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Related Party and Other Transactions
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party and Other Transactions Related Party and Other Transactions
Due to Affiliates
The following table details the components of due to affiliates ($ in thousands): 
March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Accrued stockholder servicing fee$544,367 $624,579 
Performance participation allocation45,963 — 
Accrued management fee55,814 56,401 
Other2,302 1,767 
Total$648,446 $682,747 
Accrued Stockholder Servicing Fee
The Company accrues the full amount of the future stockholder servicing fees payable to Blackstone Securities Partners L.P., the dealer manager, a registered broker-dealer affiliated with the Adviser (the "Dealer Manager"), for Class S, Class T, and Class D shares, up to the 8.75% of gross proceeds limit, at the time such shares are sold. The Dealer Manager has entered into agreements with the selected dealers distributing the Company’s shares as part of its continuous public offering, that provide, among other things, for the payment of the full amount of the selling commissions and dealer manager fee, and all or a portion of the stockholder servicing fees received by the Dealer Manager to such selected dealers.
Performance Participation Allocation
The Special Limited Partner holds a performance participation interest in BREIT OP that entitles it to receive an allocation of BREIT OP’s total return. Total return is defined as distributions paid or accrued plus the change in the Company’s net asset value (“NAV”), adjusted for subscriptions and repurchases. Under the BREIT OP agreement, the annual total return will be allocated solely to the Special Limited Partner only after the other unitholders have received a total return of 5% (after recouping any loss carryforward amount) and such allocation will continue until the allocation between the Special Limited Partner and all other BREIT OP unitholders is equal to 12.5% and 87.5%, respectively. Thereafter, the Special Limited Partner will receive an allocation of 12.5% of the annual total return. The allocation of the performance participation interest is ultimately measured on a calendar year basis and will be paid quarterly in certain classes of units of BREIT OP or cash, at the election of the Special Limited Partner. To date, the Special Limited Partner has always elected to be paid in a combination of Class I and Class B units, resulting in a non-cash expense.
At the end of each calendar quarter that is not also the end of a calendar year, the Special Limited Partner is entitled to a performance participation allocation as described above calculated in respect of the portion of the year to date, less any performance participation allocation received with respect to prior quarters in that year (the “Quarterly Allocation”). The performance participation allocation that the Special Limited Partner is entitled to receive at the end of each calendar year will be reduced by the cumulative amount of Quarterly Allocations that year. If a Quarterly Allocation is made and at the end of a subsequent calendar quarter in the same calendar year the Special Limited Partner is entitled to less than the previously received Quarterly Allocation(s) (a “Quarterly Shortfall”), then subsequent distributions of any Quarterly Allocations or year-end performance allocations in that calendar year will be reduced by an amount equal to such Quarterly Shortfall, until such time as no Quarterly Shortfall remains. If all or any portion of a Quarterly Shortfall remains at the end of a calendar year following the application described in the previous sentence, distributions of any Quarterly Allocations and year-end performance allocations in the subsequent four calendar years will be reduced by (i) the remaining Quarterly Shortfall plus (ii) an annual rate of 5% on the remaining Quarterly Shortfall measured from the first day of the calendar year following the year in which the Quarterly Shortfall arose and compounded quarterly (collectively, the “Quarterly Shortfall Obligation”) until such time as no Quarterly Shortfall Obligation remains; provided, that the Special Limited Partner (or its affiliate) may make a full or partial cash payment to reduce the Quarterly Shortfall Obligation at any time; provided, further, that if any Quarterly Shortfall Obligation remains following such subsequent four calendar years, then the Special Limited Partner (or its affiliate) will promptly pay BREIT OP the remaining Quarterly Shortfall Obligation in cash.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company’s total return exceeded the current period hurdle amount, resulting in $142.2 million of performance participation allocation expense in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company’s total return exceeded the current period hurdle amount and the 2023 loss carryforward of $355.7 million, resulting in $105.0 million of performance participation allocation expense in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company's total return did not exceed the year-to-date hurdle amount, resulting in a Quarterly Shortfall with respect to the $105.0 million performance participation allocation recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2024 (the “2024 Shortfall Obligation”). Beginning January 1, 2025, interest on the 2024 Shortfall Obligation, net of $9.9 million of performance participation allocation previously earned by the Special Limited Partner but not paid by the Company, began accruing at a 5% annual rate, compounded quarterly. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company accrued interest income of $1.1 million related to such net 2024 Shortfall Obligation.

