Charles Hazen is a veteran real estate professional and President of Transwestern Investment Group, a part of the Transwestern group of companies with more than $3.2B in AUM. In his role, Charles has leadership responsibility for the strategic direction, investor relationships and operational activities for all of TIG's business units. Prior to joining TIG, he spent the past 4 years at Stanmore Partners, a real estate development and investment firm he co-founded. He has taken a spot on Stanmore Partners' board to oversee several projects under development. Before that, he spent the majority of his 32-year career at Hines, where he was a member of the Hines executive committee and managed the acquisition or development of approximately $12 billion of office, retail, industrial and multifamily properties worldwide. Possessing extensive capital-raising experience with prominent institutional investors, Charles was involved in raising more than $6.2 billion over a 15-year period.
Charles was Senior Managing Director and CEO of the Core Fund/REIT Division and CEO of HInes U.S. Core Office Fund. He was responsible for raisin​g approximately $6.2 billion from global investors, including pension funds, insurance companies, and sovereign wealth funds. He managed a 180-person team as President and CEO of four investment vehicles, including an institutional core fund and two public non-traded REITs. He was CEO of Hines Corporate Properties, a venture with New York State Common Retirement Fund to develop single tenant office buildings in the U.S. MEDIA & APPEARANCES Charles has appeared in various leading financial media publications and outlets. He has also appeared as a guest on Real Vision.