Leadership & Governance

The Blackstone leadership team that manages BREIT has deep experience investing across market and economic cycles.

Chairman and CEO, Blackstone

Stephen A. Schwarzman

Chairman and CEO, Blackstone

Stephen A. Schwarzman is Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone, one of the world’s leading investment firms with $1.2 trillion Assets Under Management (as of September 30, 2025). Mr. Schwarzman has been involved in all phases of Blackstone’s development since its founding in 1985. The firm has established leading investing businesses across asset classes, including private equity, where it is a global leader in traditional buyout, growth equity, special situations and secondary investing; real estate, where it is currently the largest owner of commercial property in the world; hedge fund solutions, where it is the world’s largest discretionary hedge fund investor; and credit, where it is a global leader and major provider of credit for small, middle-market and other companies. Blackstone also has major businesses dedicated to infrastructure and life sciences investing, as well as delivering the firm’s investment management expertise and products to insurance companies.

Mr. Schwarzman is an active philanthropist with a history of supporting education, as well as culture and the arts, among other things. In 2020, he signed The Giving Pledge, committing to give the majority of his wealth to philanthropic causes. In both business and philanthropy, Mr. Schwarzman has dedicated himself to tackling big problems with transformative solutions. In June 2019, he donated £150 million to the University of Oxford to help redefine the study of the humanities for the 21st century. His gift – the largest single donation to Oxford since the renaissance – will create a new Centre for the Humanities which unites all humanities faculties under one roof for the first time in Oxford’s history, and will offer new performing arts and exhibition venues as well as a new Institute for Ethics in AI. In October 2018, he announced a foundational $350 million gift to establish the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, an interdisciplinary hub which will reorient MIT to address the opportunities and challenges presented by the rise of artificial intelligence, including critical ethical and policy considerations to ensure that the technologies are employed for the common good. In 2015, Mr. Schwarzman donated $150 million to Yale University to establish the Schwarzman Center, a first-of-its-kind campus center in Yale’s historic “Commons” building, and also gave a founding gift of $40 million to the Inner-City Scholarship Fund, which provides tuition assistance to underprivileged children attending Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York. In 2013, he founded an international scholarship program, “Schwarzman Scholars,” at Tsinghua University in Beijing to educate future leaders about China. At over $575 million, the program is modeled on the Rhodes Scholarship and is the single largest philanthropic effort in China’s history coming largely from international donors. Mr. Schwarzman is Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees of Schwarzman Scholars. In 2007, Mr. Schwarzman donated $100 million to the New York Public Library on whose board he serves.

In 2019, Schwarzman published his first book What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence, a New York Times Best Seller which draws from his experiences in business, philanthropy and public service.

Mr. Schwarzman is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, The Business Council, The Business Roundtable, and The International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. He is a former co-chair of the Partnership for New York City and serves on the boards of The Asia Society and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, as well as on The Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He is a Trustee of The Frick Collection in New York City and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In 2007, Mr. Schwarzman was included in TIME’s “100 Most Influential People.” In 2016, he topped Forbes Magazine’s list of the most influential people in finance and in 2018 was ranked in the Top 50 on Forbes’ list of the “World’s Most Powerful People.” The Republic of France has awarded Mr. Schwarzman both the Légion d’Honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Letters at the Commandeur level. Mr. Schwarzman is one of the only Americans to receive both awards recognizing significant contributions to France. He was also awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle, Mexico’s highest honor for foreigners, for his work on behalf of the U.S. in support of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement in 2018. Also, at the University of Oxford, Mr. Schwarzman was elected a Wykeham Fellow at New College in 2021 and a Waynflete Fellow at Magdalen College in 2023.

Mr. Schwarzman holds a B.A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He has served as an adjunct professor at the Yale School of Management and on the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors.

President and COO, Blackstone

Jonathan Gray

President and COO, Blackstone

Jonathan (“Jon”) Gray is President & Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone and is a member of the Board of Directors. He sits on the firm’s Management Committee and nearly all of its investment committees.

