The Power of Proprietary Information: How Better Data Wins Billion-Dollar Deals | Bob Knakal

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]Like, we just closed the first billion-dollar deal. We just picked up an exclusive listing on a billion and a half dollar transaction. [music] This is 5 million buildable square feet. I saw mostly land development and redevelopment properties in New York.

[00:00:13]And we competed against the four biggest companies on the globe.

[00:00:17]C&W, JLL, CBRE, and Newmark.

[00:00:22]And we went in this this property is owned by three families. They had interviewing [music] the brokers were two members of each family. And they said, "Okay, we have five companies we're interviewing. We're going to give everybody a score one through five. And the two companies that have the lowest total at the end of our voting are going to come back for a final round."

[00:00:44]Well, BKRIA was number one on everybody's list. They didn't even have a final round. Think about that. This is a billion and a half dollar transaction, right? Why did that happen?

[00:00:55]Because our information is unbelievable.