Geoff began working with Massey Knakal covering the South Eastern Brooklyn neighborhoods of Canarsie, Starrett City, Mill Basin and East New York. In his two years in South East Brooklyn, Geoff evaluated over 150 properties valued at over $250 million was involved in transactions totaling over $50 million and 500,000 square feet.
In late 2007, Geoff began analyzing the New Jersey market in anticipation of the firm’s expansion. In 2008, Massey Knakal made the expansion effort official and formed a team to create a firm strategy. Geoff, along with other top performers, took the New Jersey expansion by the horns and developed a strategy that was officially implemented in January 2009 with the opening of the Massey Knakal New Jersey office.
Geoff always believed Newark and Essex County held the greatest potential and Massey Knakal’s analysis confirmed that this was the place to be. The great geographic attributes, the existing infrastructure, the glorious past, the years of neglect, corruption and decline, and the advent of a new administration were all serious factors that gave Geoff confidence in his decision.
As First Vice President of Sales for Newark & Eastern Essex County, Geoff focuses specifically on the commercial real estate market of Newark, East Orange and Irvington. He maintains a complete database of transactions with research on buyers, sellers, details of the transaction and features of the properties transacted. Over the past year, Geoff has completed two transactions and evaluated over 85 properties with an aggregate value above $65 million.
Additionally, Geoff hosts the Newark Commercial real Estate Group on LinkedIn and maintain the Newark NJ Commercial Real Estate Blog at http://newarknjcre.wordpress.com.
Geoff can be reached at 201.426.2211.