Our mission: climate-neutral redensification of cities
For cities to be sustainable, architecture must be innovative, focus on the needs of society and meet sustainable, climate-friendly and social standards without losing sight of the economy.
We see ourselves as a driving force for resource-conserving, climate-friendly construction and create long-lasting buildings from high-quality materials and renewable raw materials. Our current showcase project, the Roots, is a pioneering 19-storey timber hybrid high-rise building about 65 metres high in Hamburg’s HafenCity. With this project, we are exceeding our own limits and putting down roots in sustainable project development: for the first time in the world, the “Roots” will use over 5,500 cubic metres of softwood in a single project. The valuable experience and knowledge that we gather and gain in key projects like this flows into all other projects – for the sustainable design of a liveable city of the future.
670.000 m 2
Commercial GFA
1.670.000 m 2
Total aboveground GFA
830.000 m 2
Plot size
7.300 2
Residential units
1.000.000 m 2
Residential GFA
We are a Hanseatic company with over 59 years of experience and more than 100 completed projects. As a nationwide project developer of residential projects, office properties and urban districts, we at Garbe Immobilien-Projekte recognise locations with a promising future and specifically serve the demand in the local markets. We act at eye level with project partners, customers and employees and stand as a reliable partner for the development of growing and climate-friendly cities. The ESG criteria are only the basis on which our vision is built.
Our history
2024
GARBE named project manager and general planner of MSC’s German headquarters.
Completion of ROOTS and VILVIF
2022
Successful expansion of the Frankfurt regional office
2021
Dirk Heidkämper appointed as the company’s third Managing Director, responsible for the Finance division.
2020
Start of construction of the Roots lighthouse project. At 65 meters, Germany’s tallest wooden high-rise.
2019
Tobias Hertwig becomes Managing Director alongside Fabian von Köppen
2018
Regional office NRW successfully expanded
2017
Proposal of the Construction field 102 in the HafenCity for planning and erection from Germany highest Wooden skyscrape
2016
Start of construction of the Treptower Zwilling development, featuring a wooden facade
Regional Office NRW in Cologne to be opened
2015
Long-standing Managing Director Peter Niermann retires
2014
Completion of Bioenergiequartier Waldquartier in OxPark built to Passive House standard
2012
Fabian von Köppen joins the Managemnt Board of Garbe Immobilien-Projekte
2010
Consolidation of all business activities in the newly founded Garbe
2008
First residential development / refurbishment project “Goltstein Forum” in North Rhine-Westphalia
2006
Completion of Königsbaupassagen and a new development with integrated stilwerk concept
2001
First successful project development in the filed of refurbishment / conversion
1996
The first stilwerk opens at Hamburger Fischmarkt
1994
Establishment of LCD Logistic Center Development GmbH
1989
Foreign subsidiaries PAD Amsterdam B. V. and PAD Corporation USA
1980
Commercial real estate development
1965
Founded by Bernhard Garbe
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2018 - 1965

Finding solutions is the key to our success.
Real estate projects with their finger on the pulse: For us, the first question is always about the people who will live and work in our buildings in the future. We recognise their current and future needs and analyse trends for cities, recreational spaces or office and residential areas.
With the strategic planning of our projects, we always react to the mutability of our society: with intelligent floor plan planning, flexible infrastructure concepts and/or a mix of uses in neighbourhood developments, we create solutions for a liveable city of the future. For us, this is about successively optimising existing structures – efficient energy strategies and the use of climate-friendly resources and construction methods are our answers to the increasing relevance of sustainability and climate protection.
With the potential of nature and technology, we develop buildings that are conceived for the long term, intelligently planned and sustainably built – in terms of new construction, conversion, expansion and renovation. In this way, we create quality of life for current and future generations, which specifically serves the demand in local markets.