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<span style="font-sizefamily:largergeorgia,serif;"><span style="font-familysize:georgia,serifmedium;">Blackstone is a global alternative investment firm established in 1985. &nbsp;They currently have 230 billion in assets, and they went public in 2007. &nbsp;From their own description:</span></span>

<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">"Blackstone is the world’s largest independent alternative asset manager, serving the investment needs of leading public pension funds, academic and charitable institutions and other investors for more than 25 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our funds include private equity funds, real estate funds, customized hedge fund solution funds, credit-oriented funds and publicly traded closed end mutual funds.&nbsp; In addition, we provide investment advice and management services to institutional investors through a variety of separately managed accounts. "</span></span></span>

<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pxmedium; "><span style="line-height: 17px;">The program is available mostly in economically depressed regions of California, Montana, Central Florida, Pennslyvania, Ohio and Michigan.</span></span></span>