SC 13D/A

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

SOLE VOTING POWER

2,071,520

SHARED VOTING POWER

0

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

2,071,520

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)*

Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Class I Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

09259K 401

(CUSIP Number)

Leon Volchyok

The Blackstone Group L.P.

345 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10154

Tel: (212) 583-5000

with a copy to:

Andrew R. Keller, Esq.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Tel: (212) 455-2000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

June 29, 2018

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

*	The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

CUSIP No. 09259K 401


1		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS BX REIT ADVISORS L.L.C.
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☐ (b) ☒
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO
5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware

CUSIP No. 09259K 401


1		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS I L.P.
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☐ (b) ☒
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO
5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware

CUSIP No. 09259K 401


1		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS I/II GP INC.
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☐ (b) ☒
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO
5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware

CUSIP No. 09259K 401


1		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS BREIT SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNER L.P.
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☐ (b) ☒
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO
5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware

CUSIP No. 09259K 401


1		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS III L.P.
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☐ (b) ☒
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO
5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Quebec, Canada

CUSIP No. 09259K 401


1		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS III GP L.P.
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☐ (b) ☒
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO
5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware

CUSIP No. 09259K 401


1		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS III GP MANAGEMENT L.L.C.
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☐ (b) ☒
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO
5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware

CUSIP No. 09259K 401


1		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P.
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☐ (b) ☒
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO
5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware

CUSIP No. 09259K 401


1		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS BLACKSTONE GROUP MANAGEMENT L.L.C.
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☐ (b) ☒
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO
5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware

CUSIP No. 09259K 401


1		NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS STEPHEN A. SCHWARZMAN
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ☐ (b) ☒
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions) OO
5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States of America

This Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) to Schedule 13D relates to the Class I common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class I Shares”), of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Issuer”), and amends and supplements the initial statement on Schedule 13D filed on May 22, 2018 (collectively, the “Schedule 13D”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment No. 1 shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 13D.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:

(a) – (b) Calculations of the percentage of Class I Shares beneficially owned assumes that there were 66,781,633 Class I Shares outstanding as of June 28, 2018, based on information provided by the Issuer, and takes into account the 855,040 Class I Units owned by the Special Limited Partner, as applicable. Pursuant to the terms of the BREIT OP LPA, Class I Units are exchangeable for Class I Shares on a one-for-one basis, or cash, at the Issuer’s election.

As of June 29, 2018, the Adviser directly held 2,071,520 Class I Shares, and the Special Limited Partner directly held 855,040 Class I Units.

Blackstone Holdings I L.P. is the sole member of the Adviser. Blackstone Holdings I/II GP Inc. is the general partner of Blackstone Holdings I L.P. Blackstone Holdings III L.P. is the general partner of the Special Limited Partner. Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P. is the general partner of Blackstone Holdings III L.P. Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C. is the general partner of Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P. The Blackstone Group L.P. is the sole member of Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C. and the sole shareholder of Blackstone Holdings I/II GP Inc. Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. is the general partner of The Blackstone Group L.P. Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. is wholly owned by its senior managing directors and controlled by its founder, Stephen A. Schwarzman.

The aggregate number and percentage of the Class I Shares beneficially owned by each Reporting Person and, for each Reporting Person, the number of shares as to which there is sole power to vote or to direct the vote, shared power to vote or to direct the vote, sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition, or shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition are set forth on rows 7 through 11 and row 13 of the cover pages of this Schedule 13D and are incorporated herein by reference.

Neither the filing of this Schedule 13D nor any of its contents shall be deemed to constitute an admission that any of the Reporting Persons (other than the Adviser and the Special Limited Partner to the extent they directly hold the Issuer securities reported on this Schedule 13D) is the beneficial owner of the Class I Shares referred to herein for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), or for any other purpose, and such beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed. The filing of this statement should not be construed to be an admission that any member of the Reporting Persons are members of a “group” for the purposes of Sections 13(d) of the Act.

(c) Except as set forth below, none of the Reporting Persons has engaged in any transaction in Class I Shares since the filing of the initial Schedule 13D on May 22, 2018.

On June 29, 2018, BREIT OP redeemed 783,889 Class I Units from the Special Limited Partner at a price of $10.7158 per unit.

As payment of its management fee under the terms of the Advisory Agreement (as discussed further below), on June 15, 2018, the Issuer determined that the Adviser received 288,366 Class I Shares effective as of June 1, 2018.

(d) To the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, no one other than the Reporting Persons, or the partners, members, affiliates or shareholders of the Reporting Persons, has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Class I Shares reported herein as beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons.

(e) As of June 29, 2018, the Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the outstanding Class I Shares. Blackstone and its employees, including the Issuer’s executive officers, continue to own approximately $54.0 million of interests in the Issuer and its subsidiaries as of June 29, 2018. The immediately preceding sentence is for informational purposes only and the Reporting Persons expressly disclaim that they are a member of a “group” with any such Blackstone employee for the purposes of Section 13(d) of the Act or otherwise.

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: July 3, 2018


BX REIT ADVISORS L.L.C.

By:		/s/ Leon Volchyok
Name:		Leon Volchyok
Title:		Managing Director

BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS I L.P.
By: Blackstone Holdings I/II GP Inc., its general partner

By:		/s/ John G. Finley
Name:		John G. Finley
Title:		Chief Legal Officer

BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS I/II GP INC.

By:		/s/ John G. Finley
Name:		John G. Finley
Title:		Chief Legal Officer

BREIT SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNER L.P.
By: Blackstone Holdings III L.P., its general partner
By: Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P., its general partner
By: Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C., its general partner

By:		/s/ John G. Finley
Name:		John G. Finley
Title:		Chief Legal Officer

BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS III L.P.
By:		Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P., its general partner
By:		Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C., its general partner

By:		/s/ John G. Finley
Name:		John G. Finley
Title:		Chief Legal Officer


BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS III GP L.P.

By:		Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C., its general partner

By:		/s/ John G. Finley
Name:		John G. Finley
Title:		Chief Legal Officer

BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS III GP MANAGEMENT L.L.C.

By:		/s/ John G. Finley
Name:		John G. Finley
Title:		Chief Legal Officer

THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P.

By:		Blackstone Group Management L.L.C., its general partner

By:		/s/ John G. Finley
Name:		John G. Finley
Title:		Chief Legal Officer

BLACKSTONE GROUP MANAGEMENT L.L.C.

By:		/s/ John G. Finley
Name:		John G. Finley
Title:		Chief Legal Officer

/s/ Stephen A. Schwarzman
Stephen A. Schwarzman