Blackstone Group on Tuesday approved to purchase Home Partners of America, which acquires and rents single-family homes, in a $6 billion deal, the private-equity firm said on Tuesday.
Home Partners owns more than 17,000 houses in the United States that it rents out to tenants who are given an option to purchase them eventually.
“The essential premise of the Home Partners platform is to provide residents with the opportunity to live in their chosen home with the option to purchase it,” Jacob Werner, Blackstone real estate senior managing director, said in a statement.
Goldman Sachs and Co LLC was financial adviser to Home Partners, while Sidley Austin LLP and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP acted as its legal counsel.
BofA Securities and Wells Fargo Securities were financial advisers to Blackstone, while Simpson Thatcher and Bartlett LLP was its legal counsel.