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BKREA
Maximizing Sellers' Prices since 1984
About BKREA
BKREA is a New York City commercial real estate brokerage specializing in investment property sales, debt and equity placement, and capital markets advisory. Founded in 2024 by Bob Knakal, the firm exclusively represents property owners and sellers across all five boroughs. WHAT WE SELL Development sites, apartment buildings, mixed-use properties, office buildings, retail, parking garages, and special use assets in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. HOW WE WORK BKREA was built as the first AI-driven investment sales brokerage in New York City, pairing four decades of street-level market knowledge with proprietary data tools: the Knakal Map Room 2.0, the Knakal Land Index, and a dataset of more than 29,000 NYC property transactions spanning 40+ years. SERVICES - Exclusive seller representation and investment property sales - Debt and equity placement - Development site and conversion advisory - Policy and zoning consulting via our dedicated Zoning SWAT Team - Land arbitration, expert witness, and court testimony - Joint venture structuring and property valuation Founder Bob Knakal has brokered the sale of more than 2,400 NYC buildings valued at approximately $24.6 billion since 1984. He co-founded Massey Knakal Realty Services in 1988, sold it to Cushman & Wakefield in 2014, and led New York investment sales at both Cushman & Wakefield and JLL before launching BKREA. MARKET INTELLIGENCE The Bob Knakal Show, The BKREA Brief, and the Development Site Monthly newsletter deliver ongoing analysis of NYC land values, zoning policy, and investment sales trends. WHO WE SERVE Private property owners, family offices, developers, institutional investors, estates, and nonprofit organizations selling New York City commercial real estate. Thinking about selling your building or want to know what it is worth? Call 917.509.9501 or visit bkrea.com.
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Signals from BKREA
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Research & Knowledge
BKREA identified Point 10 of the Mayor's new housing plan, which states that the city of New York controls roughly 15,000 properties and nearly 47,000 acres, with the city itself being the biggest landowner.
Reported by Baruch Edelkopf, Renowned Brooklyn Investment Sales Broker
Sales & Marketing
BKREA's property sold for $54,000,000, or $206.90 per buildable square foot.
Reported by Bob Knakal
Sales & Marketing
BKREA generated 11 offers from developers to tackle the challenge of building a new development site on the Upper West Side of Amsterdam Avenue.
Reported by Bob Knakal
Operations & Supply
BKREA tracks the development pipeline for two major developments at 400-418 Eleventh Avenue in Manhattan, including up to 3,950 housing units, 1,185 affordable apartments, a 79-story, two-tower residential development at 400 Eleventh Avenue, and a 68-story residential tower and adjacent 36-story hotel at 418 Eleventh Avenue.
Reported by BKREA
Customers & Market
BKREA operated the same process as Massey Knakal, generating 53 offers and three formal bidding rounds with sealed bids in the final round for a property sold for $46.3 million.
Reported by Bob Knakal
Presence & Recognition
BKREA's Chairman and CEO Bob Knakal will attend the CCIM Illinois Chapter event at Willis Tower in Chicago on September 18, 2026, presenting The Deals Before the Development.
Reported by BKREA
Products & Services
BKREA starts with product specialization and then layers geography on top of it.
Reported by Bob Knakal
Customers & Market
BKREA completed its first full calendar year focused on selling vacant buildings in New York City, resulting in 43 transactions totaling approximately $1.8 billion.
Reported by Bob Knakal
Research & Knowledge
BKREA published the Air Rights Edition, which outlines the top three reasons air rights in NYC real estate don't sell.
Reported by Genessy J.
Customers & Market
BKREA completed a $55 million sale to RFR Holdings and Trevor Davis for a full blockfront development site on the Upper East Side.
Reported by Bob Knakal
Customers & Market
BKREA generated 22 offers for a full blockfront development site on the Upper East Side.
Reported by Bob Knakal
Operations & Supply
BKREA tracks the housing unit pipeline coming north of Hudson Yards with two major developments at 400-418 Eleventh Avenue.
Reported by BKREA
Technology & Infrastructure
BKREA started deploying AI across its processes, revealing that half of the process was just one person's muscle memory that nobody documented.
Reported by Seth Samowitz