BX - Mergers and acquisitions

The recently announced AI-native enterprise services firm led by Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and others to help mid-size companies bring Claude into their core operations, today announced the acquisition of Fractional AI, a leading applied AI services company based in San Francisco. Fractional AI's team and delivery capabilities will serve as the founding operational centerpiece of the new company. Fractional AI was founded in 2024 by Chris Taylor, Eddie Siegel, and Travis May, and has quickly become a top destination for the industry's best applied AI engineers. Built by a team with deep entrepreneurial and technical experience, Fractional AI has evolved into one of the go

The deal affirms Blackstone's vision of building companies around innovative products to meet unmet patient needs Blackstone Life Sciences and Anthos Therapeutics, Inc., a transformative, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of cardiometabolic diseases, announced today that Novartis has completed its acquisition of Anthos Therapeutics in a transaction valued at up to $3.1 billion. Anthos was founded by Blackstone Life Sciences and Novartis in 2019 with the exclusive global rights from Novartis to develop, manufacture, and commercialize abelacimab, a novel Factor XI inhibitor that originated at Novartis. Abelacimab is currently in Phase

Growth investment made in partnership with Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) M3, LLC ("M3"), voted the number-one hospitality accounting software in North America, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement for a majority investment from Blackstone Growth and affiliated funds (collectively "Blackstone"). The investment will help to accelerate the company's growth by enhancing new product expansion and supporting the adoption of M3's software, which enables hotel operators to run more efficiently and effectively. AAHOA, representing nearly 20,000 hotel owners and 60% of hotels across the United States, will make its first ever strategic investment alongside Blacksto

Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced today that private equity funds managed by Blackstone ("Blackstone") have completed the acquisition of Tropical Smoothie Cafe, a leading franchisor of fast casual restaurants, from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners. This marks the first transaction in Blackstone's most recent vintage of its flagship private equity vehicle. "Tropical Smoothie Cafe is a nationally recognized brand with an impressive growth trajectory underpinned by a base of loyal franchisees and guests," said Peter Wallace, a Senior Managing Director, and Michael Staub, a Managing Director, in Blackstone's Private Equity business. "With Blackstone's capital and resources, we look forward to a

LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. ("Rexford Industrial") (NYSE:REXR), a real estate investment trust focused on creating value by investing in and operating industrial properties located throughout infill Southern California, and Blackstone (NYSE:BX), today announced Rexford Industrial acquired approximately 3 million square feet of industrial properties pursuant to separate transactions with Blackstone Real Estate, including the Blackstone Property Partners strategy as well as Blackstone Real Estate Partners and Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, for an aggregate purchase price of $1.0 billion.

Today, Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced that private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone have closed the acquisition of Power Grid Components, Inc. ("PGC") from Shorehill Capital LLC. PGC is a leading domestic designer and manufacturer of a wide range of critical components for protection, monitoring, and safety applications in electrical substations, an essential segment of the electrical grid responsible for managing and monitoring power flows and converting electricity into different voltages. As a supplier of critical components to the grid and partner to many of the nation's largest electrical utilities, PGC advances the global energy transition by improving the reliability, capaci

Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) (the "Company") and Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. ("BREIT") announced today an agreement for Public Storage to acquire Simply Self Storage ("Simply") from BREIT for $2.2 billion. The portfolio comprises 127 wholly-owned properties and 9 million net rentable square feet that are geographically diversified across 18 states and located in markets with population growth that has been approximately double the national average since 2018. Approximately 65% of the properties are located in high-growth Sunbelt markets. During BREIT's ownership period, Blackstone made investments into the Simply platform that enabled the company to enhance the quality of the p

Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate have completed the previously announced acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of common stock of PS Business Parks, Inc. ("PSB") for $187.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $7.6 billion, including transaction expenses. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP served as Blackstone's legal counsel. BofA Securities, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Societe Generale served as Blackstone's financial advisors. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as lead financial advisor to PSB and provided a fairness opinion to the PSB board of directors in connection with t

