{"id":1004157186,"date":"2016-10-27T05:25:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T13:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004157186"},"modified":"2020-05-08T00:47:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T08:47:23","slug":"peter-smith-joins-tpg-real-estate-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/peter-smith-joins-tpg-real-estate-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Smith Joins TPG Real Estate Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fort Worth, Texas &amp; San Francisco<\/strong>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpg.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TPG Real Estate Finance Trust Inc<\/a>. has announced that Peter Smith will be joining the company as managing director &amp; head of originations. Most recently serving as managing director at Ladder Capital Corp., Smith brings to TRT more than 25 years of commercial real estate lending experience, having previously worked with Credit Suisse, UBS and Heller Financial.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004157190\" style=\"width: 289px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/TPG-Real-Estate-Finance-Trust.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004157190\" data-attachment-id=\"1004157190\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/peter-smith-joins-tpg-real-estate-finance\/tpg-real-estate-finance-trust\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/TPG-Real-Estate-Finance-Trust.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Getty Images\/Moment RF&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D600&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1351936630&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;15&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;595949111&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TPG Real Estate Finance Trust\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/TPG-Real-Estate-Finance-Trust.jpg?w=900\" class=\"wp-image-1004157190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/TPG-Real-Estate-Finance-Trust.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco\" width=\"279\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/TPG-Real-Estate-Finance-Trust.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/TPG-Real-Estate-Finance-Trust.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/TPG-Real-Estate-Finance-Trust.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004157190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Smith\u2019s position is the latest key addition to TRT\u2019s leadership team, which is headed by Greta Guggenheim, who joined as CEO in January 2016. \u201cPeter is an accomplished investor with an extensive relationship network and a unique knowledge of the real estate and debt sectors, making him a highly talented, valuable addition to our team,\u201d said Guggenheim. \u201cI have enjoyed knowing and working with Peter and look forward to the opportunity to work with him again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TRT originates first mortgage loans secured by properties undergoing value-creating transformations involving re-leasing, repositioning, renovation, and occasionally construction. Smith will start at TRT in late November and will be based in the firm\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York<\/a> office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTPG has earned an industry-leading reputation as an investor with deep expertise across a variety of industries and asset classes. It\u2019s an exciting time to join TRT and I look forward to helping build upon its momentum,\u201d added Smith.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of TPG Real Estate Finance Trust<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smith will assume the role of managing director &#038; head of originations in late November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1269,"featured_media":1004157190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21825,1600,21742,10,21744],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004157186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","category-new-york","category-latest","category-northeast","category-people"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Peter Smith Joins TPG Real Estate Finance - 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