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Commercial Observer · Multifamily

Blackstone’s 2021 $1.3B CMBS Multifamily Loan Hits Special Servicing

Via Commercial Observer · October 20, 2026
Compiled by Real Estate Trail Editorial · October 20, 2026

Why this matters

Multifamily has been the most actively underwritten sector through the rate cycle, with cap rate compression resuming in Sun Belt and gateway markets as 2024-2025 deliveries roll off and refinance demand on 2021-vintage bridge loans clears. Transaction velocity is up modestly, concentrated in stabilized Class A and grocery-adjacent garden assets. Allocators continue to favor residential for its income durability and its insulation from secular demand questions that still hang over commercial sectors.

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Excerpt from Commercial Observer:
The Sun Belt multifamily distress hampering apartment owners who borrowed before interest rates spiked has hit a private equity giant. A $1.3 billion Blackstone commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loan with a…
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