Paul W. Shadle

Recent Experience

• Representation of institutional owner of large regional mall in obtaining public incentive financing and land use approvals for conversion of mall to high-end regional retail center and 2,000+ unit multi-family residential community
• Representation of National Football League club in real estate and public/private partnership matters related to development of a new stadium
• Representation of Major League Baseball team in real estate, historic preservation, land use and public financing matters related to comprehensive stadium rehabilitation and development of an adjacent mixed-use commercial project
• Representation of hotel developer in obtaining land use entitlements and tax incentives for rehabilitation and additions to Chicago Landmark structures on North and South Michigan Avenue
• Representation of warehouse/distribution developer in obtaining land use approvals and incentives for development of a cutting edge, multi-story Chicago warehouse and distribution center.
• Representation of developer in acquisition, entitlement, public/private financing and development of urban infill site with 60-unit mixed-use retail/residential tower
• Representation of Fortune 500 company in partial disposition, sale-leasebacks, entitlements and public financing for redevelopment of headquarters campus
• Representation of Fortune 500 company in sale-leaseback of offices in multiple states
• Representation of national retailer in acquisition, entitlement and public-private financing for adaptation of Landmark structures in multiple locations to retail uses
• Representation of oil and gas company in disposition of multi-state terminal portfolio
• Representation of developer in acquisition, entitlement and TIF financing for multi-tower, 630-dwelling unit mixed-use redevelopment of an urban hospital campus
• Representation of oil and gas company in disposition of integrated subsidiary and related real property
• Representation of the developer of a former steel plant brownfield into a 500+ acre mixed-use development, including City of Chicago commitment of US $100 million in tax increment financing
• Representation of developer in obtaining land use entitlements and public financing for multiple grocer-anchored retail projects
• Representation of the owner of a 1.5 million square foot office building in obtaining landmark status and a US$30 million tax incentive to fund redevelopment for a hotel and office
• Representation of a pension fund in the relocation, approval and development of its new headquarters in suburban Chicago and disposition of the existing headquarters
• Representation of an energy company in real estate matters related to redevelopment of refinery facilities in Illinois, New Jersey and Ohio
• Representation of numerous nonprofit developers in obtaining zoning and land use entitlements in the City of Chicago and surrounding municipalities
• Representation of private developers in acquisition, entitlement and financing for the redevelopment of large-scale mixed-income housing projects in Chicago's downtown, South Side and West Side
• Representation of a national retail wholesaler in acquisition, entitlement and financing for the development of new stores in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin

• Panelist, Gensler Design Forecast Live, “Froom Distressed to Dynamic: Unlocking Value through Office Building Conversions” (Panelist, November 8, 2023)
• Keynote speaker and panelist for the DePaul University Driehaus College of Business 2018 conference titled "When Tenants Take A Fall:  Adpative Reuse of Vacant or Underperforming Real Estate" co-hosted by the Chaddick Institute on January 26, 2018.
• American Planning Association, 2017 National Conference, New York - "Density and Other Municipal Zoning Bonuses for Affordable Housing" (Panelist, May 7, 2017)
• University of Chicago Law School: 2016 Conference on Evidence and Innovation in Housing Law and Policy: Panel on Housing and Land Use Controls
  (Moderator, June 3, 2016)
• University of Chicago Law School Kreisman Series Panel:  "Private Mixed-Use Development and the Public Interest"  (Panelist, February 12, 2015)
• "Considering the Bipartisan Policy Center's Housing Commission Report on Federal Housing Policy," Illinois Governor's Conference on Affordable Housing Plenary Session Panel (Moderator, April 24, 2013)