CBRE Global Investors is setting up an open-ended US industrial real estate fund with a $1.7bn (€1.4bn) seed portfolio, according to an investor.
The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) said it plans to invest up to $150m initially in the CBRE US Logistics Partners fund as part of a $250m long-term commitment it has approved to invest in the fund.
The US logistics fund’s seed portfolio consists of 11 stabilised and existing buildings and 20 yet-to-be-developed assets.
TCRS told IPE Real Assets that the ability to “deploy capital immediately into a diverse portfolio of this quality, rather than enter a queue which might be a year or longer, makes this an attractive investment option for TCRS”.
The fund, which targets up to 50% leverage, expects to generate an 8% to 10% net return.
TCRS said it has also made a $250m commitment to Oaktree Real Estate Debt Fund III. The fundraising target for Debt Fund III is currently unknown, but the manager raised $2.1bn in 2018 for Debt Fund II.
The pension fund said it has also put the 349-unit Banner Hill apartment complex in Baltimore up for sale. The property was developed in 2018 as a separate account investment with manager JP Morgan Asset Management.
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