Phillip Shirk has spent more than a decade building his career at the intersection of brokerage, development, and real estate ownership across the Midwest.

As one of the top-producing commercial real estate brokers in Eastern Iowa, Phillip has built a reputation for sourcing opportunities, structuring complex transactions, and helping investors and business owners make strategic real estate decisions across a broad range of asset classes. His transactional background provides a sharp understanding of market dynamics, pricing, and the discipline required to identify compelling opportunities before they become obvious.

Driven by a passion for creating value beyond the transaction itself, Phillip expanded into development and was drawn to the challenge of taking projects from concept to completion. From early feasibility and site evaluation through zoning, stakeholder coordination, and execution, that experience shaped an owner’s mindset that continues to inform how he evaluates acquisitions and long-term investment opportunities.

Phillip’s experience as an investor, developer, and operator gives him a practical lens on risk, execution, and value creation—bridging market intelligence with real-world ownership perspective. His background in both transactional advisory and hands-on project execution makes him uniquely positioned to identify opportunities, structure creative solutions, and help scale growth.

His service on his local Planning and Zoning Commission broadened his understanding of land use and development, complementing his private-sector experience.

As a Partner at Peridot, Phillip is focused on expanding the firm’s acquisition and development pipeline, sourcing compelling multifamily opportunities, and helping drive long-term value creation across the platform.