Massey Knakal Realty Services
Massey Knakal Realty Services was one of New York City largest investment-sales brokerages. It represented owners exclusively and was started in 1988 by Robert Knakal and Paul Massey Jr., its chairman and CEO, respectively. Cushman & Wakefield acquired the firm in late 2014 for approximately $100 million.
The brokerage operated under a rather novel territory system, wherein it divided the city into nearly 50 different geographic areas that brokers in each then focus on. The system was not without controversy, as brokers outside of geographic areas must pay parts of their commissions from deals done inside those areas to the brokers who focus on them.
Still, the system, as well as a focus on just about every size, type and class of building or site, helped Massey Knakal grow relatively quickly into a major player in the New York City area (it focuses not only on the five boroughs, but on Westchester County, Long Island and northern New Jersey). In 2011, for instance, Massey Knakal brokered 142 deals under $50 million, more than any other brokerage.
Since 1988, it brokered more than 4,200 transactions worth an aggregate total of $15 billion. The firm grew from Massey and Knakal to more than 100 employees in four offices, including its headquarters at 275 Madison Avenue. The brokerage launched a retail leasing wing in early 2011 under Winick Realty's former president Benjamin Fox.
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330 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 212 376 1228
- Event Sales
- Address 102 Greenwich Avenue 224-226 West 13th Street
- Neighborhood Greenwich Village
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 12,100,000
- Publication Date 02/01/2015
- Event Date 12/18/2014
- Party 1 Broker Paul Massey, Jr, James Nelson, David Shalom
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Paul Massey, Jr, James Nelson, David Shalom
- Event Sales
- Address 1400-1416 Fifth Avenue
- Neighborhood Harlem
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 12,500,000
- Publication Date 02/01/2015
- Event Date 12/18/2014
- Party 1 Full Spectrum
- Party 1 Broker Lev Kimyagarov
- Party 2 Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Lev Kimyagarov
- Event Sales
- Address 235 Dekalb Avenue
- Neighborhood Fort Greene
- Borough Brooklyn
- Price $ 1,800,000
- Publication Date 02/01/2015
- Event Date 12/18/2014
- Party 1 Broker Stephen Palmese
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Stephen Palmese
- Event Sales
- Address 633, 636, 642, 643, 650 West 173rd Street
- Neighborhood Washington Heights
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 30,000,000
- Publication Date 02/01/2015
- Event Date 12/18/2014
- Party 1 RockFarmer Capital
- Party 1 Broker Robert Shapiro, Thomas Donovan
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Robert M. Shapiro, Thomas A. Donovan
- Event Sales
- Address 7 West 24th Street
- Neighborhood Flatiron
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 9,500,000
- Publication Date 02/01/2015
- Event Date 12/18/2014
- Party 1 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal and John Ciraulo
- Party 2 Mark Geragos
- Party 2 Broker Tina Glandian
- Event Sales
- Address 88 East End Avenue
- Neighborhood Upper East Side
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 6,100,000
- Publication Date 02/01/2015
- Event Date 12/18/2014
- Party 1 Broker Thomas Gammino, Jr.
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Thomas D. Gammino, Jr.
- Event Sales
- Address 963 First Avenue
- Neighborhood Midtown
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 10,400,000
- Publication Date 02/01/2015
- Event Date 12/18/2014
- Party 1 Broker Clint Olsen
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Clint Olsen
- Event Sales
- Address 85 Fifth Avenue
- Neighborhood Flatiron
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 102,991
- Price $ 86,000,000
- Price per foot $ 835.02
- Publication Date 02/01/2015
- Event Date 12/23/2014
- Party 1 Caguax
- Party 1 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, John Ciraulo
- Party 2 Wharton Properties
- Event Sales
- Address 15-17 Arden Street 149, 157 Vermilyea Avenue
- Neighborhood Midtown
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 14,100,000
- Publication Date 01/01/2015
- Event Date 11/17/2014
- Party 1 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal and Robert Shapiro
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Robert Knakal, Robert M. Shapiro
- Event Sales
- Address 1613, 1617, 1621, 1625, 1631 Eastern Parkway
- Neighborhood Crown Heights
- Borough Brooklyn
- Price $ 9,600,000
- Publication Date 01/01/2015
- Event Date 11/17/2014
- Party 1 Broker Stephen Palmese, Robert Knakal, Edward Gevinski
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Stephen Palmese, Robert Knakal, Edward Gevinski
- Event Sales
- Address 176 East Third Street 420 East 66th Street 336 East 81st Street 344 East 85th Street 404 East 88th Street
- Neighborhood Midtown
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 126,200,000
