Blackstone Raises Offer For Equity Office Buyout
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Blackstone Group raised its offer for Equity Office Properties Trust to $39 billion in an attempt to thwart rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust a day before shareholders vote on what would be the largest leveraged buyout ever.
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The Blackstone Group officially took possession of about 12 million square feet of office property in the Boston area yesterday as it completed the nation's largest private real estate purchase ever, from Equity Office Properties Trust for $39 billion .
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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion cash.
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The real estate community is talking about how private firms are gobbling up publicly traded real estate investment trusts. The latest example is Blackstone Group's agreement last week to pay $36 billion for Chicago-based Equity Office Properties Trust, whose seven buildings in the District include...
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TOKYO/HONG KONG  - U.S. private equity fund Blackstone Group is raising $10 billion for one of the biggest ever global property funds, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Blackstone Group LP, the biggest U.S. initial public offering since 2002, raised $4.13 billion on Thursday, becoming the largest private equity firm to go public.
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The Blackstone Group leads Vornado Realty Trust in the bidding for Equity Office Properties Trust, the nationâs largest office landlord.
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Blackstone Group&#39;s initial public  offering is seeing heavy demand from investors vying for shares  of the biggest U.S. IPO in five years, which plans to price on  Thursday.
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Vornado Realty Trust  said on Wednesday it has terminated its cash and stock proposal to acquire Equity Office Properties Trust , paving the way for private equity firm Blackstone Group to take over the top U.S. office landlord for $23 billion.
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The Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion in cash.
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Blackstone Group's real-estate arm is close to a deal to sell office buildings in Seattle and Washington, D.C., to Beacon Capital Partners, a Boston-based real-estate investment firm, for about $6.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group  won control of Equity Office Properties Trust  on  Wednesday after a majority of the top U.S. office landlord's  shareholders accepted Blackstone's cash bid of $23 billion, and  rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  dropped out.
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Units of giant private equity firm Blackstone Group LP  surged more than 20 percent in their market debut Friday, a day after pricing at the top of the initial public offering's forecast range.
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PARAMUS, N.J. -- A group led by Vornado Realty Trust boosted its offer for Equity Office Properties Trust to $23.24 billion, or $56 per share, in cash and stock on Thursday, topping a private equity firm's buyout bid.
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Blackstone Group shares rose 13 percent in their stock market debut Friday, as investors scrambled for a piece of the sixth-richest initial public offering in U.S. history.
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Blackstone Group LP priced its initial public offering at the top end of the range on Thursday, even as lawmakers pushed for its delay, raising $4.13 billion in the largest U.S. IPO since 2002.
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Hilton Hotels Corp.  said on Thursday that it would pay Blackstone Group LP  $560 million if it receives a better offer and terminates a takeover agreement with the private equity company.