Mr. Gray was appointed to his current role in 2018. Since that time, Blackstone’s assets under management have more than doubled to over $1.2 trillion, as the firm has greatly expanded the breadth of clients it serves, including insurance companies and individual investors. He has also emphasized a thematic approach to investing across Blackstone’s businesses to drive performance.

Mr. Gray previously led Blackstone’s Real Estate business, which he helped build into the largest commercial real estate platform in the world. He joined Blackstone in 1992 in the M&A and Private Equity areas.

Mr. Gray has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hilton Worldwide since 2007, and is also on the board of XRG.

He and his wife, Mindy, established the Basser Center for BRCA at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2012 focused on the prevention and treatment of BRCA-related cancers. They have also established numerous programs for low-income children in New York, including creating NYC Kids Rise, a college savings initiative provided to every NYC public school kindergartner. The Grays have been named to The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of the largest donors in the U.S.

Mr. Gray received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, as well as a BA in English from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.

Global Co-Chief Investment Officer, Blackstone

Kenneth Caplan

Global Co-Chief Investment Officer, Blackstone

Kenneth A. Caplan is the Global Co-Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone. As Co-CIO, he works in conjunction with business unit CIOs and Group Heads to provide additional firm-level investment oversight, primarily across Real Estate and Credit & Insurance (BXCI).

Mr. Caplan previously served as Global Co-Head of Blackstone Real Estate. Blackstone is the largest owner of commercial real estate and an industry leader in opportunistic, core plus and debt investing across North America, Europe and Asia.

Prior to becoming Global Co-Head of Blackstone Real Estate, Mr. Caplan served as Global Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone Real Estate and Head of Real Estate Europe. Since joining the firm in 1997, Mr. Caplan has been involved in over $100 billion of real estate acquisitions and initiatives in the United States, Europe and Asia. These include major acquisitions such as Equity Office Properties, Hilton Hotels, Logicor and GE Real Estate.

Before joining Blackstone, he was at Lazard Freres & Co. in the real estate investment banking group. Mr. Caplan received an AB in Economics from Harvard College, where he graduated magna cum laude, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a John Harvard Scholar. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Prep for Prep.

Global Co-Head, Blackstone Real Estate

Kathleen McCarthy

Global Co-Head, Blackstone Real Estate

Kathleen McCarthy is the Global Co-Head of Blackstone Real Estate. Blackstone is the largest owner of commercial real estate globally and an industry leader in opportunistic, core plus and debt investing across North America, Europe and Asia. Ms. McCarthy focuses on driving performance and growth for Blackstone’s Real Estate business.

Ms. McCarthy previously served as Global Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Real Estate. Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Ms. McCarthy worked at Goldman Sachs, where she focused on investments for the Real Estate Principal Investment Area. Ms. McCarthy began her career at Goldman Sachs in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group.

Ms. McCarthy received a BA from Yale University. Ms. McCarthy is currently serving a three-year term as Chair of the Real Estate Roundtable, the industry’s top federal advocacy organization. She also serves on the boards of City Harvest and the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, and is the President of the Board of Trustees of The Nightingale-Bamford School.

Global Co-Head, Blackstone Real Estate

Nadeem Meghji

Global Co-Head, Blackstone Real Estate

Nadeem Meghji is the Global Co-Head of Blackstone Real Estate. Blackstone is the largest owner of commercial real estate globally and an industry leader in opportunistic, core plus and debt investing across North America, Europe and Asia.

Mr. Meghji previously served as Head of Real Estate Americas and has played a leadership role in Blackstone Real Estate’s investment activity in the region. Mr. Meghji joined Blackstone in 2008.

Mr. Meghji received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, where he graduated summa cum laude. He received a JD from Harvard Law School and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Meghji serves as a board member for the Lupus Research Alliance and is the Co-Chair of the annual Rally Against Lupus fundraiser. Mr. Meghji was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2018.

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Katie Keenan

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Katie Keenan is the Global Head of Core + Real Estate and the Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (“BREIT”). She previously served as the Global Co-Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”) and the Chief Executive Officer, President and a Director of Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT), a publicly-traded commercial mortgage REIT managed by Blackstone.

