Community Investment Corporation
Anthony (Tony) Hawthorne is an experienced finance professional with a career spanning over three decades. Currently serving as a Senior Loan Officer at Community Investment Corporation since April 1999, Tony previously worked as a Community Outreach Officer at ShoreBank from April 1994 to April 1999 and as a Credit Analyst at Continental Bank from 1989 to April 1994. In addition to extensive practical experience, Tony holds a Master of Art degree in Community Development from North Park University, obtained between 2009 and 2011, and a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and Corrections from Chicago State University, earned from 1978 to 1982.
Community Investment Corporation
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT CORPORATION, Chicago's Multifamily Rehab Lender, is a nonprofit providing mortgage financing to buy and rehab apartment buildings with five units or more in the 6-county metropolitan Chicago area. Since 1999 over 14,000 landlords and managers have completed CIC property management training to help them better market, manage and maintain affordable rental property. CIC also provides below-market financing for multifamily energy improvements in the Energy Savers program. Since 1984 CIC has loaned over $1.2 billion for acquisition and rehab of over 2,200 buildings with 58,000 units. In 2012 CIC received the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.