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Blackstone Acquires Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix for $403M

New York-based Blackstone Real Estate Advisors acquired the Arizona Biltmore resort in Phoenix from Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC for $403.4 million. The historic 740-room hotel near 24th Street and Missouri Avenue had hosted every U.S. president since Herbert Hoover until Barack Obama broke the streak.

The iconic Biltmore property opened in 1929, and last changed hands to the Singapore government through bankruptcy court in 2013. The sale is the biggest individual resort sale in Metro Phoenix since The Phoenician was sold to Host Hotels & Resorts for $400 million in 2015.

The resort is part of Hilton’s Waldorf Astoria collection, and the new owners plan to keep the property flagged as a Hilton hotel. Blackstone’s hospitality holdings also include the Motel 6 chain, Las Vegas’ Cosmopolitan hotel, as well as a part of Hilton Hotels & Resorts.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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