Up to $ 500 billion plans to invest in Blackstone to Europe In the next 10 years, underlining the growing attractiveness of Epirus for investors in a period of geopolitical liquidity.
“We see Europe as an important opportunity for us,” said Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, in an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday (10.6.2025). “They are starting to change their approach here, which we believe will lead to higher growth rates. So this has worked very well for us. “
Schwatzmann comments, which mark the 25th anniversary of the activities of the Alternative Assets in London, are the last sign of investment companies advertising Europe’s attractiveness. At the Superreturn International Conference held last week in Berlin, executives from masters such as BC Partners, Permira and Brookfield Asset Management spoke about Europe as an investment destination, as global economic risks are increasing.
When Blackstone opened her office in London in 2000, the only other office of the company was in New York. At that time, it had raised more than $ 13 billion for investment funds that focused on alternative assets.
Today, he is the largest alternative asset administrator in the world, with more than 1 trillion. dollars in management and offices in 27 cities around the world. It is the largest mutual fund manager in the European real estate market, according to the Inrev sectoral group. The bet on the urban warehouses of Epirus is one of Blackstone’s largest and most profitable investments.
The company’s office in London, which is going to move to a new building under construction at Berkeley Square in Mayfair, currently employs 650 people, Schartzman said. The company has already invested about $ 100 billion in the United Kingdom, making it one of the largest foreign investors in the country, he added.
Blackstone has dropped real estate bets in the United Kingdom, including a location for a data center in northern England that is capable of being the largest in Europe.
Outside Europe, Blackstone is also looking for the Middle East as an investment destination and not just as an area in which it has raised huge capital. While local businesses and local capital was traditionally dominated, rapid city development such as Riyadh and Dubai as international hubs makes it an attractive opportunity, he said.