Prior to joining Blackstone in 2012, Ms. Keenan held positions at G2 Investment Group, Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds and in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Lehman Brothers.

Ms. Keenan graduated cum laude with an AB in History from Harvard College. She sits on the Board of Directors of Getting Out and Staying Out and the Advisory Board of Governors of NAREIT, and is a member of WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate.

Co-President and Director

A. J. Agarwal

Co-President and Director

Mr. Agarwal is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and serves as Co-President and Director of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT).

Prior to the launch of the Core+ real estate investing business, Mr. Agarwal was co-head of the U.S. Acquisitions team and oversaw more than $50 billion of investment transactions across all real estate asset classes for Blackstone’s opportunistic real estate funds. Mr. Agarwal joined Blackstone in 1992 and is a member of Blackstone’s Real Estate Investment Committee.

Mr. Agarwal graduated from Princeton University, where he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and received his MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Mr. Agarwal is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Co-President, Head of Shareholder Relations and Director

Zaneta Koplewicz

Co-President, Head of Shareholder Relations and Director

Zaneta Koplewicz is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and the Co-President, Head of Shareholder Relations and a Director of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (“BREIT”).

Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Koplewicz spent fourteen years at BlackRock where she was most recently a Managing Director responsible for developing and growing relationships with large, strategic clients in North America. Prior to that, she held several roles within BlackRock Alternative Investors including Head of Product Strategy for the Event Driven business, where she led client engagement and business strategy for the platform across institutional and private wealth clients.

Ms. Koplewicz received a BA in Politics with a certificate in African American Studies from Princeton University.

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Tony Marone

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Anthony F. Marone, Jr. is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group and the Global Head of Real Estate Finance, based in New York. Mr. Marone also serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT), a non-traded public REIT, and Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE: BXMT).

Prior to joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Marone was a Vice President and Controller at Capital Trust, Inc., the predecessor business to BXMT. Previously, Mr. Marone worked in the Real Estate Assurance practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Mr. Marone received a B.S. and an MBA from Rutgers University and is a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant.

Chief Operating Officer

Glen Bartley

Chief Operating Officer

Glen Bartley is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and the Chief Operating Officer for Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT).

Mr. Bartley is involved with the management and operations of BREIT and was previously a member of Blackstone Real Estate’s investment team where he focused primarily on driving performance in its U.S. office and lab office investments.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Bartley worked at Goldman Sachs for nearly 10 years in various roles across the real estate business including acquisitions, asset management, and debt originations and restructurings.

Mr. Bartley received an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BE in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Leon Volchyok

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Leon Volchyok is Chief Legal Officer and Secretary for Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) and the General Counsel for Blackstone Private Wealth. Mr. Volchyok plays a key role in the structuring, launch and operations of the firm’s individual investor-focused vehicles.

Mr. Volchyok is a member of the board for the Institute for Portfolio Alternatives and on the Executive Committee of NAREIT’s Public Non-listed REIT Council.

Mr. Volchyok received a BBA from Baruch College – Zicklin School of Business and a JD from Fordham Law School.

Head of Asset Management and Board Observer

Rob Harper

Head of Asset Management and Board Observer

Rob Harper is the Head of Real Estate Asset Management Americas, Head of Asset Management for BREIT, and a BREIT Board Observer.

Since joining Blackstone in 2002, Mr. Harper has been involved in analyzing Blackstone’s real estate equity and debt investments in all property types. Mr. Harper has previously worked for Blackstone in Los Angeles and London, where he served as Head of Europe for the Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies business. Mr. Harper also served as BREIT’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, Co-President and a Director.

Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Harper worked for Morgan Stanley’s real estate private equity group in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Mr. Harper received a BS from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. Mr. Harper currently serves as a board member for the World Monuments Fund and the McIntire School of Commerce Foundation board at the University of Virginia. His prior board memberships include Invitation Homes, Park Hotels & Resorts and Extended Stay America.

Deputy Chief Financial Officer

Paul Kolodziej

Deputy Chief Financial Officer

Paul Kolodziej is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT). Mr. Kolodziej previously served as the Chief Accounting Officer and Controller for BREIT.

