Michael Gaines

Michael serves as a Senior Associate at Trout Daniel &Associates where he specializes in investment sales with a focus on multi-family and mixed-use developments.

Prior to TD&A, he was Assistant Secretary for Real Estate for the Maryland Department of General Services for 8 years where he managed an 11 million Square Foot (SF) Office portfolio, led major redevelopment projects, including the $1.5 billion dollar transit oriented development (TOD) of State Center, construction of 200,000 SF state-of-the-art public health lab, and new 100,000 SF headquarters for the Department of Housing at the New Carrollton Station TOD. Prior to working for the State, he was a Vice President and General Manager for the Rouse Company where he provided overall leadership and management for Harborplace and The Gallery, a mixed-use complex containing 300,000 SF of retail, 265,000 SF of office space, an 1,100-car garage, and a 600-room hotel. 

Michael holds a BS in Business and Economics from the University of Maryland – College Park, where he played football.