Real Estate Investment Associate

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Business Unit Overview:  

Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA) manages $101 billion across a diversified set of businesses. We strive to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for our clients across market cycles. Our strategies include Absolute Return, Multi-Strategy, Total Portfolio Management, and Public Real Assets.   

BXMA’s Total Portfolio Management business manages total portfolios on behalf of select clients (families and institutions). The portfolios are customized to client-specific objectives and aim to outperform traditional portfolios by embracing a long-term time horizon, flexible asset allocation, and robust portfolio construction. Total Portfolio Management’s open architecture approach combines external investments, private market strategies, direct investing and the Blackstone ecosystem. 

Job Title: Associate                                 

Job Description:        

The Real Estate Investment Associate will support the underwriting, diligence, and execution of real estate investments within TPM portfolios. This individual will play a key role in evaluating opportunities across a diverse set of asset classes, structures, and geographies, while contributing to portfolio monitoring, as well as investment theme identification and idea generation.

The Associate will work closely with senior investment professionals and is expected to take increasing ownership of deal evaluation and execution over time, in a high-volume investment environment.

The Associate will be expected to operate across multiple live opportunities and portfolio workstreams in parallel, demonstrating strong prioritization, responsiveness, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities:

• Support the underwriting and evaluation of real estate investment opportunities, including direct assets, joint ventures, co-investments, and funds
• Perform extensive due diligence on each transaction, travel to the properties, meet with partners, and underwrite markets and business plans
• Independently design and review financial models, perform sensitivity analyses, and identify key assumptions, risks, value drivers, and inconsistencies with limited oversight
• Oversee execution of transactions and participate in both internal and external client meetings and due diligence sessions
• Draft and iterate on investment committee memoranda, synthesizing complex business plans and diligence findings into clear, structured investment recommendations
• Track and analyze ongoing portfolio investments, including review of quarterly sponsor reporting, and managing sponsor relationships

• Prepare materials for internal investment discussions and client portfolio reviews
• Conduct market research and comparable analysis using third-party data sources to support underwriting and ongoing idea generation

Qualifications:

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, intellectually curious, and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors.

In addition to strong analytical and quantitative skills, the successful candidate should have:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, real estate, economics, or a related field
• 3+ years of real estate private equity or infrastructure investing/acquisitions experience (experience across full diligence processes is a plus)
• Demonstrated financial modeling expertise, including experience underwriting real estate investments from the ground up and evaluating sponsor models
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including drafting clear, structured investment memoranda
• Experience supporting or managing real estate diligence processes across multiple workstreams
• High attention to detail and demonstrated independence in delivering accurate, polished work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
• Strong work ethic, responsiveness, and experience managing multiple priorities concurrently
• Collaborative mindset and strong sense of ownership; willingness to engage across both analytical work and execution-oriented tasks
• Interest in developing investment judgment over time within a team-oriented, portfolio-based investment platform
• A high level of professional integrity

Competencies:

• Analytical rigor and attention to detail
• Ownership mentality and accountability
• Effective communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong organizational and execution skills
• Comfort operating in a flexible, less-structured investment environment with varied deal types and asset classes
• Highly receptive to feedback; quickly incorporates edits and increasingly internalizes key investment frameworks over time
• Sound judgment and risk awareness

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 and benefits offered in connection with the role consist of comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits; paid time off; life insurance; 401(k) plan; and discretionary bonuses. Certain employees may also be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation at Blackstone’s sole discretion.

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.

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