Cliff Payne

As Senior Managing Director — Chief Investment Officer, Build-To-Rent, Cliff is responsible for guiding Core’s investment strategy and coverage of capital partner relationships within single family rental.

Prior to joining Core Spaces, Cliff spent approximately thirteen years at Equity International focused on investing in private real estate companies globally. Responsibilities included oversight of the team’s investment origination and execution in certain geographies, and portfolio management of EI portfolio companies. Previously, he worked in New York in Merrill Lynch’s real estate investment banking group where he focused on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and other advisory engagements.

Cliff graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. He currently serves on the board of directors of Homie, a residential real estate technology company based in Mexico, and is an active volunteer for Best Buddies Illinois and participant in their Citizens Program.