Phil Payonk

Mr. Payonk is responsible for developing and maintaining Hawthorne's strategic capital relationships, including banking, agency, and permanent mortgage providers as well as joint venture equity partners. Additional areas of focus include portfolio and asset management, working with development partners, strategic operating initiatives, and acquisitions.

Phil began his finance career in 2003 as a business banker, for BB&T in Greensboro, North Carolina. In 2004 Phil joined Grandbridge Real Estate Capital in Charlotte North Carolina, where he was responsible for originating and underwriting commercial mortgages for income producing properties throughout the southeast. Since joining Hawthorne in 2012 Mr. Payonk has overseen the acquisition and capitalization of over 12,500 units representing $1.25 Billion in value as well as the ground up development of over 2,000 units.

Phil is a graduate of North Carolina State University, as well as a licensed North Carolina real estate Broker and a CCIM candidate. He is also a board member of the Piedmont Triad Apartment Association and its current Treasurer.