Blackstone has promoted company veteran Katie Keenan to chief executive of its real estate income trust and global head of the Core+ business, the firm announced Friday.

Keenan — who has been with the firm for more than a decade — currently serves as global co-chief investment officer for real estate debt strategies and as CEO of Blackstone Mortgage Trust.

She will step into her new roles Nov. 10, though her appointment as global head of Core+ takes effect immediately.

She succeeds Wesley LePatner, who was among four people killed in a July shooting.

Authorities have said neither LePatner nor the details ⇒

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