Prior to joining Blackstone in June 2016, Mr. Kolodziej was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he provided assurance services to financial service clients focused on REITs, private real estate funds and hedge funds. During his time at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Mr. Kolodziej also completed a two-year rotation in PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s SEC Services Group within their National Office, focusing on client consultations over a wide range of matters related to security registrations and ongoing SEC filing requirements.

Mr. Kolodziej received a BS in Accountancy from DePaul University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Deputy Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Kate O’Neil

Deputy Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Kate O’Neil is a Senior Vice President and the Chief Legal Officer for Blackstone Private Equity Strategies Fund (BXPE) and Blackstone Infrastructure Strategies (BXINFRA) and the Deputy Chief Legal Officer for Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT).

Prior to joining Blackstone in 2022, Ms. O’Neil was an attorney with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, where she focused on alternative investment products, including registered funds, private funds, REITs and BDCs.

Ms. O’Neil received a B.S., magna cum laude, in Financial Management from Clemson University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Chairman of the Board

Frank Cohen

Chairman of the Board

Frank Cohen has been Chairman of our board of directors since July 2016 and previously served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer from July 2016 to December 31, 2024.

He was previously a Senior Managing Director with Blackstone Real Estate, the Global Chairman of Blackstone’s Global Core+ real estate business and a member of Blackstone Real Estate’s Investment Committee.

Mr. Cohen joined Blackstone in 1996 and played an integral role in the growth of the real estate business. He previously held multiple leadership positions, overseeing Blackstone Real Estate’s Americas Acquisitions and later the Core+ real estate business from its early days. Mr. Cohen was involved in over $100 billion of real estate transactions, including many of Blackstone’s notable investments, including Equity Office, CarrAmerica Realty, Trizec and IndCor Properties.

Mr. Cohen received a BA from Northwestern University, where he graduated from the Honors Program in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences, with a double major in political science. Mr. Cohen served as a director of Tricon Residential Inc. from September 2020 until May 2024 after the delisting of its shares from the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange. He serves as a director for several private Blackstone portfolio companies, including Equity Office, and served as a director for Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE: HPP) from 2015 until 2017.

He also serves on the board of trustees for Northwestern University, as a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute and on the advisory board of governors for NAREIT. Mr. Cohen is a valuable member of our board of directors because of his extensive real estate experience and his history with Blackstone.
Raymond-Beier

Independent Director

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Raymond J. Beier

Independent Director

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Raymond J. Beier has been a director and Audit Committee Chair of the Company since July 2016. Mr. Beier also serves as a director and audit committee chair of Blackstone Private Equity Strategies Fund L.P.. Before then, he was a partner in the financial services practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, having been with the firm from 1993 to 2016. Mr. Beier has extensive experience in financial reporting matters relating to mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance transactions. Mr. Beier served in a variety of roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, including as a member of the National Office leadership team responsible for its strategic policy and analysis group and as a senior partner in the transaction services group. Mr. Beier also served on various PricewaterhouseCoopers committees, including the Global Private Equity Committee and the Extended Leadership Committee.

Mr. Beier received a B.S. in Accounting, summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota—Duluth and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota—Carlson School of Management. Mr. Beier is a valuable member of our board of directors because of his extensive experience with accounting and financial reporting matters, especially relating to mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance transactions.
Susan-Carras

Independent Director

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Susan Carras

Independent Director

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Susan Carras has been a director of the Company since January 2021. She is a Senior Managing Director in the Washington, DC office of JLL Capital Markets, America. Ms. Carras served as Co-Head of HFF’s Washington, DC office from 2011 to 2019 and she joined JLL as part of JLL’s 2019 acquisition of HFF. Prior to HFF, she was a Principal and Managing Director at Sonnenblick Goldman where she served on the operating committee and headed offices in Washington, DC and Tampa, FL. Earlier in her career, she was with the Real Estate Finance Division of Chase Manhattan Bank.

