Robert (Bob) Knakal

Protests like this one in Detroit have centered on the often copious amounts of power and water that data centers consume.
Industry · Features
National

Sunday Summary: Show Me the Data Centers!

By The Editors
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
Gary Barnett of Extell Development.
Residential · Leases
New York City

Gary Barnett Is Suddenly Very Busy in Manhattan

By Nicholas Rizzi
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
Illustration of a man in a suit kneeling to enter a very small office.
Office · Leases
New York City

Manhattan Office Leases Are Getting Smaller and Shorter

By Larry Getlen
An aerial shot down Manhattan with lots of buildings in view.
Residential · 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