Founding Partner
Philip 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.
He has over 15 years of real estate investment experience. Prior to launching LBX in February 2018,
He 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.
Philip 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.
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