Ryan T. Schneider

About Ryan T. Schneider

Ryan T. Schneider is the Founder and Principal of PIER Commercial Real Estate Brokerage, LLC and PIER Commercial Real Estate Management, LLC, leading both firms since their formation in 2013. He is a hands-on operator and dealmaker known for clear strategy, disciplined execution, and strong negotiation—serving owners, investors, and users across Coastal Georgia.Ryan’s work spans industrial, retail, office, land, and investment sales and leasing, with additional depth in horizontal land development and the redevelopment/repositioning of retail and office assets. He brings a practical, field-tested understanding of value creation—balancing market intelligence with deal structure, timeline control, and stakeholder management.His foundation was built in valuation and consulting. Ryan began his career in 1991 with Marshall & Stevens, traveling throughout the Eastern United States on complex assignments involving manufacturing and industrial facilities, hotels and resort properties, retail centers, senior housing (ACLFs), apartment portfolios, and large land tracts. In the mid-1990s, Ryan expanded his commercial skill set through Fortune 500 territory management roles with Pfizer, Inc.(Original Labs Division) and Novartis, Inc, covering Tampa, Sarasota, Bradenton, Cape Coral, and Fort Myers—experience that sharpened his sales discipline, relationship-building, and performance-driven execution while he remained active in real estate.Ryan later worked with Hugh Armstrong Real Estate Company and assumed leadership in 2002, continuing to grow the platform before buying out a partner and forming PIER in 2013.He earned a Bachelor of Business (Real Estate and Banking) from Georgia Southern University and holds the CCIM designation, reflecting advanced expertise in investment analysis and commercial deal structure. Ryan is active in the Savannah community, serving as a board member of the YMCA of Coastal Georgia and The Habersham School.Ryan lives in Isle of Hope, Georgia with his wife, and they have a daughter currently attending Auburn University. He attends Community Bible Church in Savannah.

Experience

1. President

   Pier Commercial Real Estate

   Sep 2013 — Present · Savannah, GA, US

   Sole owner. Manage overall operations of the company including a team of six associate brokers and property management staff. All aspects of Industrial, Commercial, Retail and Office real estate services including tenant and landlord representation, seller and purchaser representation. Property management, asset and partnership management, and development services are offered by PIER Commercial Real Estate Management, LLC.Prior to the formation of PIER Commercial Real Estate Brokerage, LLC and PIER Commercial Real Estate Management, LLC, Ryan partnered with Clayton Hostetter in 2005 to form Hostetter Schneider Realty Partners (a/k/a Pier Commercial Real Estate, LLC). Ryan became the sole owner of Pier Commercial Real Estate, LLC in October 2011 and Mr. Hostetter left the company in March 2012.

Education

• Parker College of Business-Georgia Southern University

  Finance, Real Estate and Banking

  1986 — 1991

Skills

• Site Selection
• Landlord
• Feasibility Studies
• Land
• Tenant Representation
• Landlord Representation
• Qualified as Real Estate Expert Witness
• Ccim
• Commercial Real Estate
• Real Estate
• Location Intelligence
• Real Estate Development
• Appraisals
• Brokerage
• Contract Negotiation
• Investment Properties
• Investments
• Land Development
• Landlords
• Management
• Property
• Property Management
• Real Property
• Sellers
• Shopping Centers
• Tenant
• Buyers