Real Estate
The retirement association made 13 commitments totaling more than $900 million.
The retirement system also considered approving a 2026 private markets pacing plan last week.
The retirement plan approved a new long-term asset allocation policy and 2026 private markets pacing plan in the fourth quarter.
The retirement system currently has two core real estate investments.
The plan will receive pacing recommendations across private equity, non-core real estate and private credit next week.
The retirement system added a non-core real estate commitment last quarter following a search report from its consultant.
The retirement fund is considering a real estate strategy that targets affordable housing as well as neighborhood and community retail/mixed use within the city of Chicago.
The fund close represents Heitman’s “largest closed-end fundraise to date.”
The firm’s latest opportunistic real estate fund closes with total commitments exceeding $1 billion.
Many endowments, foundations and their allocators point to relatively small or medium-size private equity buyout and early-stage venture capital for returns that outpace the public markets, while private real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds and private debt, especially asset-based lending look like strong portfolio diversifiers in this year’s mercurial environment.