- Publication Date 01/01/2015
- Event Date 11/17/2014
- Party 1 Stonewood Properties
- Party 1 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, Thomas Gammino, Jr., Guthrie Garvin, Michael DeCheser
- Party 2 Nader and Lisa Shalom and Trevi Retail
- Event Sales
- Address 264 Fifth Avenue
- Neighborhood Midtown
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 25,000,000
- Publication Date 01/01/2015
- Event Date 11/17/2014
- Party 1 Broker Eran Elhanani
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Robert Knakal, John Ciraulo
- Event Sales
- Address 269-271 East Houston Street
- Neighborhood Lower East Side
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 12,800,000
- Publication Date 01/01/2015
- Event Date 11/17/2014
- Party 1 Charlie Gambetta
- Party 1 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal and Michael DeCheser
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Robert Knakal, Michael DeCheser
- Event Sales
- Address 287-291 East Houston Street
- Neighborhood Lower East Side
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 15,200,000
- Publication Date 01/01/2015
- Event Date 11/17/2014
- Party 1 Broker Michael DeCheser
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Michael DeCheser
- Event Sales
- Address 427-433 Dean Street
- Neighborhood Crown Heights
- Borough Brooklyn
- Price $ 14,500,000
- Publication Date 01/01/2015
- Event Date 11/17/2014
- Party 1 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, Paul Massey Jr., Stephen Palmese, Winfield Clifford
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Robert Knakal, Paul Massey Jr., Stephen Palmesee, Winfield Clifford
- Event Sales
- Address 55 West 19th Street
- Neighborhood Chelsea
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 8,500,000
- Publication Date 01/01/2015
- Event Date 11/17/2014
- Party 1 Broker Brock Emmetsberger, John Ciraulo, Craig Waggner
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Brock Emmetsberger, John Ciraulo, Craig Waggner
- Event Sales
- Address 70 Henry Street
- Neighborhood Brooklyn Heights
- Borough Brooklyn
- Price $ 7,500,000
- Publication Date 01/01/2015
- Event Date 11/17/2014
- Party 1 Ridgeton Poultry, Inc.
- Party 1 Broker Stephen Palmese, Michael Mazzara, Thomas Freeland, James Berluti
- Party 2 JMH Development and Madison Estates
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Stephen Palmesee, Michael Mazzara, Thomas Freeland, James Berluti
- Event Sales
- Address 834 Lexington Avenue
- Neighborhood Bedford-Stuyvesant
- Borough Brooklyn
- Price $ 4,300,000
- Publication Date 01/01/2015
- Event Date 11/17/2014
- Party 1 Ciliano Garage Inc.
- Party 1 Broker Michael Amirkhanian
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Michael Amirkhanian
- Event Sales
- Address 225 East 30th Street
- Neighborhood Kips Bay
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 4,800,000
- Publication Date 12/01/2014
- Event Date 10/17/2014
- Party 1 Broker John Ciraulo, Hunter Moss
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker John F. Ciraulo, Hunter Moss
- Event Sales
- Address 345-353 West 38th Street
- Neighborhood Hell's Kitchen
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 112,000,000
- Publication Date 12/01/2014
- Event Date 10/17/2014
- Party 1 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal, Jonathan Hageman, David Kalish
- Party 2 McSam Hotel Group
- Event Retail Leasing
- Address 41 West 24th Street
- Neighborhood Chelsea
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 2,325
- Publication Date 12/01/2014
- Event Date 10/17/2014
- Party 1 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 1 Broker Michael Azarian
- Party 2 Chop Shop Flatiron
- Event Retail Leasing
- Address 41 West 24th Street
- Neighborhood Chelsea
- Borough Manhattan
- Square feet 2,300
- Publication Date 12/01/2014
- Event Date 10/17/2014
- Party 1 Madison Park 24 LLC, c/o GJR
- Party 1 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 1 Broker Michael Azarian
- Party 2 Chop Shop Flatiron
- Party 2 Brokerage Sinvin Real Estate
- Party 2 Broker Steve Rappaport
- Event Retail Leasing
- Address 471 86th Street
- Neighborhood Fort Hamilton
- Borough Brooklyn
- Square feet 1,000
- Publication Date 12/01/2014
- Event Date 10/17/2014
- Party 1 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 1 Broker Mitzi Flexer
- Party 2 Cricket Wireless
- Event Sales
- Address 55 Maspeth Avenue
- Neighborhood Williamsburg
- Borough Brooklyn
- Price $ 1,500,000
- Publication Date 12/01/2014
- Event Date 10/17/2014
- Party 1 Broker Mark Lively and Brendan Maddigan
- Party 2 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 2 Broker Mark Lively, Brendan Maddigan
- Event Sales
- Address 555 West End Avenue
- Neighborhood Upper West Side
- Borough Manhattan
- Price $ 50,000,000
- Publication Date 12/01/2014
- Event Date 10/17/2014
- Party 1 Brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services
- Party 1 Broker Robert Knakal and Hall Oster
- Party 2 Brokerage Orenda Estates
- Party 2 Broker Stan Putko