Blackstone Group LP agreed to buy Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc., an owner of luxury lodging properties across the U.S., for about $3.93 billion in an expansion of its hotel holdings.
Blackstone offered $14.25 a share in cash for Strategic, about 13% more than the unaffected intraday trading price on July 23, when Bloomberg reported on a potential transaction for the Chicago-based real estate investment trust. The firm also will buy the outstanding units of a subsidiary, Strategic Hotels Funding LLC, not held by the company.
