Managing Director
Douglas A. Knaus
Mr. Knaus is a founding partner of Means Knaus Partners, L.P. (“MKP”), established in 1998. MKP is a privately-held, commercial real estate investment and services firm which focuses in real estate development, repositioning, acquisitions and management activities. The company’s office portfolio is approximately 20 million square feet in 50 cities. In addition, MKP is the developer of Oak Park at Westchase, a 220-acre master-planned commercial development.
In 1974, Mr. Knaus joined Urban Investment and Development Company, a subsidiary of Aetna Life and Casualty. He was responsible for the leasing and marketing of an office portfolio of 12 million square feet in several major markets, including Houston, Denver, Boston, Hartford, Philadelphia and Chicago.
Prior to the inception of MKP, Mr. Knaus joined the Paragon Group in 1981. After Paragon became a REIT in 1994, he served the company as president of its Commercial Division. Prior to the acquisition of this business unit by Insignia Financial Group in 1996, the division employed 350 people and managed 180 commercial properties, with 25 million square feet of office, industrial and retail space.
From 1996 until July 1998, Mr. Knaus served as president of the Central-Southeast Division of Insignia/ESG. The division’s portfolio included more than 50 million square feet of office and industrial product and had 500 employees located in the Central, Midwest, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S.
Mr. Knaus has served or currently serves on several real estate boards or organizations including the Office Development Council of the Urban Land Institute, National Association of Industrial and Office Parks, Houston Trees and Boys & Girls Country. He earned a BBA degree with an emphasis in real estate from the University of Colorado.
