Peachtree Group has developed an EB-5 program in a bid to drive new projects across the country. Adam Greene has been named EVP of the new program.
The EB-5 visa program allows foreign investors to obtain a green card in exchange for making a significant investment in a new commercial enterprise that creates jobs in the U.S. Under the program, foreign nationals who invest a minimum of $800,000 in a U.S.-based project that creates or preserves at least 10 full-time jobs for U.S. workers are eligible to apply for permanent residency in the U.S.
"Implementing an EB-5 program is an excellent way to access low-cost capital, diversify our funding sources and invest in job-creating projects across the country," Greg Friedman, Peachtree's CEO, and the managing principal said in a statement. "Adam has a reputation as a straight shooter with great technical knowledge of the EB-5 program and brings immediate credibility to our program as we secure capital for our commercial real estate investments."
Adam Greene
Adam Greene (Peachtree Group)
Greene brings more than 30 years of financial experience, including over a decade of EB-5 industry expertise, and has managed more than $600 million of EB-5 investments during his career. Greene serves as an executive officer and board member for Invest in the USA, the national EB-5 regional center trade association that represents dozens of companies that are designated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to facilitate job-creating EB-5 investments. Before Greene's EB-5 experience, he established the hospitality financing program at Textron Financial. Under this program, Textron Financial provided over $250 million in senior debt for hospitality development projects in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico in chain scales ranging from economy to luxury. Before Textron Financial, Greene focused on project financing for infrastructure, sports, and petrochemical projects with JP Morgan Chase in New York and London and for WestLB in New York. Greene received an MBA from New York University and his bachelor's from Cornell University.