The Max Collaborative

About The Max Collaborative

The Max Collaborative is a real estate operator headquartered in Shaker Heights, OH. The Max Collaborative operates in Cleveland, Ohio, Denver, Colorado and Washington DC. Its investment focus is on Multifamily - Ground-up.

The Max Collaborative is a private real estate development firm established in 2018 by members of the Max Ratner family following the sale of Forest City Realty Trust, carrying forward a century-long legacy of large-scale, mixed-use real estate development. The enterprise operates from two primary offices located in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and Santa Monica, California. The company concentrates its real estate strategy on residential, mixed-use, and adaptive reuse properties. Its development platform handles complex urban projects, transforming historic structures and building modern multi-family communities that incorporate both market-rate and affordable housing components. The firm's notable portfolio features major multi-family and mixed-use assets across national growth markets. Key developments include Upstairs in Shaker Heights (103 luxury apartment units), Axis in Los Angeles (391 apartments and approximately 16,000 square feet of retail), Presidio in San Francisco (154 apartments in a 220,000-square-foot rehabilitated historic building developed under Forest City), and A34 in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles (468 apartments with 16,000 square feet of retail, including 66 very-low-income and 192 moderate-income units).

Principals at The Max Collaborative