The net 2024 Shortfall Obligation and related $1.1 million of interest accrued was satisfied with the $142.2 million performance participation accrual for the three months ended March 31, 2025, resulting in a net performance participation allocation payable of $46.0 million as of March 31, 2025. In April 2025, the Company issued 3.3 million units of BREIT OP, to the Special Limited Partner as payment for the $46.0 million net performance participation allocation.
As of May 9, 2025, Blackstone owned shares of the Company and units of BREIT OP valued at an aggregate $3.5 billion. In addition, Blackstone employees, including the Company’s executive officers, owned shares of the Company and units of BREIT OP valued at an aggregate $1.3 billion.
Accrued Management Fee
The Adviser is entitled to an annual management fee equal to 1.25% of the Company’s NAV, payable monthly, as compensation for the services it provides to the Company. The management fee can be paid, at the Adviser’s election, in cash, certain classes of shares of the Company’s common stock, or certain classes of BREIT OP units. To date, the Adviser has always elected to be paid the management fee in shares of the Company’s common stock and units of BREIT OP, resulting in a non-cash expense. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company incurred management fees of $168.4 million and $187.1 million, respectively.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company issued BREIT OP units of 12.3 million and 13.3 million, respectively, to the Adviser as payment for management fees. The Company also had a payable of $55.8 million and $56.4 million related to the management fees as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. During April 2025, the Adviser was issued 4.0 million units of BREIT OP as payment for the management fees accrued as of March 31, 2025. The shares and units issued to the Adviser for payment of the management fee were issued at the applicable NAV per share/unit at the end of each month for which the fee was earned. The Adviser did not submit any repurchase requests for shares previously issued as payment for management fees during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
Other
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had an outstanding balance due to the Adviser of $2.3 million and $1.8 million, respectively, related to general corporate expenses provided by unaffiliated third parties that the Adviser paid on the Company's behalf. Such expenses are reimbursed by the Company to the Adviser in the ordinary course of business.
Affiliate Title Service Provider
Blackstone owns Lexington National Land Services (“LNLS”), a title agent company. LNLS acts as an agent for one or more underwriters in issuing title policies and/or providing support services in connection with investments by the Company, Blackstone and their affiliates and related parties, and third parties. LNLS focuses on transactions in rate-regulated states where the cost of title insurance is non-negotiable. LNLS will not perform services in non-regulated states for the Company, except (i) in the context of a portfolio transaction that includes properties in rate-regulated states, (ii) as part of a syndicate of title insurance companies where the rate is negotiated by other insurers or their agents, (iii) when a third party is paying all or a material portion of the premium, or (iv) when providing only support services to the underwriter. LNLS earns fees, which would have otherwise been paid to third parties, by providing title agency services and facilitating placement of title insurance with underwriters. Blackstone receives distributions from LNLS in connection with investments by the Company based on its equity interest in LNLS. In each case, there will be no related expense offset to the Company.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company paid LNLS $10.7 million for title services related to certain investments. Amounts paid to LNLS were either (i) included in calculating Net Gain on Dispositions of Real Estate on the Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations, or (ii) recorded as deferred financing costs, which is a reduction to Mortgage Loans, Secured Term Loans, and Secured Revolving Credit Facilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Captive Insurance Company
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 , the Company received a net refund of $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, of insurance premiums previously paid to a captive insurance company owned by us and other Blackstone-advised investment vehicles. The net refund was attributable to dispositions of real estate and represented the pro-rata unused period of the annual premiums incurred to insure such dispositions.
Other Transactions
Accrued service provider expenses and incentive compensation awards
The Company has engaged certain portfolio companies owned by Blackstone-advised investment vehicles, to provide, as applicable,
operational services (including, without limitation, construction and project management), management services, loan management
services, corporate support services (including, without limitation, accounting, information technology, legal, tax and human
resources) and transaction support services for certain of the Company’s properties, and any such arrangements will be at or below
market rates. The Company also engaged such portfolio companies for transaction support services related to acquisitions and
dispositions, and such costs were either (i) capitalized to Investments in Real Estate or (ii) included as part of the Net Gain on Dispositions of Real Estate. For further details on the Company’s relationships with these service providers, see Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
The expenses related to these providers, including incentive compensation awards, are included as a component of Rental Property Operating expense and Hospitality Operating expense, as applicable, in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Transaction support service fees were capitalized to Investments in Real Estate on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Neither Blackstone nor the Adviser receives any fees from these arrangements.