Blackstone Credit has acquired EIG's 49% ownership interest in Elba Liquefaction Company ("ELC"), a joint venture entity of the Elba Island LNG facility. Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) will remain as the operator and retain its 51% ownership of ELC. ELC is an LNG liquefaction facility located near Savannah, Georgia. ELC began full commercial operations in August 2020 and is comprised of 10 Movable Modular Liquefaction Units with a nameplate capacity of approximately 2.5 million tons per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for export, which is equivalent to approximately 350 million cubic feet (MMcf) per day of natural gas. ELC generates stable cash flow under a 20 year contract (plus extension

New financing will propel and expand Recurrent's strategic acquisitions, grow its brand reach, develop creative talent and more NEW YORK, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recurrent Ventures announced today the closing of $300 million in new capital led by funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities ((", Blackstone, ", NYSE:BX). The new funding positions Recurrent to continue to rapidly scale its operations and build a platform for continued strong growth. Recurrent has now raised more than $400 million in total, following a $75 million capital raise in October 2021 and othe

The Legacy Brand Has Defined Entertainment and Will Continue to Positively Push Culture Forward With New Ownership Entertainment Icon, Hip Hop Legend and Entrepreneur Snoop Dogg today announced he has acquired the Death Row Records brand from MNRK Music Group, which is controlled by private equity funds managed by leading global investment firm Blackstone ("Blackstone"). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal comes on the heels of Snoop Dogg's latest album, B.O.D.R being released on February 11, 2022. Death Row Records has been home to a number of the most historic names in Hip Hop and was Snoop Dogg's debut label. Snoop Dogg, now Owner of Death Row Records, said: "I am th

Blackstone Infrastructure's capital will enable Phoenix Tower International to accelerate growth Digital Infrastructure – which enables mobile connectivity and cloud-based computing for the businesses driving today's economy – has long been a high conviction investment theme for Blackstone, with COVID-19 accelerating the sector's growth and required investment PTI's expansion is focused throughout the Americas and Europe Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced today that funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners ("Blackstone" or "the company") have purchased a 35% stake in Phoenix Tower International (PTI), a leading private cell tower platform in the Americas and Europe, from Manul

Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. ("BREIT") announced that an affiliate has completed its acquisition of WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:WIR, WIR.UN))) (OTCQX:WPTIF) ("WPT") in a series of transactions that resulted in unitholders receiving US$22.00 per outstanding unit of WPT (collectively, "Units") (subject to applicable withholdings) in an all-cash transaction valued at US$3.2 billion, including the assumption of debt (the "Transaction"). The Units will be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange at the close of business today and WPT will apply to cease to be a reporting issuer under applicable Canadian securities law. Following closing of the Transaction, form

TORONTO and NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. ("BREIT") announced that an affiliate has completed its acquisition of WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:WIR, WIR.UN))) (OTCQX:WPTIF) ("WPT") in a series of transactions that resulted in unitholders receiving US$22.00 per outstanding unit of WPT (collectively, "Units") (subject to applicable withholdings) in an all-cash transaction valued at US$3.2 billion, including the assumption of debt (the "Transaction"). The Units will be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange at the close of business today and WPT will apply to cease to be a reporting issuer under applicable Canadian se

Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced today that funds managed by its Tactical Opportunities business ("Blackstone") have agreed to acquire a majority stake in the Certified Collectibles Group ("CCG") in a transaction valuing the company at more than $500 million. Mark Salzberg, CCG's founder, and Steven R. Eichenbaum, CCG's CEO, will retain a significant minority stake. Additional investors in today's transaction include Roc Nation; Michael Rubin, founder and executive chairman of Fanatics; SC.Holdings, a growth equity platform; Mastry, founded by Rudy Cline-Thomas; Andre Iguodala; Daryl Morey, President of Basketball Operations for the Philadelphia 76ers; and Main Street Advisors, a leading inve