Susan A. Hays

Shareholder, Hartford

(860) 548-2640

shays@uks.com

Susan A. Hays has practiced at the Firm in the area of real estate law since her graduation from law school in 1984. Her practice focuses in commercial real estate, with an emphasis on development, land use, permitting, acquisition, construction and financing.

Ms. Hays has been involved in some of the largest real estate developments in the State of Connecticut, including The Mall at Buckland Hills in Manchester, the Brass Mill Center in Waterbury and the CIGNA Campus redevelopment. Representative clients include General Growth Properties, Inc., CIGNA, Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated, and The Hartford.

Projects involving primary/significant responsibility include Brass Mill Commons - regional mall in Waterbury, CT; CIGNA Master Plan - redevelopment of 600 acre campus to multi-use (golf course, residential, hotel, office) facility, Bloomfield, CT; Pepperidge Farm - 280,000+/-square feet bakery facility, Bloomfield, CT; Austin Brook Estates - 200+/- acre residential subdivision, East Granby and Suffield, CT.

Ms. Hays is involved in numerous professional and community organizations where she has served in various leadership roles, including president, vice president, treasurer and board member. These organizations include International Council of Shopping Centers, The Real Estate Exchange, Leadership Greater Hartford - Class of 1995, Junior League of Hartford, Inc., Twin Oaks Condominium Association, Celebrate Windsor, Inc., The Town & County Club, Waterman Associates, Inc., Wingaersheek Yacht Club and BASIC. She is a member of the Bar Associations for the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the Hartford County Bar Association.

Ms. Hays received her J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Boston College Law School in Newton, Massachusetts and her A.B., magna cum laude, from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

 

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Practice Focus

• Real Estate Finance & Leasing
• Real Estate Development

Education Professional & Community Associations

• Connecticut Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Rhode Island Bar Association
• Hartford County Bar Association
• International Council of Shopping Centers
  Co-Chairman, State Government Affairs Committee 1994-1999
  State Director 1999-2002
  Co-Chairman, Operations Committee 2002-2005
  Co-Chairman, Alliance Committee 2005-2008
  Eastern Division Alliance Private Sector Co-Chair 2011-2014
  Environmental Subcommittee
  Alliance Advisory Committee
  ICSC Ambassador 
• Real Estate Exchange 1989-2010
  Professional Development Committee, Chairman 1993-1994
  Vice President 1997-1998
  President 1998-1999
  Past President 1999-2000
  NNCREW Delegate 2000
  Public Relations Committee 2001-2003
  Blue Ribbon Committee 2003-2004
  Chair, Blue Ribbon Committee 2004-2005
  Co-Chair, Program Committee 2008
• Leadership Greater Hartford, Class of 1995
• BASIC, 1984-Present
  Chairman, Greater Hartford Area 1997-2014
  Chairman, Connecticut 1999-2007
• Town and County Club
  Member, 2004 - Present
  Board of Governors, 2011-2013
  Chair, Dinner Committee 2011-2013
  Chair, Audit Committee 2011-2013
  Member, Finance Committee 2010-2015
  Member, Personnel Committee 2013-2015
• The 1892 Club
  Member
• The Hundred Club of Connecticut
  Member

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