Overview

• Keenan will become CEO and director of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust on Nov. 10, while her role as global head of Core+ takes effect immediately.
• Zaneta Koplewicz will serve as BREIT co-president and director alongside A.J. Agarwal, and Robert Harper will return to his prior post as head of asset management.
• Tim Johnson will succeed Keenan as CEO of Blackstone Mortgage Trust while remaining global head of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies and chair of the mortgage REIT’s board.
• Austin Peña was appointed president and director of Blackstone Mortgage Trust with responsibility for investment, capital allocation and balance sheet strategy.
• Keenan succeeds Wesley LePatner, who was killed in July; authorities identified the shooter as Shane Tamura and said neither LePatner nor Blackstone was specifically targeted.