Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors L.L.C. (New York)


Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors L.L.C. is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $14.19 billion of regulatory assets for 34 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2008 and has operated in the jurisdiction of California.

Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors L.L.C 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 Real Estate Special Situations Advisors L.L.C: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors L.L.C. is $14.19 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 12499% since the beginning of its operation, and $3.44 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $14.19 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $417.23 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in other assets the most. They account for 100% of the total AUM.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors L.L.C. 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 Hamilton Evans James serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Hamilton Evans James is pooled investment vehicles with 33 clients and $11.67 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors L.L.C has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $11.67 billion for 33 clients. 61% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors L.L.C also advises several private funds. Namely, five hedge funds and eighteen real estate funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $50,000,000.

Careers at Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors L.L.C.

The company employs 138 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.

Hamilton Evans James has been acting as President since 1 Dec 2007. Kathleen Theresa Mccarthy Baldwin joined the executive team most recently as the Global Co Head Of Real Estate.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Jonathan David Gray Global head of real estate 1 Jan 2006 Other 2289544
Michael Bruce Nash Chief investment officer of registrant and each relying adviser 1 Dec 2007 Other 3078244
Blackstone Holdings I L.P. Managing member of registrant and each relying adviser 1 Dec 2007 75% - 100% 26-0288589
Stephen Allen Schwarzman Chairman & ceo 1 Dec 2007 Other 861435
Peter George Peterson Senior chairman 1 Dec 2007 Other 803568
Robert Laurence Friedman Chief legal officer 1 Dec 2007 Other 3222081
Michael A. (Mi Only) Puglisi Chief financial officer 1 Dec 2007 Other 2526926
Hamilton Evans James President 1 Dec 2007 Other 821911
Peter David Koffler Chief compliance officer 1 Dec 2007 Other 1749876
Randall Scott Rothschild Chief operating officer of registrant and each relying adviser 1 May 2008 Other 4944893
Garrett Heath Goldberg Chief financial officer of blackstone real estate special situations advisors l.l.c. 1 May 2008 Other 3059048
Laurence Anthony Tosi Chief financial officer of the blackstone group l.p. 1 Sep 2008 Other 4876604
Judy Turchin General counsel and chief compliance officer of registrant and each relying adviser 1 Sep 2010 Other 5421525
John Gary Finley Chief legal officer 1 Sep 2010 Other 5837491
Jonathan David Gray Global head of real estate 1 Jan 2011 Other 2289544
Blackstone Intermediary Holdco L.L.C. Sole member 1 Jul 2011 75% - 100% 45-2537313
Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors L.L.C. Sole member of bxmt advisors l.l.c. 1 Nov 2012 75% - 100% 26-1699805
Paul Daniel Quinlan Chief financial officer of registrant and each relying adviser 1 Jan 2014 Other 4165998
Paul Daniel Quinlan Global real estate chief financial officer 1 Jan 2015 Other 4165998
Kathleen T. Mccarthy Baldwin Global real estate chief operating officer 1 Jan 2015 Other 3243119
Kenneth Alan Caplan Global real estate chief investment officer 1 Jan 2015 Other 2649076
Kathleen Theresa Mccarthy Baldwin Global real estate chief operating officer 1 Jan 2015 Other 3243119
Michael Bruce Nash Global head of blackstone real estate debt strategies 1 Jul 2015 Other 3078244
Jonathan Lee Pollack Chief investment officer of registrant and each relying adviser 1 Jul 2015 Other 4016347
Farhad Mawji Karim Global real estate general counsel 1 Jan 2017 Other 6773840
Leonid Volchyok Global real estate chief compliance officer of registrant and the relying adviser 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 8 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
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 / Ii Gp Inc. General partner 1 Dec 2007 Other 26-0238303
Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P. Sole member 1 Jul 2011 75% - 100% 17917
Blackstone Group Holdings L.P. Limited partner 1 Jul 2011 75% - 100% 13-3492074
Blackstone Advisory Services L.L.C. General partner 1 Jul 2011 Other 26-1124704
Blackstone Holdings I L.P. Sole member 1 Jul 2011 75% - 100% 26-0288589

Based in New York

The principal office where Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors L.L.C. 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.