Blackstone Property Advisors L.P. (New York)


Blackstone Property Advisors L.P. is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $36.99 billion of regulatory assets for 38 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2015 and has operated in the jurisdiction of California.

Blackstone Property Advisors provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Blackstone Property Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Blackstone Property Advisors L.P. is $36.99 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 965% since the beginning of its operation, and $20.15 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $23.34 billion in discretionary accounts and $13.65 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $630.91 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $13.65 billion.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Blackstone Property Advisors L.P. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Blackstone Property Advisors serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Blackstone Property Advisors is pooled investment vehicles with 37 clients and $36.99 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Blackstone Property Advisors has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $36.99 billion for 37 clients. 39% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Blackstone Property Advisors also advises several private funds. Namely, six hedge funds and twenty five real estate funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $10,000,000.

Careers at Blackstone Property Advisors L.P.

The company employs 368 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 72 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Judy Turchin General counsel and chief compliance officer of registrant 1 Sep 2010 Other 5421525
Jonathan David Gray Global head of real estate 1 Jan 2011 Other 2289544
Bpp Advisors L.L.C. General partner of registrant 1 Apr 2014 Other 35-2507493
Blackstone Holdings I L.P. Limited partner of registrant 1 Apr 2014 75% - 100% 26-0288589
Kathleen Theresa Mccarthy Baldwin Global real estate chief operating officer 1 Jan 2015 Other 3243119
Paul Daniel Quinlan Global real estate chief financial officer 1 Jan 2015 Other 4165998
Kenneth Alan Caplan Global real estate chief investment officer 1 Jan 2015 Other 2649076
Farhad Mawji Karim Global real estate general counsel of registrant 1 Jan 2017 Other 6773840
Leonid Volchyok Global real estate chief compliance officer of registrant 1 Sep 2017 Other 6255368
Patrick John Kassen Chief compliance officer 1 Dec 2017 Other 6179188
Kathleen Theresa Mccarthy Baldwin Global co-head of real estate 1 Feb 2018 Other 3243119
Kenneth Alan Caplan Global co-head of real estate 1 Feb 2018 Other 2649076

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 5 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Blackstone Holdings I/Ii Gp Inc. General partner 1 Jun 2007 Other 26-0238303
The Blackstone Group L.P. Shareholder 1 Jun 2007 75% - 100% 20-8875684
Blackstone Holdings I/Ii Gp Llc General partner 1 Jun 2007 Other 26-0238303
The Blackstone Group Inc. Sole member 1 Jun 2007 75% - 100% 20-8875684
Blackstone Holdings I L.P. Sole member 1 Jul 2011 75% - 100% 26-0288589

Based in New York

The principal office where Blackstone Property Advisors L.P. performs its advisory services is located at 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Santa Monica, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-583-5000 or by fax 212-583-5749. The normal business hours are 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at blackstone.com.