Real Estate Acquisitions Analyst

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. Blackstone seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests. Blackstone’s over $1.3 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram. 

Blackstone Real Estate 

Blackstone is a global leader in real estate investing. Blackstone’s real estate business was founded in 1991 and has US $315 billion of investor capital under management. Blackstone is the largest owner of commercial real estate globally, owning and operating assets across every major geography and sector, including logistics, data centers, residential, office and hospitality. Our opportunistic funds seek to acquire undermanaged, well-located assets across the world. Blackstone’s Core+ business invests in substantially stabilized real estate assets globally, through both institutional strategies and strategies tailored for income-focused individual investors including Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (BREIT). Blackstone Real Estate also operates one of the leading global real estate debt businesses, providing comprehensive financing solutions across the capital structure and risk spectrum, including management of Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE: BXMT). 

Job Description:

Blackstone’s Real Estate Acquisitions Group provides an opportunity for Analysts to join a professional team whose work involves the acquisition and ongoing management of various real estate-related investments ranging from public companies, large portfolios of real estate assets and individual properties worldwide. Analysts at Blackstone assume integral roles on deal teams by participating in all aspects of private equity investing in the real estate sector, and are often staffed on multiple prospective investments concurrently.

Many current leaders of the Blackstone Real Estate Acquisitions Group began their careers as Analysts. This role offers significant opportunities for professional development and long-term career growth within Blackstone Real Estate.

Responsibilities:

Analysts focused on acquisitions will enhance investing skills through work on a wide range of transactions including asset, portfolio, and company leveraged buyouts. Analysts in acquisitions will play an integral role in the investment process and assist in deal sourcing, LBO modeling, conducting due diligence, and presenting to Blackstone executives and partners at investment committees for final deal approval. Analysts are expected to produce sophisticated analyses to quantitatively support and inform investment decisions, leveraging Blackstone’s vast proprietary data and employing cutting-edge AI solutions to complete tasks effectively and efficiently. Work will include, but is not limited to:

• Real estate and public company valuation analysis
• Financial modeling and quantitative analysis using Excel, Python, proprietary real estate datasets, large language models, and other AI solutions
• Market research and data analysis, including use of machine learning and large language models to source, clean, structure, and synthesize data and documents from proprietary internal data as well as third party sources
• Proactively identifying opportunities to automate repetitive workflows, develop analytical applications, and apply AI-enabled workflows to streamline investment processes
• Partnering with Blackstone technology and other engineering teams to integrate emerging AI capabilities, internal data platforms, and quantitative techniques into investment-related workflows
• Development of Investment Committee materials and similar presentations to frame and support investment decisions
• Attending on-site property tours to refine key assumptions
• Leading due diligence and other deal execution workstreams
• Assisting with legal negotiations and related due diligence

Qualifications:

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who work well in a team-driven working group, are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. 

In addition, the successful candidate must meet the following qualifications:

• Strong understanding of accounting, finance, and economics
• Experience applying LLMs, AI agents, retrieval workflows, automation tools or enterprise AI applications preferred
• Familiarity with SQL, Python, APIs, databases, or similar technical tools preferred
• Interest in applying data platforms, automation, machine learning, and AI-enabled workflows to improve sourcing, diligence, underwriting, and asset-level decision making
• Willingness to contribute to new ideas and technical approaches that expand how the team uses proprietary data, automation, and AI to source, analyze, and execute investments
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• A desire to work in a dynamic team environment
• Motivation to find solutions independently, and humility to acknowledge limits and uncertainties
• Sincere commitment to professional development
• Excellent attention to detail
• Intellectually curious and entrepreneurial mindset

To be considered for the 2027 Analyst Program, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate student with anticipated graduation date of Fall 2026 / Spring 2027
• Resume must include expected graduation month/year and GPA
• Resume must be in PDF format

If you do not meet these criteria, please see Blackstone’s Careers website for other opportunities that may be available, including other entry level positions.

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.  All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at 212-583-5000 (US), +44 (0)20 7451 4000 (EMEA) or +852 3656 8600 (APAC).

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis.  Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

Please note that we use an AI resume screening tool to help with the initial review of applications. The tool helps us assess candidates based on skills, experience, and qualifications. The tool’s scores are one of the factors we consider when deciding who moves to the next stage of the application process.

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