Ben
Liebetrau

BIOGRAPHY

Ben Liebetrau is a Senior Managing Director of Development and leads Greystar’s Development team in the Carolinas and Tennessee. He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of development within the region, including site identification, capital allocation, project leadership through development and construction, and disposition.

Ben joined Greystar in 2011 and has been involved in site selection, underwriting, capitalization, predevelopment, oversight, construction, and execution of over 18,000 units/beds of multifamily development and over 2.4M square feet of industrial development across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and South Carolina. Ben and his team have been directly responsible for sourcing, predevelopment, and executing over $4.5B of new development spanning student housing, conventional multifamily, and active adult in garden, mid-rise, and high-rise projects, as well as shallow bay, and big box warehouse space.

Prior to joining Greystar, Ben coordinated multifamily acquisitions with Chartwell Holdings in the Southeast. He began his career working in the project management, entitlement, and planning arena for various major asset types in North and South Carolina and has experience in all phases of the development cycle.

Ben earned a master’s degree in real estate development and a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from Clemson University.