Blackstone’s Big New Idea Leaves It Bruised

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The Lesson of Blackstone’s Retail Real Estate Fund: Liquidity Matters.

The recent move by Blackstone giant retail real estate fund to limit redemptions after outsize withdrawal requests is a wake-up call for investors in a once-hot sector that may now face more regulator...

Starwood REIT, Like BREIT, Limits Investor Redemptions From Real Estate Fund

Another big nontraded real estate fund is limiting investor redemptions.        Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, a nontraded real estate investment trust, is curbing redemptions after investor withd...

Blackstone Limited Withdrawals From Its Huge Retail REIT, Stock Slumps

Blackstone is limiting withdrawals from its huge retail real estate investment trust after a sharp rise in redemption requests from investors. In a letter posted on the Blackstone Real Estate Income T...

Blackstone’s Breit Retail Real Estate Fund Suffers First Significant Outflows

Blackstone ‘s big retail real estate fund experienced sizable net redemptions for the first time, in a potentially worrisome development for what has become one of the firm’s most important products a...

Concerns Over Blackstone’s Big Retail Real Estate Fund Weigh on Its Stock

Investor concerns about Blackstone’s big retail real estate fund have weighed on its stock in recent months and comments by management this week didn’t appear to help. Although Blackstone (ticker: BX)...

Blackstone’s Giant Real Estate Fund Faces a Test

Blackstone Group is the world’s largest manager of alternative assets such as private equity and real estate. It is also a leader in one of the industry’s biggest initiatives—attracting retail investo...

‘I don’t know if it’s worth dealing with tenants’: Should I convert my home into a rental, or sell it?

I have enough money to put down on a second home — I need a slightly bigger place and another bedroom. I currently live in Portland, Ore., but I am planning to move outside of Portland. However, I’m c...