Blackstone to buy British student housing group iQ for $6 billion

Blackstone to buy British student housing group iQ for $6 billion

Goldman Sachs’ (GS.N) merchant banking unit and medical charity Wellcome Trust have agreed to sell here the British student accommodation company iQ to Blackstone (BX.N) for 4.66 billion pounds ($6.06 billion), the companies said. Britain is the second largest...