Mike Miller has been working in the operations side of the commercial property management business since the early 1980’s starting as a stationary engineer with Black & Decker MFG, Co and then with the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He entered the shopping center industry in 1987 as a building/engineer for Shopco Management Corp, at Cranberry Mall — now known as The Town Mall of Westminster, in Westminster, MD — where he was responsible for maintaining the physical plant and overseeing all tenant construction projects. Mike advanced to the position of Assistant Director of Operations before being promoted to the position of Director of Operations of Eastpoint Mall in Dundalk, MD. He served in that capacity from 1993 to 2006, first for Shopco Advisory Corp., then for Jones, Lang and LaSalle Services, Inc., and finally for Thor Equities. Mike joined the Trout management companies in 2006.

Mike brings with him extensive hands-on experience in meeting the challenges of maintaining the infrastructures of older properties while keeping abreast of the latest construction techniques and maintenance strategies.