Commercial real estate veteran Baron Christopher Hanson joins ALIGN’D Properties

Off-market commercial real estate specialist Baron Christopher Hanson has officially affiliated with Mary Beth Wichlei (Broker-in-Charge) and the ALIGN’D Properties commercial real estate team. Operating out of the firm’s Charleston office at 677 King Street, Suite 301, Hanson will transact via portfolio buyers and sellers across the South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia commercial real estate (CRE) markets.

The move follows the acquisition of Hanson’s previous firm, Oyster Point Group, by Compass.

In his new role with ALIGN’D Properties, Hanson will continue his focus on private capital placement into off-market, income-producing Retail, Industrial, and Medical CRE assets, as well as land assemblages for redevelopment and adaptive reuse properties.

Amid growing industry concerns regarding artificial or “Super Intelligence,” automated chatbots, and insecure online underwriting—where sensitive financial and tenant data is uploaded to public web servers—Hanson emphasizes a return to confidential, relationship-driven strategies.

“My institutional buyers and portfolio sellers seek serious, proof-of-funds-backed transactions built on accurate H.I. (Human Intelligence) relationships—not strangers or A.I. chatbots on the internet,” said Hanson. “Far more disposition owners and acquisition investors are reverting to old-school ‘pocket listing’ strategies to buy and sell commercial properties quietly, confidentially, and calmly off-market.”

Hanson and the ALIGN’D Properties team work directly with experienced disposition and acquisition partners prepared to transact via in-place investment capital or 1031 exchange funds.

For inquiries regarding off-market commercial dispositions or acquisitions in the Carolinas and Georgia, contact Baron Christopher Hanson at [email protected] or by phone at 854-895-0085.