D. Scott McLain

ABOUT

D. Scott McLain, JD, CCIM, CRE, CIPS, of Huntsville, Alabama, is Principal and Managing Broker of Coldwell Banker Commercial McLain Real Estate and also Managing Member of McLain Development, LLC. McLain is a retail developer, advocate for downtown redevelopment, and proponent of adaptive reuse of existing real - estate improvements. His firm is engaged in brokerage, management, investing, and development. McLain is a graduate of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Advanced Management Development Program (AMDP) designation in commercial real estate. McLain also graduated from Duke University with a degree in Public Policy and he holds a Juris Doctor degree from Cumberland School of Law. He clerked for a U.S. District Judge and practiced law for four (4) years prior to entering the commercial real estate practice. McLain is very active in professional, civic, cultural, political, educational, and charitable organizations at the local, state, and national levels. ### Headline D. Scott McLain, JD, CCIM., CRE, CIPS

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  “May I Take You to Dinner?” Restaurant Dining in a Post-COVID-19 World

  In a matter of weeks one of the most common and pleasant activities we have enjoyed for decades came to a screeching halt. The Coronavirus has devastated the restaurant industry in a way that none of us anticipated. Businesses have closed, curtailing their income streams and employment. Restaurants have contracted with their lenders and landlords based on an economic model that will likely no longer exist. And we as diners have been deprived of a fundamental activity of our daily lives.