ITEM 1. BUSINESS References herein to “Starwood Real Estate Income Trust,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and its subsidiaries unless the context specifically requires otherwise. General Description of Business and Operations We were formed on June 22, 2017 as a Maryland corporation and elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2019. We are organized to invest primarily in stabilized, income-oriented commercial real estate and debt secured by commercial real estate. Our portfolio is principally comprised of properties located in the United States and is diversified on a global basis through investments in properties outside of the United States, with a focus on Europe. To a lesser extent, we also invest in real estate debt, which could include loans secured by real estate and real estate-related securities. We are the sole general partner of Starwood REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”). Starwood REIT Special Limited Partner, L.L.C. (the “Special Limited Partner”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Starwood Capital Group Holdings, L.P. (the “Sponsor”), owns a special limited partner interest in the Operating Partnership. Substantially all of our business is conducted through the Operating Partnership. We and the Operating Partnership are externally managed by the Advisor, an affiliate of the Sponsor. Our board of directors has at all times had oversight and policy-making authority over us, including responsibility for governance, financial controls, compliance and disclosure with respect to the Operating Partnership. Pursuant to an advisory agreement among the Advisor, the Operating Partnership and us (the “Advisory Agreement”), we have delegated to the Advisor the authority to source, evaluate and monitor our investment opportunities and make decisions related to the acquisition, management, financing and disposition of our assets, in accordance with our investment objectives, guidelines, policies and limitations, subject to oversight by our board of directors. As of December 31, 2024, we owned 461 consolidated real estate properties, 933 single-family rental units, two investments in unconsolidated real-estate ventures and one real estate debt investment. We currently operate in seven reportable segments: Multifamily, Single-Family Rental, Industrial, Office, Self-Storage, Other and Investments in Real Estate Debt. Effective January 1, 2022, the Hospitality and Medical Office segments were combined within the Other segment and previous amounts have been recasted. On December 27, 2017, we commenced our initial public offering of up to $5.0 billion in shares of common stock. On June 2, 2021, our initial public offering terminated and we commenced a follow-on public offering of up to $10.0 billion in shares of common stock. On August 10, 2022, our follow-on public offering terminated and we commenced our third public offering of up to $18.0 billion in shares of common stock, consisting of up to $16.0 billion in shares in our primary offering and up to $2.0 billion in shares pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan. We intend to continue selling shares in our third public offering on a monthly basis. As of March 21, 2025, we had received net proceeds of $14.1 billion from the sale of our common stock through our public offerings. We have contributed the net proceeds from our public offerings to the Operating Partnership in exchange for a corresponding number of Class T, Class S, Class D and Class I units. The Operating Partnership has primarily used the net proceeds to make investments in real estate, real estate debt and real estate-related securities. In April 2024, we launched a program (the “DST Program”) to raise capital, through the Operating Partnership, through private placement offerings exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by selling beneficial interests (the “DST Interests”) in specific Delaware statutory trusts (“DSTs”) holding real properties (the “DST Properties”). We expect that the DST Program will give us the opportunity to expand and diversify our capital-raising strategies by offering what we believe to be an attractive investment product for investors that may be seeking like-kind replacement properties to complete tax-deferred exchange transactions under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). Affiliates of the Advisor will receive fees in connection with the sale of the DST Interests and the management of the DSTs. We intend to use the net offering proceeds from the DST Program to make investments in accordance with our investment strategy and policies, reduce our borrowings, repay indebtedness, fund the repurchase of shares under our share repurchase plan and for other corporate purposes. As of March 21, 2025, we have raised approximately $37.0 million in gross offering proceeds through the DST Program. Investment Objectives Our investment objectives are to invest in assets that will enable us to: • provide current income in the form of regular, stable cash distributions to achieve an attractive distribution yield; • preserve and protect invested capital; • realize appreciation in NAV from proactive investment management and asset management; and
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