Managing Director
Bob Nowak
Principal Responsibilities: Property Operations and Leasing, Property Services,
Client Relations and Development Activities
Bob Nowak, CPM, brings extensive experience in real estate operations, management, leasing and development to Means Knaus Partners. As Managing Director, Mr. Nowak oversees property operations, leasing, property services, client relations and development activities in Denver and Los Angeles.
Since joining MKP in July of 2008, Mr. Nowak has led the management of nearly 3,000,000 square feet of office product. He previously served as Vice President of JMB Realty in Los Angeles. As a member of the JMB team beginning in 2002, he was responsible for the management, leasing and development operations of JMB’s Class A office portfolio. In 2007, Mr. Nowak played a key role in development rights for the Constellation Park residential project (483 units) in Century City. As a result of this experience and others, Mr. Nowak possesses extensive expertise in entitlement work in Los Angeles.
Before joining JMB Realty, Mr. Nowak served as a General Manager with Equity Office Properties in Los Angeles, where he was responsible for more than 1,000,000 square feet of Class A office space in Century City, Westwood and Santa Monica. During his tenure with Equity Office, Mr. Nowak also worked for two years as a regional broker on a portfolio exceeding 5,000,000 square feet of office space in Century City, Westwood, Santa Monica and Marina Del Rey. In only two years, his exceptional market knowledge and leasing expertise led to the completion of deals in excess of $20 million.
Prior to joining Equity Office Properties in 1997, Mr. Nowak served as a Portfolio and Senior Property Manager with the Koll Company in Los Angeles and Orange County. While with the Koll Company, Mr. Nowak worked with institutional and private investors, as he managed several high-profile projects in downtown Los Angeles, including 400 South Hope Street and 550 South Hope Street. Mr. Nowak began his career with the Koll Company at the Airport Business Center, managing a variety of retail and industrial tenants in Orange County.
Mr. Nowak holds a B.S. Degree in Political Science from Arizona State University and is a member of the Century City Chamber of Commerce and a founding member of the Century City Business Improvement District in Los Angeles.
