Maximizing Commercial Property Owner’s Sales Prices in NYC Since 1984!
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BKREA Advantage
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Exclusively Representing Sellers, Only
- Seller-Only Focus: We exclusively represent sellers in every transaction to ensure their interests are our sole priority.
- No Conflicts: This approach eliminates any conflicts of interest that may arise from dual representation.
- Maximum Results: By focusing only on sellers, we can fully maximize property exposure and achieve the best possible sale price and terms.
Creating Seller Leverage
- Experience: With insight from 2,381 transactions, we've seen every tactic buyers use to gain an edge.
- Defense: We've successfully countered each of those tactics to protect our clients’ interests.
- Leverage: Our expertise consistently creates leverage and strategic advantages for sellers.
Exclusively New York City
- Exclusivity: Unlike others who’ve shifted to out-of-state deals, we’ve remained fully committed to New York City.
- Focus: For over 41 years, our focus has been 100% NYC — no distractions, no diversions.
- Presence: Every minute of every day, we are actively working within the five boroughs.
Most Insightful / Largest Buyers List
- Insight: We maintain the largest and most insightful buyer list, complete with detailed qualitative notes on each prospect.
- Exposure: Our process ensures maximum property exposure, regardless of buyer identity or affiliation.
- Premium Pricing: Our sole focus is securing the best possible price and terms for the seller.
Proven Track Record
- Performance: Our proven approach has delivered exceptional results for decades, consistently outperforming industry standards.
- Validation: A 2006–2007 appraisal by Miller Cicero found our strategy achieved prices 31.5% higher on average than competitors.
- Consistency: We continue to apply the same successful methods today, adapted to current market conditions.
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Client Focused
- Dedication: Our entire process is centered on achieving the best possible outcomes for each individual client.
- Reputation: We’ve built a track record of success, with hundreds of satisfied clients who can attest to our results.
- Outcome: Our goal is always to ensure sellers walk away from the closing table with the highest price and most favorable terms.
AI-Enabled
- Innovation: We are an AI-enabled commercial real estate investment sales firm, leveraging technology to enhance client decision-making.
- Intelligence: Our use of advanced analytics provides clients with the widest range of strategic options and deeper market understanding.
- Insight: AI empowers us to interpret cutting-edge market data, delivering insights never before accessible in the industry.
Flexible Listing Agreements
- Flexibility: We work exclusively on listings but offer flexible agreement terms tailored to each client’s needs.
- Control: Every client receives a 20-day cancellation provision that can be exercised at any time, for any reason.
- Confidence: Our confidence in delivering exceptional service allows us to offer this flexibility without hesitation.
Cooperating Broker Outreach
- Collaboration: BKREA is returning to its roots by offering co-broking opportunities on many of our exclusive listings with outside brokers.
- Strategic: This approach, which benefits the seller, has been overlooked by many brokerages but remains a key strategy for us.
- Transparency: We will proactively engage with the brokerage community on all relevant listings to ensure transparency and a level playing field for every buyer.
Services
Property Sales
- Seller-Only Representation: We exclusively represent property owners in New York City, continuing Bob’s 41-year tradition of working solely for sellers—no dual agency, no conflicts of interest.
- Client-First Approach: Every decision is made with the seller’s best interest in mind, ensuring full transparency, strategic focus, and complete alignment with client goals.
- Maximum Value Strategy: Our singular objective is to achieve the highest possible price and most favorable terms, with every step designed to deliver optimal results.
Note Sales
- Specialized Expertise: We provide consulting and sales services to banks and lenders, focusing exclusively on non-performing loans collateralized by New York City real estate.
- Decades of Experience: Bob has been active in note sales since the Savings and Loan Crisis of the early 1990s, bringing unmatched insight into distressed asset transactions.
- Bankruptcy Support: We offer guidance through the bankruptcy process and connect clients with seasoned legal experts to navigate complex proceedings.
Valuations
- Complimentary Valuations: We provide Broker Opinions of Value (BOVs) at no cost to NYC property owners considering a sale, offering clarity before entering the market.
- Practical Insights: While not formal MAI appraisals, our BOVs include detailed comparable data and market insights to support decision-making.
- Estate Tax Support: For estate planning purposes, we offer BOVs historically accepted by the IRS—these specialized valuations are provided on a paid basis.
Consultations
- Expert Advisory: We offer consulting services to real estate market participants, delivering specialized insight on brokerage issues, valuations, TDRs, and historic façade easements.
- Strategic Guidance: Our team provides support on complex matters including 1031 exchanges, Section 467 structuring, and land arbitration services.
- Lender Support: We advise banks and financial institutions on non-performing loans, drawing from decades of experience in distressed asset strategy.
Market Reports
- Depth of Data: We deliver the most comprehensive market reports in the industry, leveraging proprietary datasets—many dating back to 1984.
- Proven Methodology: Our consistent analytical approach, maintained for over 41 years, ensures accuracy, integrity, and reliability.
- Market Clarity: These reports provide clear, actionable insight into pricing trends, fluctuations, and long-term market behavior.
Land Arbitration
- Historical Data: We leverage detailed land sale records dating back to 1984, offering unmatched insight into market share and opaque transactions.
- Trusted Expertise: Bob Knakal serves as a key resource in land arbitration cases, bringing decades of firsthand experience and credibility.
- Arbitration Success: Our deep knowledge of transaction-level details has led to a strong track record of success in complex arbitration matters.
Expert Witness
- Expert Witness Services: We provide expert and court testimony on real estate and market conditions.
