Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) of the State of Illinois has increased its investment in Asian opportunistic real estate via commitments to funds managed by LaSalle Investment Management and Blackstone.

The $64bn (€53.3bn) pension fund told Âé¶¹Ó³»­ Real Assets that it has made a $200m commitment to LaSalle Asia Opportunity VI, a real estate fund seeking a $1.5bn capital raise.

LaSalle declined a request for comment.

TRS Illinois has made a $100m commitment to .

Last week, Âé¶¹Ó³»­ Real Assets reported that Blackstone had raised $4bn for the Asia III fund and expected to more than double this to $9bn.

TRS Illinois also said it had hired Brasa Capital for the first time with a $60m commitment to the Brasa Real Estate Fund II fund.

The fundraising target of the Brasa Capital fund is currently unknown. The manager’s previous fund in the series raised $120m in 2019.

Brasa Capital is known for seeking smaller US property in the West region and Texas.

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