Phil Wharton is chief investment officer at Twining Properties. He was on the
forefront of development and investment in Long Island city and downtown Brooklyn while at AvalonBay Communities, and he helped reshape the downtown of New Rochelle, New York through the innovative public/private partnership between RXR Realty and the City of New Rochelle.

Wharton built the residential development platform for RXR Realty, one of the largest owners, managers, and developers and operators in the NYC Tri-State area. At RXR, he oversaw the development of 1,792 apartments at a cost of $813 million. Prior to that role, he developed residential and mixed use developments at Brookfield Property Group and AvalonBay Communities, for a total of 3.5 million square feet and including 4,903 apartment homes, at a total cost of approximately $2.4 billion. He serves on several boards, including the Council on Economic Education, which trains approximately 55,000 teachers annually, and ChaShaMa, which places artists’ studios and exhibits in vacant retail spaces.

He holds an MBA from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and a BA from Harvard College.