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Blackstone Real Estate Acquires Village Hotels from KSL Capital Partners

June 26, 2024

Restaurants & Hospitality

Funds managed by Blackstone Real Estate have completed the acquisition of Village Hotels from affiliates of KSL Capital Partners. Village Hotels owns and operates 33 hotels across the United Kingdom (approximately 4,400 keys) with integrated fitness clubs, food & beverage outlets and co-working spaces; Blackstone said it plans to expand the number of hotels in the UK and enhance existing facilities.

Affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Acquire Bluerock Residential Growth REIT

October 6, 2022

Real Estate

Affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate (Blackstone) completed an all-cash acquisition of Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. for $24.25 per share, valuing the transaction at approximately $3.6 billion. The deal included a spin-off of Bluerock's single-family rental business into a newly listed REIT, Bluerock Homes Trust (BHM).

Blackstone Energy Partners Acquires Irth Solutions

December 1, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Blackstone Energy Partners (part of Blackstone) has agreed to acquire Irth Solutions, a Columbus-based provider of cloud-based SaaS for damage prevention, asset protection and risk analytics serving energy, utilities and telecom customers. The deal furthers Blackstone Energy Partners' strategy to invest in companies that support critical infrastructure and the energy transition; terms were not disclosed and the transaction is expected to close by the end of December.

Clarion Capital Partners Invests in Harris & Harris

October 15, 2019

Professional Services

Clarion Capital Partners completed an investment in Harris & Harris, a Chicago-based accounts receivable management and customer care firm. The company's CEO Arnie Harris and COO David Harris will retain meaningful ownership and continue in their roles; Clarion intends to support investments in employees, compliance, and technology and will pursue M&A to expand the business geographically and add new services.

BlackRock Acquires HPS Investment Partners

July 1, 2025

Financial Services

BlackRock has completed its acquisition of HPS Investment Partners and is creating a combined Private Financing Solutions (PFS) platform that integrates BlackRock’s public fixed income capabilities with HPS’s private credit, GP/LP, and CLO businesses. The combined PFS franchise will manage approximately $190 billion in client assets for private credit and maintain HPS branding as “HPS, a part of BlackRock,” with HPS CEO Scott Kapnick joining as an observer to the BlackRock board.

Greenbelt Capital Leads Growth Investment in ION Solar

March 8, 2022

Renewable Energy

Greenbelt Capital Partners led a growth investment in ION Solar alongside Trilantic (Trilantic Energy Partners II North America), Blackstone Credit and Energy Impact Partners. ION Solar founders will retain majority ownership as the company uses the capital to expand geographically and into adjacent residential energy products such as storage and EV charging.