Ms. Carras received a BA, magna cum laude with departmental honors, from Lafayette College and a Diploma in Real Estate Analysis and Appraisal from New York University. She is a trustee emerita of Lafayette College and previously chaired the Development and Alumni Relations Committee, served on the Executive Committee and was a member of the search committee for Lafayette’s 16th president. Together with a fellow trustee, Ms. Carras started the First Women of Lafayette Scholarship Fund. Ms. Carras is a past chair of the board of trustees of the McLean School of Maryland. In September 2023, Ms. Carras was appointed as an independent director to the board of trustees of Elme Communities (NYSE: ELME). She is active in the Urban Land Institute serving on the UDMUC Blue Council and on the Washington Full Member Engagement Committee. She is a past recipient of the Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors Top Financing Award and Top Sales Award for the Washington, DC Metro and has been recognized by Real Estate Forum’s Women of Influence, by BIsnow’s Women of Influence in Commercial Real Estate and by Connect Media’s Women in Real Estate. Ms. Carras is a valuable member of our board of directors because of her significant experience in the real estate industry.
Richard-Gilchrist

Independent Director

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Richard I. Gilchrist

Independent Director

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Richard I. Gilchrist has been a director of the Company since July 2016. He served as Senior Advisor for acquisitions and investments at The Irvine Company, a privately-held real estate investment company, a position he held from July 2011 until July 2018, after having served as President of its Investment Properties Group from 2006 to 2011. He served as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer and on the board of directors of Maguire Properties, Inc., a publicly-held REIT, from 2002 to 2006. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Gilchrist served as Chief Executive Officer, President and member of the board of directors of Commonwealth Atlantic Properties, a privately-held REIT. From 1995 to 1997, he served as the Co-Chairman and Managing Partner of CommonWealth Partners, a private real estate company he co-founded. He served as chairman of the board and on the compensation committee of Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (NYSE: SRC) from 2012 to January, 2024, when Spirit was acquired by Realty Income (NYSE: O). He has previously served as a director of Ventas (NYSE: VTR) from 2011 to August 2021 and was a chairman of both its compensation and investment committees. He has also previously served as a director of BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR) from 2007 to 2014, Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. from 2008 to 2011, and TIER REIT, Inc. (NYSE: TIER) from 2013 to August 2019, and as chairman from 2016 to August 2019 until TIER REIT, Inc. was acquired by Cousins Properties Inc. (NYSE: CUZ).

Mr. Gilchrist is a member of the Whittier College board of trustees, where he earned his BA in 1968. He rejoined the board in May 2023 and previously served as chairman from 2003 to 2011. He is also a member of the advisory board of the University of California, Los Angeles Law School, where he earned a JD in 1971. Mr. Gilchrist is a valuable member of our board of directors because of his extensive experience in the real estate industry, including having served as an executive officer of several REITs, his knowledge and experience in internal and external risk oversight, and his experience as a member of the board of directors of five public REITs, including as chairman of two.
Field-Griffith

Independent Director

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Field Griffith

Independent Director

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Field Griffith has been a director of the Company since July 2016.

He also currently serves as a non-executive director on the board of The Forest Company Limited and as a director for the Prime Property Fund LLC, positions he has held since March 2017 and February 2018, respectively. Mr. Griffith was most recently employed full time as the Director of Real Assets Investments for the Virginia Retirement System from 2004 to 2016 where he was responsible for managing all aspects of the System’s global real estate, infrastructure and natural resource portfolios. The global real estate portfolio consisted of publicly- and privately-traded equity and debt investments in the form of separate accounts, joint ventures, closed-end funds and open-end funds. Mr. Griffith was also a member of the management committee of the Virginia Retirement System. From 1999 to 2004, he was a senior executive at Gemini Rosemont Commercial Real Estate where he was engaged in real estate portfolio management activities. From 1985 to 1999, Mr. Griffith was employed in the real estate investment group for UNUM Life Insurance Company engaged in mortgage and equity underwriting, structuring, property acquisitions/dispositions and portfolio management of the commercial real estate equity group. From 1983 to 1985, he worked in the real estate investment group at Phoenix Home Life Insurance Company.

