New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYSCRF) has made about €504m worth of new commitments to European real estate funds.

The pension fund said it is committing £200m (€221m) to the Capital VII debt vehicle, €200m to the Exeter Europe Industrial Core fund and $100m (€85.3m) to the AEPEP III N Strategic Co-Invest fund.

NYSCRF told Âé¶¹Ó³»­ Real Assets that it believes that the Real Estate managed fund, which targets mezzanine debt investments in major European countries, can “achieve attractive returns in the current environmentâ€�.

The PGIM fund will be looking to find investments that can produce net returns to the limited partners of 12%, according to NYSCRF.

PGIM Real Estate declined a request for comment.

The Exeter industrial fund expects to achieve net internal rate of returns of 10% to 12%.

“In general, Europe has not yet adopted e-commerce to the same extent that the United States has, and as that adoption increases, we anticipate that the demand for modern, high-quality industrial space will accelerate,â€� the pension fund told Âé¶¹Ó³»­ Real Assets.

The Exeter fund will either be buying existing industrial assets or getting involved in forward-funded build-to-suit projects.

NYSCRF said the commitment to the AEPEP III fund will be placed alongside Ares European Property Enhancement Partners III, a value-add fund in which the pension fund issued a €318m commitment to in March this year.

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