Cushman & Wakefield
1290 Sixth Avenue
New York, NY 10104
(212) 660-7777
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Robert Knakal is chairman of capital markets at the global brokerage Cushman & Wakefield. He was the co-founder and chairman of Massey Knakal Realty Services, the biggest investment-sales brokerage in New York City in number of deals, until Cushman acquired the firm in late 2014 for approximately $100 million. Knakal has personally traded more than 1,300 buildings and sites in New York worth $9 billion, including some of the biggest apartment-building portfolio sales in the citys history.
Knakal founded his firm with Paul Massey Jr. in 1988, after the pair worked together for several years in the Manhattan offices of Coldwell Banker Commercial. The original concept was to specialize in properties smaller than 100,000 square feet, though Massey Knakal has often reached beyond that. The firm, which also focuses on the New York metropolitan area and exclusively represents sellers, included more than 150 employees in four offices as of spring 2014.
Knakal, a New Jersey native born in 1963, graduated from the Wharton School of Business in 1984. He is one of the most oft-quoted experts on the New York investment-sales market, and writes regularly about it for the Commercial Observer.
CAPITAL MARKETS | LAST 12 MONTHS | LAST 4 YEARS | ||
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NO. OF DEALS | $ VALUE | NO. OF DEALS | $ VALUE | |
SELL (OR SELLER REP) | 0 | $ 0 | 1 | $ 16,200,000 |
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1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500

1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, (212) 841-7900
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
- Event Sales
- Address 53-55 First Avenue
- Neighborhood East Village
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 18,240
- Price $ 16,200,000
- Publication Date 01/09/2018
- Event Date 12/22/2017
- Party 1 53-55 First Avenue Realty
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker James Nelwson, Robert Knakal
- Party 2 Anbau Enterprises
- Event Sales
- Address 140 West 24th Street
- Neighborhood Chelsea
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 61,000,000
- Publication Date 11/06/2017
- Event Date 11/02/2017
- Party 1 Extell Development
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, Brock Emmetsburger
- Party 2 McSam Hotel Group
- Event Sales
- Address 292-296 Fifth Avenue
- Neighborhood Nomad
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 5,769
- Price $ 42,420,000
- Publication Date 05/01/2017
- Event Date 03/23/2017
- Party 1 292 Fifth Avenue Holdings
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, John Ciraulo, Jonathan Hageman, Craig Waggner, Patrick Yannotta
- Party 2 McSam Hotel Group
- Event Sales
- Address 66-72; 80, 86 Fort Washington Avenue; 838, 884 Riverside Drive
- Neighborhood Washington Heights
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 341,148
- Price $ 101,500,000
- Publication Date 01/01/2017
- Event Date 11/17/2016
- Party 1 Sentinel Real Estate Corporation
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Shapiro, Robert Knakal, Jonathan Hageman
- Party 2 Joshua Sternhell, Mike Spira
- Party 2 Brokerage Cignature Realty Associates
- Party 2 Broker Lazer Sternhell, Peter Vanderpool
- Event Sales
- Address 292 Fifth Avenue
- Neighborhood Koreatown
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 70,000
- Price $ 42,500,000
- Publication Date 01/01/2017
- Event Date 11/17/2016
- Party 1 Richard Born
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, John Ciraulo, Jonathan Hageman
- Party 2 McSam Hotel Group
- Event Sales
- Address 305 East 61st Street
- Neighborhood Upper East Side
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 72,000
- Price $ 40,000,000
- Price per foot $ 556.00
- Publication Date 10/01/2016
- Event Date 08/15/2016
- Party 1 EMS Capital
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, Clint Olsen, Jonathan Hageman
- Party 2 Mitchell Marks
- Party 2 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 2 Broker Robert Knakal, Clint Olsen, Jonathan Hageman
- Event Sales
- Address 117 West 79th Street
- Neighborhood Upper West Side
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 32,100
- Price $ 22,500,000
- Price per foot $ 700.00
- Publication Date 08/01/2016
- Event Date 06/17/2016
- Party 1 David Beit, Larry Goldstein, Blake Augustus
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, Paul Smadbeck, Jonathan Hageman
- Party 2 Fairstead Capital
- Party 2 Brokerage CBRE
- Party 2 Broker Stephen Siegel
- Event Sales
- Address 66 Pearl Street
- Neighborhood Lower Manhattan
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 12,445
- Price $ 19,000,000
- Price per foot $ 1,526.72
- Publication Date 07/01/2016
- Event Date 05/15/2016
- Party 1 Northwind Group
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, Will Suarez, Jonathan Hageman
- Event Sales
- Address 1623 Kings Highway
- Neighborhood Midwood
- Borough Brooklyn
- Square feet 20,000
- Price $ 17,000,000
- Price per foot $ 850.00
- Publication Date 05/01/2016
- Event Date 03/17/2016
- Party 1 New York REIT
- Party 1 Brokerage Forte Capital Management
- Party 1 Broker Chaim Cahane
- Party 2 Lido Realty
- Party 2 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 2 Broker Robert Knakal, Alex Svetlakou, Jonathan Hageman
- Event Sales
- Address 211-215 East 38th Street
- Neighborhood Murray Hill
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 17,944
- Price $ 36,700,000
- Price per foot $ 2,045.25
- Publication Date 05/01/2016
- Event Date 03/17/2016
- Party 1 Major Family Trust
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, John Ciraulo
- Party 2 BLDG Management
