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Blackstone closes giant property fund on €7.8bn

New fund - the largest of its kind - will focus on 'opportunistic' commercial real estate investments

Blackstone closes giant property fund on €7.8bn

Blackstone Group has closed the largest fund ever raised for investment in European commercial real estate, writes Peter Grant for The Wall Street Journal.

The global private equity giant amassed €7.8bn for the "opportunistic" fund, which will target riskier properties in a bid to deliver double-digit returns to investors.

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