Blackstone Real Estate To Aquire Controlling Interest in Great Wolf Resorts

Blackstone | October 03, 2019

New York City-based Blackstone Real Estate continues to grow its “family-fun” portfolio with the recent announcement to acquire 65 percent controlling interest in Great Wolf Resorts. Founded in 1997, Great Wolf Resorts  is the largest operator of indoor water parks in North America, with about 6,000 employees and 18 resorts, including the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine.

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Local Demographics provides up-to-date and meaningful insights into the population living around a location or in any defined area within the U.S. and Canada. This widget allows MLSs, brokerages, and end users to learn more about a specific location and its demographics.

The new SDK exists as an out-of-the-box solution ready for implementation that requires minimal development and design effort.

Using Local Demographics, real estate players can integrate and display information on their listing site to allow home buyers and renters to better understand the area where their property of interest is located.

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