WSJ Roundup: Blackstone, Germans, and a Tenant’s Market
October 30, 2009
Blackstone’s Hilton Deal
The LBO market was torrid during 2006-2007. So was commercial real estate. Combine the two, and you have the Blackstone/Hilton deal.
In the Hilton negotiations, Blackstone is considering contributing $800 million of new equity to buy back debt at a discount. It also is seeking to extend debt maturing in 2013 to 2016, while [...]
CRE Dominoes: Stuyvesant Town About To Go
October 14, 2009
Tishman and Blackstone teamed up to acquire Stuyvesant Town in New York back in 2006 for a whopping $5.4B. The project encompasses some 11,000 apartments across 54-buildings. The acquisition strategy included efforts to convert rent-controlled units to market-rate units, but a lawsuit has put the ice on that (sounds like Page Mill Properties and East [...]
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