Mr. Griffith is a Chartered Financial Analyst and received a BA from Beloit College and an MBA from the University of Washington. From 2007 to 2013, he served as a board member of the Pension Real Estate Association. From August 2017 to March 2021, he served on the board of directors of Tedford Housing, Inc., a non-profit organization focused on serving the regional homeless population. Mr. Griffith is a valuable member of our board of directors because of his extensive experience with real estate investments.
Edward-Lewis

Independent Director

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Edward Lewis

Independent Director

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Edward Lewis has been a director of the Company since July 2016. From 2000 until February 2017, he was Senior Advisor to Solera Capital, a private equity firm. In 1969, he co-founded Essence Communications Partners, a multimedia company targeting African American women, serving as Chief Executive Officer, publisher and chairman for 35 years. Previously, he served on the boards of Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (NYSE: GAP), the Apollo Theater Foundation, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and the Economic Club of New York. He also served as chairman of the Magazine Publishers of America from 1997 to 1999, becoming the first African American to hold this position in the 75-year history of the organization.

Mr. Lewis received a BA and MA in Political Science and International Affairs from the University of New Mexico. Mr. Lewis is a valuable member of our board of directors because of his extensive business experience as founder and chairman of Essence Communications, as well as the skills he gained during his active board service to a number of diverse organizations.

Committee Composition

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Represents BREIT’s view of the current market environment as of the date appearing in this material only, which is subject to change. Past performance does not predict future returns. There can be no assurance that any Blackstone fund or investment will be able to implement its investment strategy, achieve its objectives, or avoid substantial losses. Financial information is approximate and as of October 31, 2025, unless otherwise noted. The words “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to BREIT, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, including BREIT Operating Partnership L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), unless the context requires otherwise. See “Important Disclosure Information” below, including “Trends”.

This material makes reference to Blackstone Inc. (“Blackstone”), a premier global investment manager. The real estate group of Blackstone, Blackstone Real Estate, is our sponsor and an affiliate of BX REIT Advisors L.L.C., (the “Adviser”). Information regarding Blackstone and Blackstone Real Estate is included to provide information regarding the experience of our sponsor and its affiliates. An investment in BREIT is not an investment in our sponsor or Blackstone as BREIT is a separate and distinct legal entity.

Summary of Risk Factors


BREIT is a non-listed REIT that invests primarily in stabilized income-generating commercial real estate investments across asset classes in the United States (“U.S.”) and, to a lesser extent, real estate debt investments, with a focus on current income. We invest to a lesser extent in countries outside of the U.S. This investment involves a high degree of risk. You should purchase these securities only if you can afford the complete loss of your investment. You should read BREIT’S prospectus carefully for a description of the risks associated with an investment in BREIT. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Since there is no public trading market for shares of our common stock, repurchase of shares by us is generally the only way to dispose of your shares. Our share repurchase plan, which is approved and administered by our board of directors, provides our stockholders with the opportunity to request that we repurchase their shares on a monthly basis, but we are not obligated to repurchase any shares, and our board of directors may determine to repurchase only some, or even none, of the shares that have been requested to be repurchased in any particular month in its discretion. In addition, repurchases will be subject to available liquidity and other significant restrictions, including repurchase limitations that have in the past been, and may in the future be, exceeded, resulting in our repurchase of shares on a pro rata basis. Further, our board of directors has in the past made exceptions to the limitations in our share repurchase plan and may in the future, in certain circumstances, make exceptions to such repurchase limitations (or repurchase fewer shares than such repurchase limitations), or modify or suspend our share repurchase plan if, in its reasonable judgment, it deems such action to be in our best interest and the best interest of our stockholders, such as when repurchase requests would place an undue burden on our liquidity, adversely affect our operations or impose an adverse impact on us that would outweigh the benefit of repurchasing shares submitted for repurchase. Our board of directors cannot terminate our share repurchase plan absent a liquidity event which results in our stockholders receiving cash or securities listed on a national securities exchange or where otherwise required by law. As a result, our shares should be considered as having only limited liquidity and at times may be illiquid.

  • Distributions are not guaranteed and may be funded from sources other than cash flow from operations, including, without limitation, borrowings, the sale of our assets, repayments of our real estate debt investments, return of capital or offering proceeds, and advances or the deferral of fees and expenses. We have no limits on the amounts we may fund from such sources.

