Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced the appointment of Katie Keenan as CEO and a director of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (BREIT) and global head of the Core+ Real Estate business. She succeeds Wesley M. LePatner, who served in both roles until she was...
Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (BREIT) has appointed Robert Harper to serve as interim CEO, following the death of the company’s chief executive Wesley LePatner on July 28 in a shooting at her office building in Manhattan. Harper will continue to serve as...
The Fed ignores the president, FICO lobbies Congress, and Grant Cardone needs a CFO. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of July 28-Aug. 1. Miss: If You Can’t Say Something Nice. For the past several weeks, President...
Wesley LePatner, who became CEO of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) in January, was killed by a gunman in yesterday’s shooting rampage at the 345 Park Avenue office tower in Midtown Manhattan. She was 43. LePatner succeeded the retiring Frank Cohen at the...
Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (BREIT) announced the promotion of Chief Operating Officer Wesley LePatner to CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2025. LePatner succeeds Frank Cohen, who is retiring as chief executive at the end of the year and will remain with the...