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Complementary Experience.
Shared Accountability.

Every investment is underwritten and approved by both managing partners, combining operator judgment with credit discipline.

01Land & Operations

Managing Partner

Dylan Patel

Leads Sourcing and Land Execution.

After earning a B.S. in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin, Dylan began his career as a consultant at The Claro Group. He later left the corporate sector to build and operate a portfolio of SugaringNYC waxing salons, gaining firsthand experience in operations and business ownership.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dylan entered land investing by acquiring and reselling smaller parcels. He has since expanded his land transaction experience across Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Alabama, with a focus on sourcing opportunities and executing parcel-level business plans. That work developed a practical understanding of parcel pricing, local buyer demand, marketing, and the execution required to bring land transactions to closing.

At The Palm Group, Dylan leads sourcing, broker and county relationships, subdivision execution, marketing, and dispositions. Before committing to an acquisition, he evaluates access, water, surveys, flood exposure, and local subdivision requirements to identify practical constraints and opportunities.

He is now focused on scaling The Palm Group’s land platform through repeatable sourcing, disciplined diligence, and strong execution from acquisition through sale.

dylan.patel@palmgroupusa.com
02Capital & Credit

Managing Partner

Shiv Patel

Leads Underwriting and Capital Management.

Shiv began his career at Goldman Sachs, where he focused on hospitality real estate asset management, acquisitions, and investment analysis across a portfolio of approximately $1.6 billion, comprising 16 assets and more than 3,500 keys across the United States and the Caribbean. His experience spanned both pre- and post-COVID market environments and included valuation, business-plan underwriting, capital planning, and asset dispositions.

He currently serves as Vice President of Hospitality Debt Financing at American Bank, N.A., where he focuses on commercial lending, credit underwriting, transaction structuring, and sponsor assessment.

His prior experience also includes commercial lending at Bank7, where he originated and managed credit relationships across real estate and other operating industries. Across his career, Shiv has developed perspective on both debt and equity capital structures, with an emphasis on asset-level cash flow, basis, liquidity, and downside protection.

At The Palm Group, Shiv leads underwriting, capital structuring, financing strategy, treasury management, and investor reporting. His approach centers on disciplined underwriting, conservative capitalization, and aligning financing structures with each investment’s business plan and exit strategy.

shiv.patel@palmgroupusa.com

Alignment

We Invest Beside Our Partners.

Co-investment

Our own capital is invested in each project.

Guarantees

We personally guarantee the platform's bank financing.

Dual approval

Acquisitions, sales, borrowing, and related-party transfers require both partners.

Built for accountability

One Investment Review Process.

Dylan challenges the physical and market assumptions. Shiv challenges the capital structure and downside case. An opportunity advances only when both perspectives support the decision.