NEW YORK – Christie’s International Real Estate (CIRE), the world’s leading expert on high-end real estate, announced today that it will open a new residential real estate brokerage office in New York City.  The new office will be located in Christie’s flagship U.S. auction house location at 20 Rockefeller Plaza and will serve global buyers and sellers of luxury real estate in New York City, many of whom are clients of the auction house. CIRE is launching an initiative to build a team of leading real estate specialists and expects to open the new brokerage in the second half of 2017.

Commenting on the opening of its first brokerage office, CIRE’s Chief Executive Officer, Dan Conn said: “We are pleased to expand Christie’s client service options to include custom tailored residential real estate buying and selling services in the dynamic New York City market. Our unique international perspective on the world of art and luxury goods has made Christie’s the global authority in these categories for over 250 years.  We are excited to bring that expertise, together with our global relationships and incomparable level of client service, directly to the New York real estate market.” 

For over 20 years, CIRE has introduced Christie’s clients, looking to purchase luxury homes worldwide, to members of its global Affiliate network of exclusive, independently owned real estate brokerage firms.  CIRE network members are the worldwide authorities on the marketing and sale of distinctive homes.  Supported by Christie’s art auction house, the network has grown to approximately 140 Affiliates with operations in 46 countries. In 2016, the network had combined annual sales volume of approximately $115 billion, and it continues to expand with recent new affiliations in Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Las Vegas in the United States and internationally in Chile, France, Spain and Thailand.