  • The purchase and repurchase price for shares of our common stock are generally based on our prior month’s net asset value (“NAV”) and are not based on any public trading market. While there will be annual appraisals of our properties performed by independent third-party appraisal firms, the valuation of properties is inherently subjective, and our NAV may not accurately reflect the actual price at which our properties could be liquidated on any given day.

  • We are dependent on BX REIT Advisors L.L.C. (the “Adviser”) to conduct our operations, as well as the persons and firms the Adviser retains to provide services on our behalf. The Adviser will face conflicts of interest as a result of, among other things, the allocation of investment opportunities among us and Other Blackstone Accounts (as defined in BREIT’s prospectus), the allocation of time of its investment professionals and the substantial fees that we will pay to the Adviser.

  • Principal and interest payments on any of our outstanding borrowings will reduce the amount of funds available for distribution or investment in additional real estate assets.

  • There are limits on the ownership and transferability of our shares.

  • We do not own the Blackstone name, but we are permitted to use it as part of our corporate name pursuant to a trademark license agreement with an affiliate of Blackstone Inc. (“Blackstone”). Use of the name by other parties or the termination of our trademark license agreement may harm our business.

  • We intend to continue to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, if we fail to qualify as a REIT and no relief provisions apply, our NAV and cash available for distribution to our stockholders could materially decrease.

  • The acquisition of investment properties may be financed in substantial part by borrowing, which increases our exposure to loss. The use of leverage involves a high degree of financial risk and will increase the exposure of our investments to adverse economic factors such as rising interest rates, downturns in the economy or deteriorations in the condition of our investments.

  • Investing in commercial real estate assets involves certain risks, including but not limited to: tenants’ inability to pay rent; increases in interest rates and lack of availability of financing; tenant turnover and vacancies; and changes in supply of or demand for similar properties in a given market.

  • Recent concerns about the real estate market, changes in interest rates, elevated inflation, increased energy costs and geopolitical issues (including trade and other conflicts) have contributed to increased market volatility and may negatively impact the economy going forward. Our operating results will be affected by global and national economic and market conditions generally and by the local economic conditions where our properties are located, including changes with respect to rising vacancy rates or decreasing market rental rates; inability to lease space on favorable terms; bankruptcies, financial difficulties or lease defaults by our tenants, particularly for our tenants with net leases for large properties; elevated inflation, changes in interest rates and supply chain disruptions; market volatility and changes in government rules, regulations and fiscal policies, such as property taxes, zoning laws, limitations on rental rates, and compliance costs with respect to environmental laws and the scaling back or termination of government contracts (such as the termination of the U.S. General Services Administration (“GSA”) leases).

  • Our portfolio is currently concentrated in certain industries and geographies, and, as a consequence, our aggregate return may be substantially affected by adverse economic or business conditions affecting that particular type of asset or geography.

  • Competition for investment opportunities may reduce our profitability and the return on your investment.

  • Local, regional, or global events such as war (e.g., Russia/Ukraine), acts of terrorism, public health issues like pandemics or epidemics (e.g., COVID-19), recessions, or other economic, political and global macro factors and events could lead to a substantial economic downturn or recession in the U.S. and global economies and have a significant impact on BREIT and its investments. The recovery from such downturns is uncertain and may last for an extended period of time or result in significant volatility, and many of the risks discussed herein associated with an investment in BREIT may be increased.

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Opinions expressed reflect the current opinions of BREIT as of the date appearing in the materials only and are based on BREIT’s opinions of the current market environment, which is subject to change. Stockholders, financial professionals and prospective investors should not rely solely upon the information presented when making an investment decision and should review the most recent prospectus, as supplemented, available at www.breit.com. Certain information contained in the materials discusses general market activity, industry or sector trends, or other broad-based economic, market or political conditions and should not be construed as research or investment advice.

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This website must be read in conjunction with BREIT’s prospectus in order to fully understand all the implications and risks of an investment in BREIT. Please refer to the prospectus for more information regarding state suitability standards and consult a financial professional for share class availability and appropriateness.

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