Geoff Block is an accomplished financial services provider who joined RLB Squared, LLC, in Bluffton, South Carolina, as manager following his tenure at Crown Growth Partners. In addition to his work at RLB Squared, Geoff Block engages with numerous charitable organizations, such as the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry.
A registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, or Lowcountry Strong, works with families and community members throughout Beaufort and Jasper counties with a mission of benefitting in-need individuals, particularly those impacted by natural disasters.
Due to limited resources and high demand, Lowcountry Strong services are only available to eligible individuals. To begin, only full-time residents living in either Beaufort or Jasper are eligible. Individuals are only considered for Lowcountry Strong support if their financial needs can be viewed as critical, typically as a result of considerable damage to their place of residence. A family may also be eligible for support if their overall quality of life has greatly suffered.
Finally, Lowcountry Strong services have been designed to benefit the region’s most at-risk families. Households with annual incomes surpassing $85,000 generally are not accepted into the program, though exceptions can be made for families in extreme situations.
A former executive with Crown Growth Partners, Geoff Block serves as the manager of RLB Squared, LLC, where he oversees the company's extensive portfolio of hedge funds and real estate. Beyond his professional pursuits, Geoff Block is an avid fan of the Major League Baseball (MLB) New York Yankees.In February, the Yankees traded for Texas Rangers’ Russell Wilson, one of the most high-profile players in all of professional sports. Wilson was drafted in the fourth round of the 2010 MLB Amateur Draft and played briefly for the Colorado Rockies minor league system before his rights were acquired by the Rangers, but he is best known for his abilities on the football field.Wilson has been the starting quarterback of the NFL Seattle Seahawks since 2012 and owns a career win-loss-tie record of 65-30-1 to go along with 161 touchdowns and 22,176 passing yards. He's a four-time Pro Bowl player and won a Super Bowl in 2013. Although he confirmed he has no plans to give up football, Wilson will attend Yankees spring training and share a dugout with Yankees stars Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton.
After success on Wall Street with Crown Growth Partners, Geoff Block turned his attention to managing his family’s holdings through his RLB Squared company. Geoff Block has numerous outside interests, including the music of singer-songwriter Lionel Richie.Born in 1949 in historic Tuskegee, Alabama, Richie helped found the Commodores, one of the top rhythm and blues acts of the 1970s. Playing the saxophone and singing, he also wrote such hits as “Easy” and “Three Times a Lady.”Richie went solo in 1980. His song “Endless Love” became a hit duet with Diana Ross, and his 1982 self-titled album climbed the Billboard charts and earned him a Grammy for best male pop vocalist. His next album, Can’t Slow Down (1984), introduced his popular song “All Night Long” and won Richie a best-album Grammy.Richie added to his fame by co-authoring (with Michael Jackson) the humanitarian hit “We Are the World.” His success continued with 1986’s album Dancing on the Ceiling, a four-million copy bestseller.Setbacks such as his father’s death and a messy divorce interrupted Richie’s career until the release of Louder Than Words in 1996. Two other works followed, Renaissance (2000) and Coming Home (2006). He returned to top album status with Tuskegee (2012), a country CD in which he collaborated with Jennifer Nettles and Willie Nelson. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts honored Richie for his lifetime achievement in December, 2017.
A former employee of Crown Growth Partners, Geoff Block has served as a manager of RLB Squared in Bluffton, South Carolina, since 2013. One of Geoff Block’s major property acquisitions with RLB Squared was 1 Sharp Plaza in Mahwah, New Jersey.Featuring three stories and 147,077 square feet of office space at the intersection of the New York Thruway, I-287, and Route 17, 1 Sharp Plaza is located nearby other large business properties including the Crossroads Corporate Center. It is also close to the Ramapo College of New Jersey and the Westchester County Airport. The neighborhoods within a five-mile radius have an average household income that exceeds $120,000.In addition to its valuable highway-adjacent visibility, the property features a full-service cafeteria and a parking lot that is big enough to accommodate 647 vehicles. A Class A concrete office building, 1 Sharp Plaza sits on a campus that also contains a 350,000-square-foot warehouse and 23 acres of undeveloped land.
