President/Managing Partner
Christopher Knisley
(617) 279-2361
knisley@albanyroad.com
Mr. Knisley is the President of Albany Road Real Estate Partners (“Albany Road”) and one of its four founding Partners.
He has spent his entire career (35+ years) in the commercial real estate industry and during that time has been involved in all facets of the business, including acquisition, development, asset management, equity raising, financing, and disposition work.
Before leaving to form Albany Road, Mr. Knisley was the CIO for RJ Kelly Company (“RJK”), directly responsible for sourcing new acquisition and development opportunities, and for securing high net worth, family office, and institutional equity to leverage RJK’s buying capacity.
Prior to RJ Kelly, Mr. Knisley had spent the majority of his career as a Managing Director with The Koffler Group (“Koffler”), a family office that began its operation in 1978, having been capitalized with proceeds from founder Sol Koffler’s sale of American Tourister Luggage Company.
Mr.Knisley joined Koffler in 1997 to head up its real estate acquisition and development expansion efforts. He was responsible for sourcing, pricing, negotiating, and structuring new real estate transactions, and for implementing Koffler’s strategy of pursuing value-added investment and development opportunities throughout New England for both Koffler’s own
account and in conjunction with high net worth and institutional venture partners.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Knisley was a Vice President/Principal with Berkeley Investments and, prior to that, an Investment Manager with Copley Real Estate Advisors. He is an active member of NAIOP (National Association of Industrial & Office Properties), ULI (Urban Land Institute), and REIAC (Real Estate Investment Advisory Council).
Mr. Knisley is a graduate of Deerfield Academy, Vanderbilt University (BA Economics), and The Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University (MBA Marketing).
He is married with four children and resides in Wrentham, MA.