Blackstone Bid for Equity Office Prevails
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Vornado is withdrawing its bid to take over the nation's largest office landlord.
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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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Equity Office Properties Trust  said on Tuesday that the Blackstone Group  raised the price of its takeover bid to $55.50 per share, after rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  sweetened its own offer.
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Blackstone Group plans to sell some New York office buildings it is acquiring from Equity Office Properties Trust  to Macklowe Properties for about $7 billion, a source close to the deal said on Wednesday.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group's  initial public offering was about seven times subscribed, boosted by demand from Asia, the Middle East and Europe, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, one of the kings of the buyout world, filed for a $1.25 billion initial public offering yesterday, following the precedent set two weeks ago by its long-standing rival, Blackstone Group.
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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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Blackstone Group LP, manager of the world's second-largest buyout fund, moved up its much-hyped $4.75 billion initial public offering to this week amid growing scrutiny of the firm on Capitol Hill and in the media.
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Shares of private equity giant Blackstone Group bucked the general market retreat in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, surging $4.06, or 13.1 percent, to close at $35.06.
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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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Several U.S. lawmakers yesterday stepped up efforts that could delay the initial public offering of private-equity giant Blackstone Group on the eve of its highly anticipated launch.
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Business & money: Blackstone, Group one of the most powerful names in private equity, ordered to reveal finances.
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Units of giant private equity firm Blackstone Group LP  surged more than 20 percent in their stocks market debut Friday, a day after pricing at the top of the initial public offering's forecast range.
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The Blackstone Group  raised its bid for Equity Office Properties Trust  to $23 billion in cash on Tuesday after rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  sweetened its own offer in the latest round of the fight to control the top U.S. office landlord.
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NEW YORK -- Blackstone Group LP, the investment firm known for making billion-dollar bets to buy huge companies and take them private, jumped almost 20 percent Friday in its debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
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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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The Blackstone Groupâs much-awaited initial public offering is set for the week of June 25, underwriters said.