Longtime commercial real estate executive Ralph Gilbertsen has joined Government Investment Partners (GIP) as senior vice president of operations following a 35-year career at brokerage giant CBRE.
In his new role, Gilbertsen will oversee the firm’s property management business as well as overall corporate operations and strategic initiatives relating to investor relations and fundraising. GIP is a vertically integrated real estate investment, development and management firm specializing in commercial properties leased to federal, state and local government entities.
At CBRE, Gilbertsen was a member of that firm’s Global Corporate Services group, which provided comprehensive real estate transaction management services to numerous multi-national corporate clients. Prior to that, he also worked in property management and construction management.
Founded in 2016, GIP’s portfolio of properties now totals more than 30 buildings in 18 states. The firm is based in Illinois and also has offices in Sacramento and Atlanta.
