Invesco Real Estate has raised an initial $700m (€594m) for its latest US value-add fund.

Max Swango, managing director and global head of client portfolio management for Invesco Real Estate told Âé¶¹Ó³»­ Real Assets the Invesco Real Estate US Fund VI fund is expected to have a final close this year, “but we have until 30 June of next year to reach either the $1.25bn target or $1.5bn hard capâ€�.

Once the hard cap is reached, the fund is expected to have investment firepower of around $4.5bn.

According to the manager, the fund’s first close was backed by US-based investors. Invesco now expects to receive capital commitments from institutional investors in the Middle East and Korea.

As previously reported, North Dakota State Investment Board was planning to issue a $200m commitment to Fund VI.

“Invesco has created a seed portfolio with a $75m equity investment and another $75m in bridge financing provided by Invesco. All of this capital has been committed to transactions for the fund,� said Swango.

Fund VI’s current deals include build-to core logistics assets in the Northeast, single-family rental assets in the South and some deals in Southern California.

Invesco’s plan is to invest two-thirds of the fund in a mixture of logistics and residential assets.

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