Robert Emden serves as an executive managing director with Newmark. Over the course of a career spanning nearly 50 years, he has been responsible for some of the largest real estate transactions in New York and globally.
Robert leads one of the industry’s most respected brokerage teams, specializing in private equity, hedge funds and family offices. Co-led by Robert’s son, David Emden, the team has unparalleled expertise in local and national tenant advisory services as well as multimarket transactions around the globe. Robert’s scope of expertise includes all types of real estate requirements and complex projects. He and his team leverage Newmark’s global capabilities to fulfill any and all of their clients’ real estate portfolio requirements.
Robert started his career in the early seventies at Edward S. Gordon Company (ESG) and helped to grow the firm to approximately 450 before it was sold. His many transactions include the following:
Partial List of Current and Former Clients
- Coatue Management
- Digital River
- EFI
- EisnerAmper
- Hachette Book Group
- Handelsbanken
- Jordan/Zalaznick Advisors
- KLS Advisors
- Mavinir
- Messier Partners
- Michael C. Fina
- Perceptive Advisors
- Peter Marino Architect
- PGI
- Sciens Capital Partners
- Siris Capital
- SPG Partners
- Stratus Technologies
- TNS Global
- Web.com
- William AM Burden Co., LP
- William Raveis
- Xcel Brands
Robert is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York. He is also a trustee of the American Friends of Hebrew University and is active in the Israeli Bond Organization, the United Jewish Appeal and Concerned Parents for AIDS Research.