The Max Collaborative

About The Max Collaborative

The Max Collaborative is a real estate operator headquartered in 3401 Tuttle Road Suite 350 Shaker Heights, Ohio.

The Max Collaborative was established in 2018 by members of the Max Ratner family following the sale of Forest City Realty Trust. It continues a century-long legacy of large-scale, mixed-use real estate development. The firm operates from two offices: Shaker Heights, Ohio, and Santa Monica, California. Since its inception, The Max Collaborative has developed multiple projects focused on residential, mixed-use, and adaptive reuse properties. Notable developments include Upstairs in Shaker Heights (103 luxury apartment units, opened 2018); Axis in Los Angeles (391 apartments plus ~16 000 sq ft of retail, opened 2018); Presidio in San Francisco (154 apartments in a 220 000 sq ft rehabilitated historic building, opened 2010 under Forest City); and A34 in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles (468 apartments with 16 000 sq ft of ground‑floor retail, 66 very‑low‑income and 192 moderate‑income units, first phase open mid‑2025).

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