California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) is investing a further $650m (€537.6m) into an existing core US office investment joint venture with Beacon Capital Partners.

The pension fund told Âé¶¹Ó³»­ Real Assets it has made the allocation to the BCal II venture to allow the “joint venture to stand ready to react to upcoming market opportunitiesâ€�.

CalSTRS, which owns a 95% interest in the venture, said: “The joint venture does have the flexibility to invest in office, medical office and lab office space. This Beacon venture has a history of delivering core plus returns and also executes build-to-core development strategies that deliver double-digit returns.â€�

As of the third quarter of last year, CalSTRS was already over-allocated to office assets. It had invested 38% of its $36.1bn total real estate portfolio in office assets, compared with the ODCE Index’s 34%.

CalSTRS said it has moved a $396m allocation from the PCCP core real estate joint venture PacificCal PC Core to PacificCal VII, a value-add real estate strategy targeting a variety of property types.

“We moved the allocation to a strategy that has higher risk-return attributes,â€� the pension fund said.

CalSTRS has also allocated $300m to Cal Hearthstone Debt JV, a newly formed debt joint venture with Hearthstone. Cal Hearthstone Debt will be investing in a mixture of single-family detached homes, townhomes and condominiums.

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