Eric Finley
Based out of the firm’s Dallas office, Eric Finley has developed particular expertise in helping non-profit social service providers realize their facility and programmatic ambitions, both in Texas and throughout the nation. Mr. Finley leads business development efforts for Crescent Growth Capital in the DFW Metroplex, closely monitors developments in New Markets Tax Credit financing and continuously deepens Crescent’s relationships with Community Development Entities, tax credit investors, and other industry players through his regular attendance at industry events. Reflecting his experience in finance, Mr. Finley will, on an as-needed basis, assist in deal structuring and financial modeling.
Prior to co-founding Crescent Growth Capital in 2008, Eric Finley served as Vice President at Capital One, N.A., as part of the Debt Capital Markets group. This group developed Capital One’s New Markets Tax Credit product line, resulting in the closing of over $380 million in NMTC financings. Mr. Finley was also involved in the formation of, and served as an officer for Capital One Community Renewal Fund, LLC, a Community Development Entity which received NMTC allocations totaling $160 million from the CDFI Fund of the U.S. Treasury. Mr. Finley served as an officer on Capital One Public Funding, LLC, which managed over $1 billion in tax exempt bonds. Before Capital One’s acquisition of Hibernia National Bank, Mr. Finley was a Senior Financial Analyst/Junior Investment Banker for Hibernia Southcoast Capital’s Public Finance division.
From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Finley worked at CSG Advisors in Atlanta, financial advisors to state and local governments, public agencies, non-profit corporations, financial institutions and real estate development firms. Mr. Finley structured over $2 billion in taxable and tax-exempt single-family and multi-family housing mortgage revenue bond financings on both a negotiated and competitive basis. Prior to CSG Advisors, Mr. Finley worked at Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, a real estate investment manager overseeing $39 billion in real estate and mortgage holdings for institutional and private clients. Mr. Finley was part of the Corporate Finance division tasked with ongoing internal profitability analysis/tracking of investor performance returns for all real estate assets: Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities, Real Estate Investment Trusts, private debt and equity real estate funds. Mr. Finley received his B.S.B.A in Finance with a minor in Economics from the University of Florida in 1998.