You are invited to a special Wharton Real Estate Investment Group (WREI) meeting with Mr. Robert Knakal on the state of the NYC commercial real estate brokerage and his Market Forecast for 2024!
About Robert Knakal
Bob Knakal was Chairman and Founding Partner of Massey Knakal Realty Services, New York’s #1 building sales firm. He started his real estate career in 1984 at CB Richard Ellis where he met Paul J. Massey Jr. They both left CB in 1988 to form Massey Knakal. From 1988 through 2014, Massey Knakal closed over 6,000 transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $23 billion. To date, Bob has been personally responsible for the sale of over 2,300 buildings (generally considered to be the highest total ever for a single broker in New York) and over $22 billion in sales. In 2014, Cushman & Wakefield acquired Massey Knakal. At Cushman & Wakefield, Bob acted as Chairman of New York Investment Sales. He was ranked the top originating investment sales broker at Cushman & Wakefield, globally, in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Bob then joined JLL in September of 2018 as Chairman of New York Investment Sales and stayed until early 2024.
Since 2009, Bob has written a weekly column on the New York City Real Estate Market called Concrete Thoughts for the Commercial Observer.
Please contact us with any questions at wrei@whartonny.com. We look forward to seeing you there!
When:
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Where:
Midtown location (Note: Address will be sent via email to all registered guests 24-48 hours prior to the event to the "Primary Email" address listed in your profile. Please review your profile to confirm that the email address listed is correct.)
Cost:
WCNY Supporting Members - $20 (WCNY supporting membership costs $95/yr at Join/Renew Membership)
Other Wharton Alumni & Alumni Guests - $40
Gold & Benefactor Members - $0
Notes:
Please reach out to Nick Petkoff or the Wharton Club of NY if:
Pre-registration is required. Please register early as events can and do sell out quickly.
Registration is subject to availability and will close on Wednesday, April 10th at 9:00am.
Cancellations must be made at least 48-hours (business day) prior to the event date by sending an email to Gabriela Sanchez. Refunds or credits for future events are not available for any no-shows or late cancellations. Click here for full details.
About Robert Knakal
Bob Knakal was Chairman and Founding Partner of Massey Knakal Realty Services, New York’s #1 building sales firm. He started his real estate career in 1984 at CB Richard Ellis where he met Paul J. Massey Jr. They both left CB in 1988 to form Massey Knakal. From 1988 through 2014, Massey Knakal closed over 6,000 transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $23 billion. To date, Bob has been personally responsible for the sale of over 2,300 buildings (generally considered to be the highest total ever for a single broker in New York) and over $22 billion in sales. In 2014, Cushman & Wakefield acquired Massey Knakal. At Cushman & Wakefield, Bob acted as Chairman of New York Investment Sales. He was ranked the top originating investment sales broker at Cushman & Wakefield, globally, in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Bob then joined JLL in September of 2018 as Chairman of New York Investment Sales and stayed until early 2024.
Since 2009, Bob has written a weekly column on the New York City Real Estate Market called Concrete Thoughts for the Commercial Observer.
Please contact us with any questions at wrei@whartonny.com. We look forward to seeing you there!
When:
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Where:
Midtown location (Note: Address will be sent via email to all registered guests 24-48 hours prior to the event to the "Primary Email" address listed in your profile. Please review your profile to confirm that the email address listed is correct.)
Cost:
WCNY Supporting Members - $20 (WCNY supporting membership costs $95/yr at Join/Renew Membership)
Other Wharton Alumni & Alumni Guests - $40
Gold & Benefactor Members - $0
Notes:
Please reach out to Nick Petkoff or the Wharton Club of NY if:
- Your company is hiring, and you’d like to make the position known to talented Wharton alumni;
- Your company would be open to sponsoring/hosting a Wharton Real Estate future speaker event—it’s a fun way to get PR; or
- You’d like to be added to the group’s email list.
Pre-registration is required. Please register early as events can and do sell out quickly.
Registration is subject to availability and will close on Wednesday, April 10th at 9:00am.
Cancellations must be made at least 48-hours (business day) prior to the event date by sending an email to Gabriela Sanchez. Refunds or credits for future events are not available for any no-shows or late cancellations. Click here for full details.
A special thank you to our event sponsors:
