Summary:
- Peachtree closed more than $2.5B in loans co-originated with insurance firms.
- It is supported by 11 established relationships and more in development.
- The private credit platform has originated $2.6 billion year-to-date.
PEACHTREE GROUP CLOSED more than $2.5 billion in loans co-originated with insurance partners since inception in 2007, increasing access to long-term capital and lowering its cost of funds. It combines private credit execution with institutional capital, backed by 11 established relationships and more in development.
This reflects a shift from a bridge lender to a diversified capital provider offering financing across the credit spectrum, Peachtree said in a statement.
“Our business has always been about flexibility and meeting borrowers where they are in the cycle,” said Greg Friedman, Peachtree’s managing principal and CEO. “While we’re known for delivering speed and certainty in lending, our insurance company partnerships expand our lending capacity and allow us to provide capital at a much lower cost, giving borrowers more options and creating a more efficient platform.”
Atlanta-based Peachtree is led by Friedman; Jatin Desai, managing principal and CFO; and Mitul Patel, principal.
The addition of insurance company partnerships increases the firm’s ability to offer borrowers full capital solutions while retaining control of origination, underwriting and servicing, the statement said.
Jeremy Stoler, Peachtree’s executive vice president of debt capital markets, said the partnerships expand the company’s reach.
“They allow us to serve sponsors who may not have previously considered us for longer-term or lower-leverage opportunities,” he said. “It’s a natural extension of what we do best: structure, underwrite and service credit investments with institutional discipline.”
Meanwhile, Peachtree’s private credit platform originated more than $2.6 billion year-to-date, the company said. Recognized by the Mortgage Bankers Association as the seventh-largest investor-driven commercial real estate lender in the U.S., the firm provides capital solutions across permanent, bridge, mezzanine, CPACE and Triple Net Lease financing, as well as preferred equity investments.
Peachtree's development portfolio exceeded $2 billion nationwide, including its largest project this year, the eight-story Embassy Suites by Hilton Gulf Shores Beach Resort in Alabama, featuring 257 suites overlooking the Gulf Coast.
