<p style="font-size:10px">Pictured: Conrad Prebys<br>Credit: Conrad Prebys Foundation</p>
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<p>A New York-based private equity fund has agreed to buy 66 apartment complexes in San Diego for more than $1 billion, making the group one of the top three landlords in the region.</p>
<p>Blackstone Partners, which already owns the Hotel del Coronado and Legoland, also owns more than 900 other apartment units in the county, and employs more than 5,500 people in the region.</p>