Beginning January 2025, we have engaged TAH Operations LLC (“Tricon”), a portfolio company owned by Blackstone-advised investment vehicles, to provide, as applicable, management services, corporate support services and transaction support services for the Company’s rental housing properties.

Beginning January 1, 2025, the Company engaged BX RE Portco LLC (“BX RE Portco”), a portfolio company owned by a Blackstone-advised fund, to provide the services that ShopCore Properties TRS Management LLC and EQ Management, LLC had previously provided to the Company’s retail and office properties. Those services include management services, corporate support services and transaction support services.
The following table details the amounts incurred for portfolio companies owned by Blackstone-advised investment vehicles ($ in thousands):
Service
Provider Expenses
Amortization of
Service Provider
Incentive Compensation Awards
Capitalized Transaction
Support Services
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
202520242025202420252024
Link Logistics Real Estate LLC$28,672 $27,532 $6,397 $5,982 $2,324 $452 
LivCor, LLC28,294 27,729 4,989 5,505 1,298 1,970 
Tricon
11,758 — — — — — 
Revantage(1)
9,306 3,595 2,443 2,275 — — 
BX RE Portco(2)
8,471 10,423 124 592 267 351 
BRE Hotels and Resorts LLC3,012 3,147 337 509 — — 
BPP MFNY Employer LLC
866 821 301 395 — — 
Longview Senior Housing, LLC282 257 — — — — 
$90,661 $73,504 $14,591 $15,258 $3,889 $2,773 
(1)Includes Revantage Corporate Services, LLC and Revantage Global Services Europe S.à r.l.
(2)Includes Shopcore Properties TRS Management LLC and EQ Management, LLC for three months ended March 31, 2024.

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, $20.2 million and $33.7 million, respectively, of accrued service provider expenses were outstanding and are included within Other Liabilities. See Note 11 for further details.
The Company issues incentive compensation awards to certain employees of portfolio company service providers. None of Blackstone, the Adviser, or the portfolio company service providers owned by Blackstone-advised investment vehicles receive any incentive compensation from the aforementioned arrangements.
The following table details the incentive compensation awards ($ in thousands):
 
December 31, 2024
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025March 31, 2025
Plan YearUnrecognized Compensation Cost Forfeiture of Unvested AwardsValue of Awards IssuedAmortization of Compensation CostUnrecognized Compensation CostRemaining Amortization Period
2022$7,786 $— $— $(1,946)$5,840 0.8 years
202314,673 — — (2,293)12,380 1.5 years
202440,265 — — (5,030)35,235 2.2 years
2025— — 63,871 (5,322)58,549 3.0 years
 $62,724 $— $63,871 $(14,591)$112,004 

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, certain portfolio companies owned by the Company earned revenue of $1.1 million from certain other Blackstone-advised investment vehicles in relation to corporate service fees and property management services. There were no such fees for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had a receivable of $52.9 million and $52.8 million, respectively, from certain portfolio companies owned by Blackstone-advised investment vehicles related to the prepayment of certain corporate service fees and incentive compensation awards. Such amount is included in Other Assets on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.