Frank Cohen Form 3 Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust / Frank Cohen ownership change

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Paul D. Quinlan, A. J. Agarwal,
Wesley LePatner and Leon Volchyok with full power to act without the other, as
his agent and attorney-in-fact with full powers of substitution and revocation,
for the purpose of executing in his name, in his capacity as a director and
officer of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc., such forms that the
undersigned may be required to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission as a result of the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in
securities of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (i) pursuant to Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without
limitation, statements on Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 (including any amendments
thereto), and (ii) in connection with any applications for EDGAR access codes or
any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including without limitation the Form ID. The undersigned
acknowledges that Paul D. Quinlan, A. J. Agarwal, Wesley LePatner and Leon
Volchyok are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with regard to his or
her ownership of or transactions in securities of Blackstone Real Estate Income
Trust, Inc., unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in writing.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument as of the 26th day of March,
2018.


/s/ Frank Cohen
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Frank Cohen                    Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer