Brookfield Asset Management and its US housing platform Fairfield Residential held the final close on Brookfield Fairfield US Multifamily Value Add Fund III with aggregate equity commitments of $1 billion. This is the third multifamily fund managed by Brookfield and Fairfield, which seeks to invest in multifamily assets by either acquiring and renovating existing apartments or developing new product in select coastal markets. It is also their largest multifamily fund to date, according to Trey Stafford, portfolio manager at Fairfield.

There are more than 25 institutional investors in the fund, including public and private pension plans, registered investment advisors, financial institutions, endowments and foundations and family offices. One investor is the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, which is committing $75 million to the fund, according to a board meeting report, per IPE Real Assets.

Brookfield Property Partners and Fairfield committed $330 million to the fund.

To date, the fund has 16 investments closed or under contract throughout the east and west coast of the US with almost $470 million of equity committed to those investments.

IPE Real Assets also reported that the target returns for the fund are 12-13% net and 14-16% gross, with a gross multiple of 1.8x.

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Brookfield, Fairfield Close $1B US Multifamily Value Add Fund

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