Newmark Advises Blackstone in $4B Privatization of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

February 14, 2025

Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK) (“Newmark” or “the Company”), a leading commercial real estate advisor and service provider to large institutional investors, global corporations, and other owners and occupiers, announces the firm acted as lead commercial real estate advisor to Blackstone in its acquisition of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp (“ROIC”). The transaction closed Wednesday, February 12.

Newmark Co-Head of U.S. Capital Markets Doug Harmon, Head of Retail Capital Markets for North America Conor Lalor, Co-Head of Global Debt & Structured Finance Jordan Roeschlaub and Co-Head of Strategic Advisory & Liquidity Solutions Andrew Warin advised Blackstone in the transaction, under which Blackstone Real Estate Partners X acquired all outstanding common shares of ROIC for $17.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4 billion, including outstanding debt. ROIC’s portfolio consisted of 93 high-quality, grocery-anchored retail properties totaling 10.5 million square feet.

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