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Robert Knakal

Bob Knakal founded Massey Knakal and is Chairman & CEO of BKREA

Construction on a residential building in Queens.
Residential · Investments & Sales
New York City

The Math Always Wins: 485x’s Wage Triggers Are Choking Large-Scale NYC Housing

By Robert Knakal
 
Trending Stories
Retail · Leases
New York City

TJ Maxx Signs Renewal for 46K-SF Store at ESRT’s 250 West 57th Street

Industry · Finance
National

Twain Capital, InterVest Team to Scale Bridge Lending Platform

Industry · Development
New York City

Les Hiscoe of Shawmut Design and Construction: 5 Questions

Condo · Development
New York City

The Plan: At 142 West 21st Street, Developers Went the Extra Myle

Spanish-language social distancing safety sticker on a concrete footpath stating 'Espere aquí' [Wait here]
Industry · Columnists
New York City

Why International Footprints Don’t Sell NYC Investment Properties

By Robert Knakal
Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks with Nadege Romulus (right) as he visits her apartment in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Residential · Policy
New York City

Distress in New York’s Rent-Regulated Housing Is Simple Math

By Robert Knakal
An illustration of a business person wrestling with interest rates.
Industry · Finance
New York City

Waiting for Dramatically Lower Interest Rates Is a Mistake

By Robert Knakal
Elliott-Chelsea Houses.
Residential · Columnists
New York City

What the Opposition to Chelsea’s NYCHA Redevelopment Gets Wrong

By Robert Knakal
 
Trending Stories
Retail · Leases
New York City

TJ Maxx Signs Renewal for 46K-SF Store at ESRT’s 250 West 57th Street

Industry · Finance
National

Twain Capital, InterVest Team to Scale Bridge Lending Platform

Industry · Development
New York City

Les Hiscoe of Shawmut Design and Construction: 5 Questions

Condo · Development
New York City

The Plan: At 142 West 21st Street, Developers Went the Extra Myle

President Richard Nixon famously pressured his Fed chair, Arthur Burns.
Residential · Columnists
New York City

A Price-Fixing History Lesson Mayor-Elect Mamdani Sorely Needs to Learn

By Robert Knakal
A set of narrow apartment buildings, each a few stories and with fire escapes running down them.
Residential · Columnists
New York City

New York City’s Housing Crisis: Here Are the Policies and Moves For Solving It

By Robert Knakal
Apartment buildings in the Bronx.
Residential · Columnists
New York City

New York City Policymakers Continue to Get in the Way of Lower Rents

By Robert Knakal
An aerial shot down Manhattan with lots of buildings in view.
Office · Columnists
New York City

What I Learned From Writing ‘Selling Buildings’

By Robert Knakal
Bob Knakal.
Residential · Columnists
New York City

How to Execute a ‘Hostile Takeover’ of a New York City Co-op Building

By Robert Knakal
Bob Knakal.
Residential · Development
New York City

OK, I’ll Tell You How to Fix New York City’s Housing Crisis …

By Robert Knakal
Bob Knakal.
Residential · Columnists
New York City

New York’s 485x Multifamily Development Incentive: Why It Stinks

By Robert Knakal
Robert Knakal.
Columnists
New York City

Here Comes the Biggest Selloff in New York City History

By Robert Knakal
NYCHA's Bushwick Houses in Brooklyn.
Development
New York City

New York City’s Most Misallocated Asset Could Help Solve Its Housing Crisis

By Robert Knakal
Office and residential buildings stand in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 30, 2022 in New York City.
Industry · Investments & Sales
New York City

Why ‘Stay Alive Until ’25’ Rings Truer in Investment Sales

By Robert Knakal
The Manhattan skyline is seen at sunrise from the 86th floor observatory of the Empire State Building on April 3, 2021.
Investments & Sales
New York City

Do the Latest Manhattan Investment Sales Stats Herald a New Phase?

By Robert Knakal
An armory in the Bronx.
Columnists
New York City

How to Kill Jobs, Hurt Communities and Narrow NYC’s Tax Base

By Robert Knakal

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