Blackstone Advantages

Significant Financial Resources
Blackstone's deep financial resources allow the firm to support ongoing investments and capital improvements for portfolio companies and properties, to tolerate short-term, temporary fluctuations in the real estate market and to commit quickly and with confidence to a transaction.

Commitment to Long-Term Relationships
Consistent with its approach toward corporate private equity investing, Blackstone is committed to pursuing "strictly friendly" real estate transactions. The firm's culture emphasizes respect and integrity in dealing with outside parties and reflects a long-term approach to creating and cultivating relationships with operating partners, sellers and financial partners.

Alignment of Interests
Recognizing the importance of aligning the firm's interests with those of its investors, Blackstone’s employees own most of the equity of our public entity and the firm and its employees have invested substantial capital in Blackstone's real estate funds.

Superior Deal Flow
Blackstone's size and reputation as one of the leading real estate private equity investors allows the firm access to unsurpassed deal flow. Few significant real estate private equity investments have been completed in the last few years without Blackstone's participation or evaluation.

Network of Strong Relationships
Blackstone has developed a strong network of domestic and international relationships with leading financial institutions, operating partners, senior business executives and government officials. This network has allowed the firm to access key information and deal execution resources at critical points in the investment process. Blackstone also draws on the members of its International Advisory Board, comprised of very senior, well-connected executives from the corporate, financial and government areas.

Strength in "Corporate Partnerships"
Due to the firm's familiarity and experience with leveraged buyouts, restructuring, recapitalizations and other corporate situations, Blackstone is ideally qualified to apply this skill set to working with public and private real estate operating companies as well as corporations.

Blackstone Synergies
As part of a fully integrated investment banking and private equity institution, Blackstone's real estate group enjoys direct access to professionals with experience and expertise in all aspects of finance and investing, including corporate private equity, debt investing, corporate advisory services, and restructuring and reorganization. These resources provide timely and in-depth knowledge of critical capital market trends, valuation protocols for a diverse array of asset classes and crucial insight into risk assessment and management for various investment situations.

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