About

Nicholas G. Maloof is President and General Counsel of Associated Environmental Services, LLC (AES), an environmental services, land development and real estate consulting firm based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Mr. Maloof is an active member of the State Bar of Michigan and has over 26 years of experience as a transactional attorney and over 35 years of experience in the field of environmental and real estate consulting. A majority of his work is conducted with or on behalf of attorneys, financial institutions, developers, investors, property owners and real estate brokers. Mr. Maloof received his Juris Doctor (JD) from Michigan State University College of Law, his Master of Science Degree (MS) in Earth Science from Western Michigan University and his Bachelor of Science Degree (BS) in Business Administration from Aquinas College. He is also a Registered Professional Geologist in the State of Tennessee and a licensed Associate Real Estate Broker and Title Insurance Resident Producer in the State of Michigan.

Over the past 35 plus years, Mr. Maloof has been involved in thousands of real estate transactions and land development projects from site selection, due diligence, financing and development entitlement standpoint, as well as numerous Workout, Foreclosure and Bankruptcy related matters.

Mr. Maloof has advocated and been involved in what would become known as Brownfield Redevelopment since 1989 when Site Reclamation Fund Grants first became available and has obtained tens of millions of dollars of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), Brownfield Tax Credits (SBT/MBT), Grants and Loans, Tax Abatements, Site Assessment Funds (SAF), Job Creation Grants and other economic incentives throughout Michigan for Brownfield Redevelopment projects.

His tenure includes: being a Past President (2007) of the Commercial Board of Realtors (CBOR) in Michigan, the statewide commercial board which owns the Commercial Property Information Exchange (CPIX); a Member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) East Michigan Alliance Program Steering Committee; founding member of the Real Property Law Section (RPLS)-International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Annual Continuing Education (Con Ed) Program Committee; has previously sat on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) – Detroit Chapter; and a Member of the University of Michigan/Urban Land Institute (UM/ULI) Real Estate Forum Steering Committee which had celebrated over 25 years of events. Mr. Maloof is also past Chair of the Oakland County Bar Association (OCBA) Energy, Sustainability and Environmental Law (ESEL) Committee for 2017-2018 and continues to serve as its’ Legislative Liaison and is currently an elected member of the SBM Environmental Law Section (ELS) Governing Council. As an active member and frequent speaker for the State Bar of Michigan Real Property Law Section, Mr. Maloof is also an approved Continuing Education Instructor with the State of Michigan and has presented numerous accredited educational programs for the State Bar of Michigan, ICSC, ICLE, Lorman Education and CBOR. He is a founding faculty Member of the State Bar of Michigan (SBM) Real Property Law Academy.