Founder & Managing Partner
CurrentTimothy D. King aligned with partner Brian Leary to found CPEX in 2008. In his role as Managing Partner, Mr. King co-heads the firm’s business line divisions and business development. During his forty-plus years in real estate operations, he has been instrumental in attracting numerous national retailers to the outer boroughs. Recently, Mr. King was instrumental in arranging two of the most significant transactions to occur in Brooklyn. In a series of complex transactions that included the sale of several properties, the buyout of a leasehold estate, and the transfer of air rights, Mr. King worked with Morris Bailey, JEMB Corp., and the CPEX Development & Conversion Sales Team to assemble a development site of approximately 600,000 square feet in a prime location in Downtown Brooklyn, directly opposite City Point and adjacent to the Willoughby Street Park site.In Sunset Park, where CPEX is the exclusive agent for the retail component of the 1.2 million square foot Liberty View Industrial Plaza, Mr. King worked with the CPEX Retail Leasing Team to arrange the largest retail lease signed in Brooklyn of recent times. In this historic transaction, Bed Bath & Beyond and three of its sister companies, Cost Plus World Market, Harmon Face Values, and buybuy BABY, are going to occupy 120,000 square feet of newly renovated retail space on the second floor of 850 3rd Avenue, with Saks Off Fifth occupying 30,000 square feet on the ground floor. In 2016, Mr. King was named to the Commercial Observer’s list of the “100 Most Powerful People in Real Estate.” Under his direction, the Brooklyn Retail Leasing Team has become a powerhouse of performance and the firm of choice for landlords, tenants, and tenant representation brokers.