All entries on Blackstone across all areas, newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/companies/blackstone 2026-04-02T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:fa6e4a3b:en 2026-04-02T06:00:00Z

Accor is selling its 30.56% stake in Essendi (formerly AccorInvest) for up to €975m to a consortium of Blackstone and Colony IM; the hotels are to move gradually to 20-year franchise contracts and stay under Accor brands, and Accor plans to return most of the proceeds through an additional €500m share buyback. Completion had been expected in Q3 2026. Update (19 October 2026): the European Commission cleared the acquisition of sole control of Essendi and its hotel portfolio under the simplified procedure (Hospitality Investor, 2 April 2026; European Commission, 19 October 2026). Addendum: not previously tracked. — Sources: https://www.hospitalityinvestor.com/investment/accor-sells-stake-essendi-blackstone-led-consortium-eu975m · https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_26_2195

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c9c3e4fc:en 2026-02-12T06:00:00Z

Blackstone Infrastructure and EQT are each buying half of Spanish waste management group Urbaser, which has more than 50,000 employees, from private equity firm Platinum Equity, which puts the price at US$6.6bn (EQT, 12 February 2026; second source: Platinum Equity, 12 February 2026). Update (22 September 2026): the sale has been completed (Platinum Equity, 22 September 2026). — Sources: https://eqtgroup.com/news/eqt-and-blackstone-infrastructure-to-acquire-urbaser-a-leading-waste-management-infrastructure-platform-2026-02-12 · https://www.platinumequity.com/news/platinum-equity-to-sell-global-environmental-services-business-urbaser-to-blackstone-and-eqt-for-6-6-billion/ · https://www.platinumequity.com/news/platinum-equity-completes-sale-of-global-environmental-services-business-urbaser-to-blackstone-and-eqt-for-6-6-billion/