- Event Sales
- Address 9 East 39th Street
- Neighborhood Midtown East
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 101,100
- Price $ 31,600,000
- Publication Date 04/01/2016
- Event Date 02/15/2016
- Party 1 ClearRock Properties, Juster Properties
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, John Ciraulo
- Party 2 McSam Hotel Group
- Party 2 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 2 Broker Robert Knakal, John Ciraulo
- Event Sales
- Address 123 Lafayette Street
- Neighborhood Soho
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 21,916
- Price $ 33,500,000
- Price per foot $ 1,528.56
- Publication Date 04/01/2016
- Event Date 02/15/2016
- Party 1 Stellar Management
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, Robert Burton, Jonathan Hageman
- Party 2 First Atlantic Capital
- Party 2 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 2 Broker Robert Knakal, Robert Burton, Jonathan Hageman
- Event Sales
- Address 23-30 Borden Avenue
- Neighborhood Long Island City
- Borough Queens
- Square feet 276,705
- Price $ 48,000,000
- Price per foot $ 173.47
- Publication Date 04/01/2016
- Event Date 02/15/2016
- Party 1 FreshDirect
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, Jonathan Hageman, David Chkheidze
- Party 2 Atlas Capital
- Party 2 Brokerage Akron Trotter Property Group
- Party 2 Broker Scott Rosen
- Event Sales
- Address 10 East 34th Street
- Neighborhood Midtown
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 55,000
- Price $ 51,700,000
- Price per foot $ 940.00
- Publication Date 04/01/2016
- Event Date 02/15/2016
- Party 1 Brause Realty
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, John Ciraulo, Jonathan Hageman
- Party 2 Caerus Group
- Event Sales
- Address 163-30 Cross Bay Boulevard
- Neighborhood Howard Beach
- Borough Queens
- Price $ 12,600,000
- Publication Date 03/01/2016
- Event Date 01/01/2016
- Party 1 163-30 Cross Bay Boulevard LLC
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, Jonathan Hageman, Brian Sarath
- Party 2 ARC NYCBBLV001
- Party 2 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 2 Broker Robert Knakal, Jonathan Hageman, Brian Sarath
- Event Sales
- Address 440 West 47th Street
- Neighborhood Hell's Kitchen
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 37,000
- Price $ 23,500,000
- Price per foot $ 635.14
- Publication Date 03/01/2016
- Event Date 01/01/2016
- Party 1 MWest Holdings
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, Hall Oster, Jonathan Hageman
- Party 2 Stone Street Properties
- Event Sales
- Address 323-335 West 96th Street
- Neighborhood Upper West Side
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 133,700
- Price $ 27,000,000
- Price per foot $ 201.94
- Publication Date 03/01/2016
- Event Date 01/01/2016
- Party 1 Pinnacle Group
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, Hall Oster, Jonathan Hageman
- Party 2 Beacon NY
- Event Sales
- Address 9 DeKalb
- Neighborhood Downtown Brooklyn
- Borough Brooklyn
- Square feet 70,000
- Price $ 90,000,000
- Publication Date 03/01/2016
- Event Date 01/01/2016
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, James Nelson, Stephen Palmese
- Party 2 JDS Development, The Chetrit Group
- Party 2 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 2 Broker Robert Knakal, James Nelson, Stephen Palmese
- Event Sales
- Address 143 East 60th Street
- Neighborhood Upper East Side
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 19,685
- Price $ 300,000,000
- Price per foot $ 15,240.03
- Publication Date 11/01/2015
- Event Date 09/22/2015
- Party 1 World Wide Group
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, Clint Olsen
- Party 2 Kaufu Properties
- Event Sales
- Address 162 East 83rd Street
- Neighborhood Upper East Side
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 4,610
- Price $ 7,300,000
- Price per foot $ 1,583.51
- Publication Date 09/01/2015
- Event Date 07/23/2015
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Thomas D. Gammino, Robert Knakal
- Event Sales
- Address 410 West 36th Street
- Neighborhood Hudson Yards
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 9,745
- Price $ 6,700,000
- Price per foot $ 687.53
- Publication Date 09/01/2015
- Event Date 07/23/2015
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, James Nelson, Matt Nickerson
- Event Sales
- Address 508 West 158th Street
- Neighborhood Washington Heights
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 62,680
- Price $ 15,000,000
- Price per foot $ 239.31
- Publication Date 08/01/2015
- Event Date 06/22/2015
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Shapiro, Robert Knakal
- Event Sales
- Address 55 Third Avenue
- Neighborhood East Village
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 15,311
- Price $ 24,400,000
- Price per foot $ 1,593.63
- Publication Date 08/01/2015
- Event Date 06/22/2015
- Party 1 Benchmark Real Estate Group
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker James Nelson, Robert Knakal
- Event Sales
- Address 409 East 87th Street
- Neighborhood Yorkville
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 8,590
- Price $ 6,500,000
- Price per foot $ 756.69
- Publication Date 07/01/2015
- Event Date 05/22/2015
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Thomas Gammino, Robert Knakal
- Party 2 Brokerage Weichert Realtors
- Event Sales
- Building Name 355-357 West 39th Street
- Address 357 West 39th Street
- Neighborhood Hudson Yards
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 8,406
- Price $ 7,400,000
- Price per foot $ 880.32
- Publication Date 04/01/2015
- Event Date 02/20/2015
- Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, Stephen P. Palmese
- Party 2 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield