Blackstone buying Interior Logic

Blackstone Group is buying Interior Logic Group for about $1.6 billion including debt, preempting the company’s initial public offering and bolstering a bet on single-family housing.

Private equity funds managed by Blackstone are acquiring the interior-design technology provider from a group including Littlejohn & Co. and Platinum Equity, according to an emailed statement Monday.

Last month, Interior Logic applied to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker “ILG.”

Interior Logic also provides supply-chain and installation-management services to homebuilders.

The Irvine, Calif.-based company operates in 37 states.

Blackstone, one of the world’s largest real estate investors, is getting in on the rebound in single-family housing in the U.S. fueled by low borrowing costs and the need for larger living spaces during the pandemic. U.S. home construction starts climbed in December to the fastest pace since late 2006.