The Courtyard Villa, Beverly HillsPhotographed 2025
An independent, partner-led practice. We represent a deliberately small number of residences each year, so every client works directly with a partner.
The Courtyard Villa, Beverly HillsPhotographed 2025
RB Empire began in 2002 as a two-person office above a bookshop on Madison Avenue. The idea was simple: represent fewer homes, and represent them properly.
Twenty-four years later we are a team of sixty-five across New York, Los Angeles and Miami — but the principle hasn't changed. A partner leads every mandate, every listing is visited and measured by our own team, and we turn away far more homes than we take on.
In 2014 we opened RB Studio, our in-house interiors practice, and in 2026 we began publishing a navigable 3D model for every residence we represent. Buyers overseas now make decisions with the same confidence as those who walk through the door.
Independent and partner-led since 2002
Homes sold and leased
Advisors, architects and designers
Markets, from Malibu to the Hamptons
They shape every brief we accept, and every one we decline.
Many of our homes are never publicly listed. Owners and buyers trust us to keep their names, and their plans, private.
We visit, measure and photograph every residence ourselves, and model it in 3D, so what you see is exactly what you get.
We advise as if we'll know you for twenty years — because with most of our clients, we will.
RB Studio interior, Central Park South2024
Robert Blake opens a two-person office on the Upper East Side, representing six apartments in the first year.
We open in Los Angeles as New York clients begin to build second homes in Malibu and Beverly Hills.
Our interiors practice launches, preparing homes for sale and designing them for the families who buy them.
Offices in Miami Beach and Aspen follow our clients as they move, invest and build.
Every residence we represent now comes with a navigable 3D model, measured plan and private film.
Every mandate is led by one of our four partners, from first showing to closing. Hover a name to meet them.
Whether you are buying, selling or simply thinking ahead, a partner will meet you in person.