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Phone: 816.360.4207
Fax: 816.753.1536

F. Chase Simmons

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With an employment background in real estate development, F. Chase Simmons brings real life experience to his real estate practice.

 

Mr. Simmons concentrates on large-scale redevelopment projects and all manners of public financing. He regularly appears on behalf of his clients before municipal boards and councils in nearly every jurisdiction in the area. As a result, in addition to his zoning and real estate practice he has developed expertise in fields as diverse as tax increment financing, Corp of Engineers' environmental approvals and New Markets Tax Credits.

 

Mr. Simmons' familiarity with the municipal finance procedures and nuances of governmental entities gives him a unique perspective and breadth of experience from which to draw when representing client interests at local, state and federal levels of government.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • GenKC Steering Committee
  • Light the Night Young Professionals Chairman
  • Co-author of the Kansas Community Improvement District Act
  • City of Overland Park Form-Based Code Committee, 2010- Committee Member and Representative of Development Attorneys
  • City of Overland Park Site Design Standards and Architectural Design Steering Committee, 2009- Committee Member
  • Mid-America Regional Council In-Fill Redevelopment Panel, 2007
  • ICSC Roundtable Leader- 2005, 2006 & 2007

Distinctions

  • Ingram's "40 Under 40" 2010
  • Missouri Lawyers Weekly, "Up and Coming Lawyers" 2008
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Man of Year Candidate
  • Leadership Overland Park
  • "Public Incentives Analysis," Real Estate Master's Program, Visiting Instructor, Bloch School of Business, UMKC, 2007 & 2008.

Experience

Kansas City, KS. (Winner of the Business Journal Capstone Award).
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