New York State Teachers Retirement System (NYSTRS) is investing $300m in three real estate funds managed by Brookfield Asset Management and Gaw Capital Partners.

The pension fund told ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ Real Assets that it will commit $100m to Brookfield Strategic Real Estate Partners III (BSREP III), $100m to Brookfield Senior Mezzanine Real Estate Finance Fund and $100m to Gaw’s Gateway Real Estate Fund VI.

ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ Real Assets reported earlier this year that Brookfield had raised $9.04bn for BSREP III. The fund is targeting $10bn.

NYSTRS, which is for the first time backing Brookfield’s global opportunity fund series, said its decision to invest in BSREP III is due to the manager’s β€œability to grow its presence globally and achieve consistently positive performance”.

As previously reported, Brookfield’s open-ended real estate debt fund is looking to raise $1bn. Brookfield Senior Mezzanine Finance Fund will focus on a mixture of office, multi-family, industrial, hotel and retail assets in the US.

Gateway Fund VI will invest a variety of non-core real estate deals in Asia-Pacific.