H&R REIT To Be Acquired In C$6.7 Billion Deal By GO Residential REIT And Consortium Including Blackstone, Crestpoint And PSP

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    "url": "https://pulse2.com/hr-reit-to-be-acquired-in-c6-7-billion-deal-by-go-residential-reit-and-consortium-including-blackstone-crestpoint-and-psp/",
    "title": "H&R REIT To Be Acquired In C$6.7 Billion Deal By GO Residential REIT And Consortium Including Blackstone, Crestpoint And PSP - Pulse 2.0",
    "assets": "industrial properties",
    "excerpt": "H&R Real Estate Investment Trust has entered into an agreement to be acquired in a transaction valued at approximately C$6.7 billion, including assumed debt, by GO Residential REIT and a consortium that includes Blackstone Real Estate, Crestpoint Real Estate Investments, PSP Investments and a company controlled by members of H&R Executive Chairman and CEO Tom Hofstedter’s family. Under the agreement, H&R unitholders will receive C$4.28 in cash plus 0.5688 GO Residential REIT units for each H&R unit they own. The consideration was valued at C$12.01 per H&R unit based on GO REIT’s closing price and the prevailing Canadian/U.S. dollar exchange rate on August 10, 2026. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to unitholder, court and regulatory approvals and other customary conditions. The C$12.01 per-unit consideration represents a 14.5% premium to H&R’s unaffected closing price on June 10, the final trading day before media reports emerged about a potential transaction involving Blackstone. The deal implies approximately C$3.4 billion of equity value and C$6.7 billion of enterprise value for H&R. H&R’s board, with interested trustees abstaining, unanimously recommends that unitholders vote in favor of the transaction at a special meeting expected in October. The deal concludes H&R’s multi-year effort to simplify its portfolio and increase its...",
    "summary": "Blackstone Real Estate, as part of a consortium, will acquire certain Canadian industrial properties from H&R Real Estate Investment Trust.",
    "location": "Canada",
    "planning": true,
    "image_url": "https://cdn.pulse2.com/cdn/2026/08/HR-Real-Estate-Investment-Trust-Logo.jpeg",
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    "published_at": "2026-08-21T12:14:17Z",
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        "country": "Canada",
        "continent": "Americas",
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    "related_company_name": "H&R Real Estate Investment Trust",
    "related_company_domain": "hr-reit.com"
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