CBRE Investment Management’s open-ended core US real estate fund is receiving up to $285m (€255.4m) of capital commitments from the Idaho Endowment Fund and the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).

Kansas PERS has disclosed making a $125m commitment to  US Core Partners and Idaho Endowment said it is making an initial $40m commitment to the CBRE Investment Management fund.

Idaho Endowment said it intends to increase its committed capital to between $150m and $160m, once the endowment fund receives the full $100.6m investment it is redeeming from the Trumbull Property Income Fund.

Idaho Endowment made the commitment to the CBRE Investment Management fund following a core open-ended manager search conducted by its investment consultant Callan.

Chris Anton, manager of investments for the Idaho Endowment Fund, said the endowment fund was β€œimpressed by CBRE’s management team, historical performance, strategy and process for managing the fund”.

According to sources, the core fund had $8.4bn worth of assets as of the end of last year.

CBRE declined a request for comment.

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