Blackstone selling 22% stake in Bellagio – WSJ

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Realty Income (NYSE:O) would acquire common and preferred equity interests from Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) in a new joint venture that owns a 95% interest in the real estate assets of Bellagio.

Blackstone had bought Bellagio from MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM) for $4.25 billion in 2019.

According to the companies, Realty Income would invest about $300 million of common equity in the joint venture, subject to certain adjustments, to acquire a near-22% indirect interest in the property.

Realty Income would also invest $650 million to buy a yield-bearing preferred equity interest in the joint venture.

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of the year.

The Wall Street Journal first reported the news on Friday.