The clearest way to evaluate a luxury home builder is not marketing — it is the list of finished homes with families living in them. Marc Elkman and Empire Development have built that list in Boca Raton, quietly, over more than two decades.
The current Empire Collection
The active Empire Collection concentrates on Boca Raton's tightest luxury geography:
- 1351 Cocoanut Road — Golden Harbour waterfront estate with deep-water dockage.
- 1148 Cocoanut Road — modern coastal composition on a wide Golden Harbour lot.
- 541, 561, and 651 Golden Harbour Drive — a rare cluster on the enclave's most sought-after street.
- 839 Orchid Drive — walk-to-water residence with premium finishes.
- 300 NE 11th Street — East Boca Raton residence adjacent to the Intracoastal.
Where the portfolio lives
Empire Development's residences cluster in four enclaves — each with its own guide on this site: Golden Harbour, Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club, The Sanctuary, and Boca Bay Colony. Staying inside that geography is intentional — it is how the firm keeps its trades, permits, and knowledge of tides and setbacks compounding across projects.
What the record shows
Repeat buyers. Referral-driven sales. Long-tenured subcontractors. Homes that appraise at or above contract and hold their value through cycles. Those are the things a track record is actually made of — and the reason Marc Elkman's name has become a shorthand, in Boca, for a specific standard.