- Arbitration & Dispute Resolution: Our team supports land arbitrations and real estate disputes with independent analysis and arbitration services grounded in market expertise.
- Arbitration Success:
We advise on joint venture structuring, offering legal guidance to align ownership, risk, and value across real estate partnerships.
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Zoning Analysis
- Buildable Analysis: BKREA’s Policy & Zoning SWAT Team analyzes FAR, height, use, and special districts to determine what can be built or converted.
- Zoning & Program Review: We evaluate by-right options, required approvals, and applicable programs—including 485-x and 467-m—for development and conversions.
- Value Positioning: We pair zoning analysis with market data to position assets around their highest and best use.
A Bob Knakal Company
Our dedication has been, and will always be, to put the client’s best interests first! If you would like to take advantage of the unparalleled experience we offer, please call, text or email us as we would love to work with you.
We are a new venture that provides capital markets transaction and consulting services to property owners. It is a company founded by Bob Knakal, one of the most recognized and accomplished investment sales brokers in the United States. As has been Bob's operating practice since 1984, in the investment sales arena, the company will only represent sellers, will only work exclusively, and will only sell properties in New York City. Consulting services will be provided to all market participants.
New Book by Bob Knakal & Rod Santomassimo
Selling Buildings
A must-read for brokers and investors ready to maximize prices and profits in commercial real estate.
Selling Buildings delivers practical strategies from two of the most respected names in the industry — Bob Knakal, with over $23.3B in closed sales, and Rod Santomassimo, founder of The Massimo Group.Learn how to dominate your niche, drive competitive bidding, and build a sustainable, high-performing CRE business.
Mission
We believe that property owners deserve the highest and most sophisticated level of advocacy and representation. We are committed to building upon our tradition of exclusively representing owners, delivering superior results, and creating an industry leading position by adapting to present market conditions and integrating unparalleled old-school analog databases with cutting edge artificial intelligence technology.
Strategy
We serve our clients with distinction, provide personal and professional growth for our people, and are a positive force in the communities we touch, while always embracing our values of passion, integrity, excellence and responsibility.
Testimonials from Clients
We guarantee the best results for each and every client:
Seller of 200 East 59th Street
Haejin Baek, Barclays Capital
Bob Knakal and his team did everything they said they would do and more to produce outstanding results for us.
Gary Barnett, Extell Development
Seller of 341 East 62nd Street
If you are selling a development site in New York City, you must speak to Bob and his team.
Steve Benjamin, The Dermot Company
Seller of 40-41 Union Street
Bob Knakal is a successful entrepreneur and salesman, but is also a quality person who cares a lot about what he is doing and the people around him.
Nick Bienstock, Savanna Partners
Seller of 1516-1518 First Avenue
The price Bob achieved for us was in excess of his valuation and we are extremely pleased with the quality of the execution we received here.
Richard Born, BD Hotels
Seller of 3111 New Hyde Park Road
We wanted a broker who knew the land market cold and would work tirelessly on our behalf. Bob Knakal did just that!
David Brause, Brause Realty
Seller of 36-38 Hudson Street
Bob is a wonderful psychiatrist and chess player as he encourages the parties to come to agreement regardless of the hurdles every deal faces.
Testimonials from Market Participants
What's being said across our social media:
Seller of 200 East 59th Street
Marc Lawrence, World Wide Land Transfer, Inc.
Bob Knakal, I love how you surround yourself with so many fabulous young people and teach them how to do the business the right way. I know you're going to say that you learn a lot by being around them. You are a truly special and unique person. I love watching and learning from you.
Warren Tingen, Tingen Creative
Seller of 341 East 62nd Street
You've been speaking these truths forever. I've been enjoying Selling Building$ and I can definitely see how these points are foundational for you. Congrats on all your success and for sharing your experience, insights and wisdom.If you are selling a development site in New York City, you must speak to Bob and his team.
Brent Pennington, eXp Commercial
Seller of 40-41 Union Street
Building the market data seems overwhelming but with technology today it is possible.
I think the most profound observation is how Bob was alway trying to add value for his prospects, clients, and staff. In doing that he created some great strategies.
Marcy Moneypenny, The Moneypenny Collective
Seller of 1516-1518 First Avenue
First of all, congratulations on 41 years, Bob. I don't know if younger professionals in CRE can look past the number of years and fully understand the cycles, the trends and the pivots you've made in your career. It's a lot of hard work, dedication and stamina to remain successful and relevant in our industry. Congratulations AGAIN!
Nicola J (Nick) Coppola, CSSI - Cost Segregation Services, LLC
Seller of 3111 New Hyde Park Road
A masterclass in patience and strategy, Bob - love how you used silence to let the market compete against itself. Also, a great reminder of how creative thinking and control of the process can unlock so much more value than meets the eye. Congratulations on 41 years of deals (and stories) that keep inspiring the rest of us in the industry!
Ron Koenigsberg, American Investment Properties
Seller of 36-38 Hudson Street
Nobody deserves this recognition more than Bob.
He's not just the GOAT in commercial real estate, he's also one of the most generous and disciplined people I've ever met. Watching how he prepares, how he connects, how he shows up has been a masterclass for anyone lucky enough to work with him.
Knakal Affiliate Program (KAP)
Knakal Affiliate Program or KAP is designed to help you expand your professional network, and business, and generate a new income stream. As a member of the KAP, you will be included in a group that will facilitate referrals and collaborations between brokers and firms, to serve clients in the best ways possible.
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