Phil Block is one of the Founders and Managing Partners of LBX Investments. Along with his Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner, Rob Levy, Phil guides overall corporate strategy and is responsible for the growth of the platform, acquisitions and execution of the firm’s strategy. Through his leadership, LBX has built a premier portfolio of shopping centers throughout the country with a concentration in the Southeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Since 2016, Phil and Rob have led over $400 million in acquisitions.
Phil has over 15 years of real estate investment experience. Prior to launching LBX in February 2018, Phil was partnered with a family office focused on Southeastern U.S. shopping centers where he was responsible for acquisitions, asset management, and capital raising. Formerly, Phil was a Senior Managing Director at RealtyMogul.com, where he created the commercial lending business and led institutional capital markets efforts. Prior, he was VP of Corporate Finance and Capital Markets at Centerline Capital Group, an NYC-based multifamily finance and asset management company with $13B in AUM. Prior, he helped launch Dominion Capital Advisors, a commercial real estate advisory firm with an affiliated mezzanine / private equity lender. Phil began his real estate career as an investment banker at Cantor Fitzgerald in NYC.
Phil has a BBA, cum laude from George Washington University and graduated from the General Course at the London School of Economics with a degree in Finance. He grew up in Suburban Philadelphia and resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters.
