Gregory Fantauzzi is a vice president and relationship manager for the NY Metro Commercial Real Estate department of Provident Bank.
He is responsible for originating, evaluating and structuring commercial real estate transactions, cross-selling bank products and increasing the bank’s visibility in the NY Metro market.
He works closely with institutional and private investors, owners, and developers to offer a variety of deposit and lending solutions while managing a portfolio of commercial real estate clients.
Gregory recently joined Provident Bank in June 2023 and is excited to increase its exposure to his client base of commercial real estate owners and operators in the New York market.
Provident Bank provides a comprehensive suite of financial products and services through its network of branches throughout New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Provident Bank has been around for more than 180 years and is looking to expand its footprint in the New York market, especially on Long Island.
Prior to joining Provident, Gregory was a vice president, associate group director at Signature Bank where he helped develop, service and maintain the group’s $33 billion real estate portfolio.
Prior to Signature’s closure, Greg personally maintained and serviced a $2.5 billion portfolio composed of 350+ loans including multifamily, retail, office, industrial, land and mixed-use properties.
In his short time with Provident, he has closed a handful of loans and looks forward to growing his portfolio with the Bank.
Gregory attributes much of his success to the close working relationships he formed with his colleagues at both banking institutions.
Signature Bank had a very strong group of commercial real estate lenders that had vast knowledge in the New York market and helped to grow Signature Bank’s CRE portfolio from $0 in 2008 to $33 billion in 2023.
He believes the department had very strong leadership that promoted a significant collaborative working environment and flowed seamlessly from the top down. This was pivotal in his early stages of lending when he joined the Bank in 2015.
He believes that Provident Bank has a similar type of working culture and is excited to continue his early success with the Bank with two of his colleagues from Signature Bank.
He also contributes much of his success to the strong banking and personal relationships that he developed with his clients. This was primarily achieved through a white glove, single point-of-contact model that was/is utilized by both Signature Bank and Provident Bank.
Clients can access and communicate their needs to Greg directly, without having to go through various channels of the Bank, thus providing a quick and efficient process to his clients.
This was a contributing factor to the success of Signature Bank prior to its close in 2023 and is an important model for Provident Bank.
Greg believes that his clients developed a strong loyalty and trust in him that has carried through in his transition from Signature Bank to Provident Bank.
Gregory was born and raised on Long Island where he currently resides with his wife and two children. He received a degree in economics at Boston College.
