Local Law 97, has been analyzed…
Blackstone’s BREIT, the UC System’s New Investment Darling, Faces Scrutiny
Everybody likes to talk about Blackstone, especially when it’s less-than-positive news about the world’s largest private REIT. This was the case with the release of…
A Few Loans Go To Special Servicing, but the Sky Is Not Falling at Blackstone
Nothing turns heads in the commercial real estate industry like news of a property placed into special servicing. For this reason, tongues have been wagging…
Blackstone Limiting Withdrawals From Private Fund Signals Stress Ahead for the Market
Earlier this month, investors in the Blackstone fund BREIT (Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust) learned that limits were being put on how much money they…
Can Real Estate Investors Count on Student Housing To Protect Them From a Recession?
Now that COVID-19 restrictions have eased, students restless from online classes are eager to jump back into the classroom full-time, and college administrators couldn’t be…
How Blackstone’s Brand Strategy Influences Its Acquisition Tactics
Economic conditions in the first half of 2022 were rough. Amid continued high inflation, rising interest rates, and a slowing economy, the S&P fell 20…
Blackstone Bets on Logistics and SFRs to Continue Hot Streak
When the asset management group Blackstone was founded in 1985, Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman originally formed a mergers and acquisitions advisory boutique.…