James F. Knott reflects on past, present and future of Baltimore real estate market

James F. Knott, CEO of the family-owned Knott Realty Group, started in real estate as a teenager, learning how to lay bricks for his brother’s home construction company in Northeast Batlimore. Today, the 75-year-old is among a class of well-respected commercial real estate veterans who have sculpted decades-long careers shaping the Baltimore landscape with industrial, retail and residential developments. Knott Realty has development, construction, property management and leasing divisions today and is based in Timonium off Interstate 83.