As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2018

Registration No. 333-213043

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE

AMENDMENT NO. 7

TO

Form S-11

FOR REGISTRATION

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

OF SECURITIES OF CERTAIN

REAL ESTATE COMPANIES

Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Governing Instruments)

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

(212) 583-5000

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

BX REIT Advisors L.L.C.

Leon Volchyok

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

(212) 583-5000

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

With copies to:

Andrew R. Keller Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 (212) 455-3577 Robert H. Bergdolt DLA Piper LLP (US) 4141 Parklake Avenue, Suite 300 Raleigh, North Carolina 27612-2350 Telephone: (919) 786-2000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.  ☒

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, check the following box.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	☐
		Emerging growth company	☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☒

Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-213043) is filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) solely to add an exhibit not previously filed with respect to such Registration Statement.

PART II. INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 36. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(b) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed as part of this registration statement:

Exhibit Number	Description
23.4	Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-11 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on March 20, 2018.

Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
By:	/s/ Frank Cohen
	Frank Cohen
	Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Form S-11 Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on March 20, 2018.

Signature	Title
/s/ Frank Cohen	Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
Frank Cohen
/s/ Paul D. Quinlan	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
Paul D. Quinlan
*	Director
A. J. Agarwal
*	Director
Wesley LePatner
*	Independent Director
Raymond J. Beier
*	Independent Director
Richard I. Gilchrist
*	Independent Director
Field Griffith
*	Independent Director
Edward Lewis

*By:	/s/ Frank Cohen
	Frank Cohen
	Attorney-in-fact