GARBE and Berkeley Investments Form Strategic Joint Venture to Expand Into U.S. Real Estate Markets

News 16/06/2026

European real estate platform acquires 50% stake in Boston-based developer, combining transatlantic expertise across logistics, life sciences, and multifamily sectors Boston

GARBE, one of Europe’s leading real estate investment, development, and asset management companies, and Berkeley Investments, a full-service real estate investment and development firm headquartered in Boston, today announced the formation of a strategic joint venture. Under the agreement the newly created joint venture will establish a platform to expand across U.S. industrial, logistics, life sciences, and multifamily markets – initially focusing on the Boston Region – while strengthening Berkeley’s ability to take on larger and more diversified investment and development opportunities.

The partnership builds on a relationship between GARBE shareholders and Berkeley spanning more than two decades and represents a natural next step in their long-standing collaboration. With GARBE’s existing shareholder base having invested in the Boston market for more than 20 years alongside Berkeley, the joint venture formalizes a proven track record into a combined growth platform for the United States — the world’s deepest and most liquid real estate market.

“For over thirty years, Berkeley has been built on a simple conviction: that innovative design and deep local market knowledge create the most enduring value in real estate. GARBE shares that philosophy. Their track record of building a leading European platform through institutional investment and entrepreneurial development mirrors what we have done in Boston. Together, we can bring that shared approach to a much larger canvas across the United States,” said Young K. Park, President and Founder of Berkeley Investments.

The joint venture is designed to leverage the complementary strengths of both platforms. GARBE’s European-scale capital markets infrastructure and institutional investor relationships will be combined with Berkeley’s local market knowledge, entitlement and development expertise, and established track record across U.S. property types. Key areas of strategic synergy include the combined capital markets reach to source and structure institutional-quality investment opportunities in high-growth U.S. markets.

“Expanding into the United States through this joint venture with Berkeley Investments is a landmark step in GARBE’s evolution as a global real estate platform,” said Christopher Garbe, Managing Partner of GARBE. “Berkeley’s entrepreneurial culture, vertically integrated capabilities, and deep expertise in life sciences and urban residential and mixed-use development are a natural complement to our strengths across the Beds, Sheds and Infrastructure verticals. This partnership brings together two firms that share an entrepreneurial, alpha-driven approach to real estate — and a mutual shareholder history that underpins the trust and alignment at the heart of this venture.”