Danielle Meltzer Cassel Email & Phone Number

Danielle Meltzer Cassel is a Shareholder with Vedder Price who has focused on transactional real estate, zoning/land use, business licensing, and economic development law for more than 27 years. In addition to awards and recognitions from Chambers USA, Leadership Greater Chicago, Public Allies Chicago, the Partnership to End Homelessness, Best Lawyers in America, and Leading Lawyers Network, Ms. Cassel is continually ranked by the elite Legal 500 United States in their "Hall of Fame" for Real Estate and Construction-Land Use/Zoning.Danielle has successfully completed transactions and obtained entitlements and incentives for a broad spectrum of clients and properties in urban and suburban contexts, including:* complex mixed-use developments; * corporate headquarters and other office developments; * single-family and multi-family residential developments; * retail and hospitality projects including shopping centers, hotels, restaurants, entertainment venues, golf courses, and cannabis uses; * institutional developments, including hospitals, social service agencies, schools, universities, and religious institutions; * industrial projects including large industrial parks, distribution centers, and waste management uses;* planned developments (both creation and modification); * vertical and horizontal subdivisions; * annexations and disconnections; * map and text amendments; * special uses and variations; * building permits and business licenses; * landmark designations and modifications to landmarked properties; * legal non-conformities; * public/private land transfers, including purchases, dedications, vacations, easements and privileges, * rail service and improvements, including but not limited to obtaining Illinois Commerce Commission approvals;* billboard, high-rise, and street-front signage, including but not limited to Federal Aviation Authority approvals;* Tax Increment Financing (both property-tax- and sales-tax-based);* New Markets and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits; * Opportunity Zones;* Governmental loans and grants;* Bond Financing.