Yale Robbins

What Yale Robbins does

Yale Robbins, Inc., operating primarily as Yale Robbins Publications, is a privately held, family-owned niche media company serving the U.S. condominium, HOA, co-op, and multifamily housing community. Founded in 1976 (corporate entity dated 1993) and headquartered in New York, the company publishes seven regional CooperatorNews and New England Condominium monthly newspapers plus Office Buildings Magazine, distributed across New York, New Jersey, New England, Chicagoland, South Florida, Philadelphia, and the Manhattan commercial office market. Its audiences are volunteer board members, board presidents, property managers, managing agents, and superintendents who make purchasing decisions for residential community associations — a fragmented, hard-to-reach demographic that Yale Robbins has targeted for over 30 years.

The company's product portfolio spans print display advertising, online banner and directory advertising, email newsletters, direct mail/insert services, and the CooperatorEvents expo series (8 scheduled regional events per year). Revenue is generated primarily through advertising sales — both print and digital — supplemented by exhibitor fees from trade shows and subscription fees for tiered directory listings on CooperatorDirectory.com. Distribution is achieved through a direct sales team of regional advertising directors (Henry Robbins, Peter Chase, Alyce Hill) covering each market, with no intermediary resellers. Pricing is regionally differentiated (NY full-page B&W at $3,515, NJ at $2,108, Office Buildings at $4,200), with multi-insertion volume discounts of 10-20% for 3x-12x commitments and a 15% agency commission structure.

Yale Robbins operates without external investment, has no disclosed funding rounds, and shows no M&A activity. The technology stack is explicitly characterized as traditional publishing rather than technology-driven, with no AI/ML capabilities referenced. The company maintains modest digital traffic (e.g., 70,000 monthly visits on the NY site) and employs 11-50 staff across its New York headquarters and Chicago regional office. Its strategic posture is one of steady-state incumbency with incremental regional extensions (e.g., a Nevada edition) and product diversification within the established vertical.

Name

Yale Robbins

Legal name

Yale Robbins, Inc.

Website

https://yrpubs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Yale Robbins Publications is a family-owned niche media company that publishes regional CooperatorNews newspapers, Office Buildings Magazine, online directories, and trade shows connecting advertisers with condo, HOA, co-op, and multifamily housing decision-makers across seven U.S. metropolitan markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Trade Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131), Newspaper Publishers (51311), Periodical Publishers (51312), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Financial & Trade News Publishers (MPAJADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB), Business, Finance & Industry Trade Magazines (MPAJAEAM)

Keywords

• Condo community publications
• HOA trade shows
• Property management advertising
• Multifamily real estate media
• Co-op industry news

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Print Advertising: Display advertising in regional newspapers targeting condo, HOA, and co-op communities. Ad sizes range from full page to eighth page with color options. Pricing varies by region (NY highest at $3,515 full page B&W, NJ at $2,108, etc.).
2. Online/Digital Advertising: Banner ads, leaderboards, text ads on websites. Pricing per 10,000 impressions or per month. Newsletter advertising included in some packages.
3. Trade Show Exhibitions: Companies pay to exhibit at CooperatorEvents expos. Over 3,000 attendees per expo event. Additional at-show marketing and sponsorship opportunities available.
4. Directory Listings: Premium, bold, and starter directory listings on regional websites. Showcase tier includes enhanced features. Print directory advertising also available.
5. Newsletter Advertising: Ads placed in email newsletters sent to subscribers. Pricing per issue based on placement (first article, after 2nd, after 4th, after last article).
6. Direct Mail and Inserts: Direct mail services targeting exclusive database of residential decision-makers (board presidents, members, property managers). Free-standing inserts into publications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Yale Robbins publishes regional trade newspapers (CooperatorNews editions, New England Condominium, Office Buildings Magazine) and operates the CooperatorDirectory.com online directory plus CooperatorEvents regional trade shows for the condo, HOA, co-op, and commercial office-building sectors. The company monetizes these titles by selling print, web, newsletter, directory, and direct-mail advertising along with exhibitor booths and sponsorships at the expos to vendors serving these communities. The products are produced in-house across seven U.S. regional markets and are sold primarily via a direct sales team.

Product overview

Yale Robbins Publications operates a multi-platform media portfolio serving the condo, HOA, co-op, and multifamily housing community across seven regional markets. The core offering consists of regional CooperatorNews newspaper publications (New York, New Jersey, South Florida, Philadelphia, Chicagoland, New England) and Office Buildings Magazine, complemented by CooperatorDirectory.com online directories and CooperatorEvents regional trade show Expos. Additional revenue streams include print and web advertising packages, email newsletters, and direct mail/insert services. The products work together to provide a complete marketing solution connecting businesses with key decision-makers including board members, property managers, and community association professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CooperatorNews New York: Regional newspaper covering co-op and condo news for the Greater New York Metropolitan Area
• CooperatorNews New Jersey
• New England Condominium
• CooperatorNews Chicagoland
• CooperatorNews South Florida
• CooperatorNews Greater Philadelphia
• Office Buildings Magazine

Products and services

• CooperatorNews New York Monthly four-color regional newspaper covering board operations, management, maintenance, law, finance, and insurance for co-op and condo communities in the New York metro area, distributed to thousands of board members and property managers and supported by a companion website and expo.
• CooperatorNews New Jersey Four-color newspaper covering the condo, HOA, and co-op community in New Jersey with editorial content on board operations, management, maintenance, and finance, accompanied by a regional website and annual expo.
• CooperatorNews South Florida Four-color publication covering the condo and HOA community in the South Florida tri-county area, covering board operations, management, maintenance, law, finance, and insurance, distributed alongside a regional website and annual expo.
• CooperatorNews Greater Philadelphia Publication serving the condo, HOA, and co-op community in the Greater Philadelphia region, covering board operations, management, maintenance, and finance, distributed alongside a regional expo.
• CooperatorNews Chicagoland Four-color newspaper covering the condo and HOA community in the Greater Chicagoland area, covering board operations, management, maintenance, law, finance, and insurance, with a companion website and twice-annual expo (spring and fall).
• New England Condominium Monthly four-color publication serving condo, co-op, and planned-community readers in New England, covering board operations, management, maintenance, law, finance, and insurance, with a companion website and regional expo.
• Office Buildings Magazine Annual publication issued in three Manhattan editions (Midtown, Midtown South, Downtown) plus a Westchester & Connecticut edition, serving as a desktop reference guide for the office leasing industry with building photographs, facts, maps, and market statistics.
• CooperatorDirectory.com Online searchable directory platform that lists vendors and service providers serving co-op, condo, and HOA communities, with tiered listings (Starter, Bold, Premium, Showcase) and member-controlled profiles that surface vendors in regional markets.
• CooperatorEvents Expos Trade show platform hosting annual regional condo/HOA/co-op expos across New York (twice per year), New Jersey, Chicagoland (twice per year), South Florida, Philadelphia, and New England, connecting exhibitor vendors with thousands of attending property managers, board members, and decision-makers.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/The-Cooperator-The-Co-op-Condo-Monthly/118585992155
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-cooperator
• Instagraminstagram.com/cooperatornews

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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