Joseph J. Blake and Associates

Joseph J. Blake and Associates is an independent commercial real estate valuation and consulting firm established in New York in 1946. It produces appraisals, market and feasibility studies, litigation support and related consulting for banks, insurance companies, pension funds and pension fund advisors, developers, sovereign wealth funds and government agencies.

Assignments are run out of regional offices, each managed by a senior managing partner holding the Appraisal Institute's MAI designation, using a team approach the firm says lets it deliver uniform appraisals on complicated assets anywhere in the country. Work ranges from single assets to large portfolios and multi-use projects across healthcare, hospitality, industrial and cold storage, land, multifamily, office, residential, retail and special-purpose property. The service list includes partial-interest and going-concern valuations, investment value appraisals, valuation for financial reporting, insurable value appraisals, highest and best use and financial feasibility studies, occupancy and sale lease-back analysis, bankruptcy and foreclosure support, capital markets and securitisation assistance, due diligence, and expert witness work.

Coverage spans the entire United States, its territories and the Caribbean through staffed offices, with corporate headquarters in Atlanta and further offices in New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, Walnut Creek, San Antonio, Scottsdale, Olympia and Melville. The firm also works in Japan through Blake & Sanyu, a strategic alliance with Sanyu Appraisal Corporation. It is owned by its longstanding partners, all practising appraisers holding the MAI designation, and argues that independence keeps it clear of the conflicts attached to valuation arms of brokerages and accounting firms.

Fees are quoted per assignment and are not published. Ask which regional office would take the work, who would sign the report, and that the assigned appraiser holds a state certified general certificate in the property's state; the firm's own team pages show state certifications held office by office.