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Blackstone Buys Home Partners of America For $6B To Reenter The Real Estate Market
Real Estate // June 22, 2021

Real estate is a hot commodity these days, as consumers nationwide find themselves drawn into bidding wars that are pushing the price of limited single-family housing inventory ever higher. Betting that the market will continue on that hallowed hot streak, Blackstone Group Inc. announced today...

Bidders For eBay Classifieds Unit Ready To Pay Up To $2.6B
Investments // June 24, 2020

With the last bids due in early July for eBay Inc.’s classified advertising business, private equity companies seeking to win the auction could arrange for as much as $2.6 billion worth of debt to finance the transaction. Those who are left taking part in the...

Blackstone Bets Big on eCommerce Warehouses
Retail // June 03, 2019

Blackstone Group reportedly is paying $18.7 billion for what Bloomberg calls “179 million square feet of urban logistics properties – the warehouses used by Amazon.com Inc. and other retailers to fulfill orders from online shoppers.” Blackstone is making the deal with Singapore-based GLP, according to...

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Private Equity Firms Invest $162 Billion on ‘Pent Up’ Deal Supply

August 04, 2024
America’s private equity giants have reportedly invested $162 billion in anticipation of a deal-making revival. Apollo, Ares, KKR and Blackstone invested that amount between April and June, with Apollo making up more than 40% of the total, the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Aug. 4). The group’s executives told the FT they were preparing for […]

Bidders For eBay Classifieds Unit Ready To Pay Up To $2.6B

June 24, 2020
With the last bids due in early July for eBay Inc.’s classified advertising business, private equity companies seeking to win the auction could arrange for as much as $2.6 billion...

Blackstone Bets Big on eCommerce Warehouses

June 03, 2019
Blackstone Group reportedly is paying $18.7 billion for what Bloomberg calls “179 million square feet of urban logistics properties – the warehouses used by Amazon.com Inc. and other retailers to...