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Blackstone in talks to acquire a minority stake in Sify Technologies

Sify's American depositary receipts rose 6.7 per cent in pre-market trading on Friday in the US. The company had a market value of about $484 million as of Thursday

Blackstone in the final leg of talks to buy out Embassy Industrial Parks

Embassy has a long-standing partnership with Blackstone through their JV Embassy Office Parks, which has floated and listed a real estate investment trust (REIT)

$1.5-billion deal of Blackstone-Prestige Estates gets CCI approval

Valued at $1.5 billion, this is one of the largest real estate deals in the country comprising the sale of 21 million square feet of assets

GIC, Phoenix group start talks over Rs 800-crore office project deal

RMZ-Brookfield's and Prestige-Blackstone's (which is in the works), are multiple property deals that are taking place, sources said

Private equity firm Blackstone seeks clarity on Reliance-Future deal

Fate of PE firm's Rs 1,750-crore investment remains uncertain

Essel Propack sinks 6% as nearly 24% equity changes hands via block deal

According to media reports, Epsilon Bidco Pte. Ltd, a Blackstone entity which owns 75 per cent of Essel Propack, was looking to sell up to 23 per cent stake, to garner as much as $251 million

Blackstone, Brookfield plan investment trusts in India, strengthen assets

Global rivals go for joint ventures, plan to list investments by next year.

Prestige Estates surges 7% amid report Blackstone may acquire group assets

Blackstone will acquire 100 per cent control of around 20 million square feet of commercial space, including 16 million sq ft of ready and completely leased assets, the report said

Mindspace REIT plans to raise $599 million through IPO to pay debt

The real estate investment trust will offer about Rs 1,000 crore of new shares while the founders will offer the remaining

Blackstone sells Embassy Office Parks REIT units for Rs 2,270 crore

Post this deal, Blackstone stake will come down by around nine per cent from around 55 per cent shareholding earlier.

Mukesh Ambani nears deal to buy stake in some units of Future Group

An agreement between Ambani's Reliance and Future, which already has a partnership with Amazon.com Inc., could be announced as early as next month

Commercial realty holds firm for now, defaults expected from retail tenants

Since March 25, realty advisory and brokerage the Anarock Group signed agreements for over Rs 250 crore of real estate of which just a little over 12% accounted for commercial property

Coffee with BS: Blackstone's Schwarzman on how to stay ahead of competition

Stephen Schwarzman talks to Pavan Lall about lessons from India, how he catches up on lost sleep and his formula to stay ahead of competition

CVC seeks up to $22 billion for latest flagship buyout fund, says report

The fund, CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII, will seek to invest in businesses mostly in Europe and North America

Indiabulls to exit realty biz, merge with entity led by Embassy, Blackstone

In the past two years, IBREL has sold commercial assets to Blackstone for around Rs 12,250 crore

Blackstone quarterly profit rises 27% on asset sales, fee revenue

The buyout firm also completed the sale of its 61% stake in Swedish property firm Hembla AB to German real estate company Vonovia SE for about $1.3 billion

Blackstone Group to invest Rs 380 cr in Allcargo's logistics park vertical

Allcargo to become minority stake holder in its logistics park business

Raheja-Blackstone firm files draft offer document for Rs 3,500-cr REIT IPO

The REIT has roped in 13 bankers, including Morgan Stanley, CLSA, and Nomura for the issue.

Blackstone's India mortgage lender may get out of small-builder business

The RBI seized control of Dewan Housing on Wednesday, stepping up efforts to contain the economic fallout from the nation's shadow banking crisis

India growing fast, has tremendous potential, says Blackstone co-founder

Stephen A Schwarzman on why he is still bullish on India, how loss makes for the deepest learning's, and how corporate culture is the difference between winning and losing