Getting to know
Silverleaf Financial and Shane Baldwin
Based in Salt
Lake City, Silverleaf Financial is an up-and-coming private equity firm
specializing in acquiring loans through commercial real estate, and works with
FDIC banks and other financial institutions to protect and purchase assets
across the board. Headed by CEO Shane Baldwin, the company has grown out of
Salt Lake City to become a national player in the commercial and residential
real estate markets.
Silverleaf is
unique in the market, in that they maintain a constant flow of distressed or
defaulted commercial whole loans, and formulate the best possible solution to
get the most they can out of these properties and loans through future
monetization. Working within the constraints and challenges of the current
market, Silverleaf focuses exclusively on specific criteria for acquiring
loans, including geographic location, asset class (multi-family, hospitality,
industrial, retail, etc.), cash flow, property age and condition, and more.
With exit
strategies and more always close at hand, Silverleaf Financial works to
maximize value of their acquisitions and turn over or re-trade or negotiate
over distressed properties in a way that best fits their business model as a
private equity firm.
Silverleaf
Financial has been busy in recent years, acquiring a great deal of land and
property from around the country, including a 6,000 acre golf and equestrian
community in Colorado, the Pine Canyon Golf Club in Flagstaff, Arizona, a $16
million portfolio of loans secured by apartment complexes in Georgia, and a
$17.7 million residential condominium and retail development in Salt Lake City.
Never a group to
shy away from opportunity, Silverleaf Financial has taken advantage of the
recent recession and lag in the commercial real estate market to take control
of distressed and non-performing properties and loans, and capitalize on them
as the market begins to turn around for the better.
It's not all
business at Silverleaf Financial, though; CEO Shane Baldwin has made it a point
to give back and be a point of light within the Salt Lake community, as evidenced
by his recent significant donation to the "Both Ends Burning"
Campaign. The campaign, a world-wide non-governmental organization, creates a
better international adoption system so that orphaned and abandoned children
from around the world can grow into loving homes and productive adults.
Baldwin, himself
adopted at a young age, makes it a priority to give back and support important
causes that he deems worthy, proving Silverleaf's commitment to the less
fortunate. Baldwin's work in the community has made Silverleaf more than just
another private equity firm, but a company seeking to provide value to its
neighbors and community stakeholders through real estate and distressed debt, and positive community involvement.
As Silverleaf
expands across the country, watch for their profile to rise in the area of
distressed debt and non-performing loans in the private equity space, and
within commercial, residential, and other real estate areas. Their work in Utah
and throughout the West is only a harbinger of more good things to come for
Silverleaf Financial and Shane Baldwin.
For more info about their Company please visit their official website at Silverleaf Financial Utah
