Phil Lavoie

Phil is responsible for overseeing day-to-day operational, corporate, and business functions of the company and oversees preservation / value-add development projects. He joined Gotham in 2018, after overseeing asset management and property operations for a number of private equity firms and developers including Madison Realty Capital, WinnResidential, the Arker Companies, Richman Asset Management, and First Sterling Financial.

Phil has overseen investment portfolios in excess of 75,000 apartments, and management portfolios in excess of 8,000 apartments / 3 million square feet of commercial property. These portfolios have consisted of a variety of uses including multifamily, office, medical, retail, industrial, and land. His areas of expertise include asset management, property management, real estate finance and development, distressed debt, and corporate organization and operational efficiency. Phil has overseen several energy retrofit projects, including one for which he received Con Edison’s Property Manager of the Year award in 2012.

Phil has directed several strategic corporate and property level repositioning initiatives, leading to vastly improved financial performance, brand reputation, employee engagement, and owner/investor satisfaction. He has overseen several large-scale preservation projects in complex urban environments, arising in many cases through the foreclosure of distressed debt and the negligent disregard of prior owners. He has managed properties during receiverships, Article 7A proceedings, and bankruptcies. He has overseen the removal of thousands of city code violations and the restoration of services to disadvantaged residents.

Phil holds a BS from Bard College and an MS from NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate.

Phil currently serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including the New York State Association for Affordable Housing, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, the Citizens Housing & Planning Council, the Garment District Alliance, and the New York Housing Conference. He is an Adjunct Instructor at the Stephen L. Newman Real Estate Institute of Baruch College, as well as an instructor in NYC HPD’s Minority & Women-Owned Business Enterprise Development Program.