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EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Summary of Status of Partnership's Unvested Equity-Based Awards | A summary of the status of the Partnership’s unvested equity-based awards as of September 30, 2015 and of changes during the period January 1, 2015 through September 30, 2015 is presented below:
|  | Blackstone Holdings |  |  | The Blackstone Group L.P. |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Equity Settled Awards |  |  | Cash Settled Awards |
Unvested Units |  | Partnership Units |  |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value |  |  | Deferred Restricted Common Units and Options |  |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value |  |  | Phantom Units |  |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Balance, December 31, 2014 |  |  | 33,498,237 |  |  | $ | 26.19 |  |  |  | 17,569,372 |  |  | $ | 16.95 |  |  |  | 1,455 |  |  | $ | 31.95 |
Granted |  |  | 28,207,130 |  |  |  | 38.76 |  |  |  | 5,171,322 |  |  |  | 35.74 |  |  |  | 16,312 |  |  |  | 35.31 |
Vested |  |  | (19,681,411 | ) |  |  | 29.62 |  |  |  | (7,536,719 | ) |  |  | 17.93 |  |  |  | (815 | ) |  |  | 32.62 |
Forfeited |  |  | (934,536 | ) |  |  | 23.49 |  |  |  | (228,735 | ) |  |  | 21.01 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Exchanged |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (10,374 | ) |  |  | 28.23 |  |  |  | 10,374 |  |  |  | 28.23 |
Balance, September 30, 2015 |  |  | 41,089,420 |  |  | $ | 33.24 |  |  |  | 14,964,866 |  |  | $ | 22.88 |  |  |  | 27,326 |  |  | $ | 32.53 |
Unvested Units, After Expected Forfeitures | The following unvested units, after expected forfeitures, as of September 30, 2015, are expected to vest:
|  | Units |  |  | Weighted-Average Service Period in Years |
Blackstone Holdings Partnership Units |  |  | 33,291,174 |  |  |  | 4.6 |
Deferred Restricted Blackstone Common Units |  |  | 12,633,401 |  |  |  | 2.1 |
Total Equity-Based Awards |  |  | 45,924,575 |  |  |  | 3.9 |
Phantom Units |  |  | 18,457 |  |  |  | 4.0 |

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