Bob Knakal, Senior Managing Director & Head of NY Private Capital Group at JLL Celebrates TRD20

The Real Deal recently sat down with Bob Knakal, Senior Managing Director and Head of New York Private Capital Group at JLL as well as a former Real Deal contributor, to get his take on how far TRD has come since it hit newsstands 20 years ago. “The first time I heard about The Real Deal must have been shortly after your first publication,” said Knakal, who remembered immediately calling TRD publisher Amir Korangy to set up a meeting. “I think Paul Massey and I were on cover number five, which was a big thrill for us. We were so excited to be on the cover, it was something we put on the wall immediately.”