Blackstone Announces $8 Billion Final Close for Latest Real Estate Debt Strategies Fund
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced the final close of its most recent real estate debt fund, Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies V ("BREDS V"), which has approximately $8 billion of total capital commitments.
Tim Johnson, Global Head of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies, said, "We are extraordinarily appreciative of our investors for allocating this amount of capital during this period of market dislocation. We could not be more enthusiastic about the opportunities ahead and with the support of the largest owner of commercial real estate as well as the largest alternative real estate credit platform in the world, BREDS V is well-positioned to deliver in this attractive vintage."
Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies has $77 billion of assets under management and over 170 professionals globally. BREDS V has flexible capital to invest around the world and is deploying capital across several strategies, including global scale lending, liquid securities, structured solutions to financial institutions and corporate credit.
About Blackstone Real Estate
Blackstone is a global leader in real estate investing. Blackstone's real estate business was founded in 1991 and has US $315 billion of investor capital under management. Blackstone is the largest owner of commercial real estate globally, owning and operating assets across every major geography and sector, including logistics, data centers, residential, office and hospitality. Our opportunistic funds seek to acquire undermanaged, well-located assets across the world. Blackstone's Core+ business invests in substantially stabilized real estate assets globally, through both institutional strategies and strategies tailored for income-focused individual investors including Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (BREIT). Blackstone Real Estate also operates one of the leading global real estate debt businesses, providing comprehensive financing solutions across the capital structure and risk spectrum, including management of Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT).
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