Managing Director
Douglas A. Knaus
Mr. Knaus, a founding partner of Means Knaus Partners, was employed until 1981 as director of office leasing with the Urban Investment and Development Company, a subsidiary of Aetna Life and Casualty. In that position, 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.
In 1981, Mr. Knaus joined Paragon Group, where he began working with Steve Means. 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 is past vice chairman-programs of the Office Development Council of the Urban Land Institute, and has served or currently serves on several boards, including the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks, ULI District Council, Houston Trees, Westchase Business Council and Boys & Girls Country. He earned a BBA degree with an emphasis in real estate from the University of Colorado.
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