Nicolai Soltau

Nicolai Soltau is Member of the Executive Board and Head of Portfoliomanagement at GARBE Industrial.

He has over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry, particularly in international fund and portfolio management. Most recently, he served more than seven years with Patrizia as Head of Fund Management Logistics Europe and Operated Properties, being chiefly responsible for the set-up and expansion of the pan-European logistics asset class. The portfolios grew to a total volume of more than six billion euros and included logistics real estate as well as properties from the healthcare and hospitality sectors.

In addition to portfolio management, Soltau played an active role in capital raising and product development. Moreover, he took care of the international investors of the asset classes managed by him. Previous career stations included a stint with Prologis Germany Management, where he acquired significant experience in asset management and investment management.

About GARBE Industrial GmbH & Co. KG

GARBE Industrial GmbH & Co. KG (“GARBE Industrial”), headquartered in Hamburg, is one of the leading platforms for logistics and light industrial real estate in Germany and wider Europe. For over 25 years now, the company has counted among the main independent partners for transport and logistics service providers, the trade sector and the manufacturing industry. As a developer, operator and investor, GARBE Industrial covers the entire value chain of real property – developing, buying or selling, acquiring, letting, administrating and financing high-end commercial real estate in attractive transport nodes and industrial sites inside and outside Germany. At the moment, GARBE Industrial has around 7.0 million square metres of lettable area and a property development pipeline of around 2.0 million square metres in Germany and elsewhere in Europe under management that represent real assets and fund assets in a combined value of approximately 10.4 billion euros (as of 31 March 2025).

Through its three holding companies, GARBE Industrial Real Estate, GARBE Reside and GARBE Infrastructure, GARBE pursues its so-called “Sheds, Beds & Infrastructure“ strategy.  The expertise of subsidiaries GARBE Industrial, GRR GARBE Retail, GARBE Data Centers and GARBE Insite in the Sheds segment is pooled under the umbrella of GARBE Industrial Real Estate. Its operational units create a fully integrated real estate platform that covers the entire industrial value chain of the asset classes industrial & logistics real estate, special-purpose real estate and retail real estate – from production all the way to the end customer. Employing around 600 experts in 20 branch offices across 13 countries, GARBE develops and manages more than 15 billion euros worth of assets under management.