UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box.  ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box.  ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.  ☐

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:

333-213043

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Class T Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

Class S Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

Class D Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

Class I Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

(Title of class)

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered .

The descriptions of the Class T, Class S, Class D and Class I shares of common stock, each with $0.01 par value per share, of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (the “Registrant”) registered hereby are incorporated herein by reference to the “Suitability Standards,” “Prospectus Summary,” “Net Asset Value Calculation and Valuation Guidelines,” “Description of Capital Stock” and “Share Repurchases” sections of the prospectus contained in the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 22, 2018 (File No. 333-213043) and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement subsequently filed with the Commission, including any prospectus relating thereto filed subsequently pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: April 30, 2018