H. Scott Miller

Scott Miller's commercial real estate practice involves representation of institutional investors of all types, including insurance companies, pension funds and pension advisers, banks, funds, and national and local real estate developers. Scott has experience with front-end mortgage financing, property acquisitions and dispositions, joint venture arrangements, development work, leasing, hotel development and management, loan workouts, distressed real estate negotiations, and real estate bankruptcies.

Scott handles all types of asset classes, including offices, multifamily apartments, residential and commercial condominiums, ground leased parcels, industrial facilities, age-restricted developments, hotels, restaurants, and other institutionally held projects.

In addition, Scott has experience with capital markets transactions including CMBS and CLO transactions, resecuritizations, preferred equity, and other transactions.

Experience

Lead institutional lender’s counsel in connection with multiple industrial and self-storage portfolio mortgage loans secured by properties in a majority of states.

Construction lender’s counsel for ground-up and material renovation projects in metropolitan Boston, Washington, St. Louis, Northern Florida and other markets.

Joint venture counsel to pension fund advisers for significant multifamily development projects in metropolitan Denver, Boston, South Florida, and other locales.

Lender’s counsel for several life insurance companies in connection with a mezzanine loan warehouse facility used to finance capital and operating reserves relating to HUD project requirements.

Workout counsel for institutional lenders and pension fund advisers in connection with deed in lieu transactions involving office and retail assets in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Nebraska, Maine, and elsewhere.

Workout counsel for institutional lenders, including sales, tax planning, and financing of significant office towers in Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, Boston, and elsewhere.

Honors & Recognitions

The Best Lawyers in America (2022–2027)

New Leaders in the Law, Connecticut Law Tribune (2014)

40 Under 40, Hartford Business Journal (2014)

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Professional & Community Involvement

Scott is a former chairman of the Marlborough, Connecticut, Zoning Commission.