Professional Profile: Eric Busch 2017

Eric Busch - 2017

Name: Eric Busch - 2017

Title: Principal

Company: Peregrine Group, LLC

Location: Rumford and Newport, RI/Boston, MA

Birthplace: Born and raised in Vernon, CT

Family: Wife, Rachel; Son, Grady (9); Daughter, Stella (7); Dog, Tilden (a vizsla)

College: James Madison University; BBA – Finance with a concentration in Real Estate; University of California | Berkeley – Graduate Certificate in Real Estate (classes in the College of Law, Public Policy, Planning, Architecture); University of California | Berkeley – MBA

First job unrelated to your current field: “Busch Brothers Lawn Service” – mowing grass, raking leaves, landscaping and shoveling snow with two brothers (still in operation today as a much larger enterprise)

First job in current field: Analyst/consultant at a public economic development agency and for a real estate private equity group – providing equity and mezzanine debt to development projects

What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Peregrine Group is full service real estate advisory and development firm specializing in all aspects of the real estate development process including strategy and feasibility, site selection, transaction management, debt/equity financing, project management and property management. Future plans include continued footprint expansion of all of our integrated services.

Hobbies: Working on house; boating, kayaking and everything outside and on the water; coaching and exploring with kids

Favorite novel: “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac

Favorite film: “It’s a Wonderful Life” or the original Vacation