Danielle R. Stephens

Real Estate

• Negotiated hundreds of commercial leases for landlords and tenants, including retail, office and industrial leases. Locally represented tenants include Pizza Press, Bacon & Butter, US Cryotherapy Sacramento and Viva Supermarkets.
• Negotiated, documented, and closed the acquisition and disposition of retail shopping centers, office buildings, single tenant investment properties, commercial condominiums, and industrial buildings. In 2019 alone, assisted in the purchase of the 250,610 sq. ft. Vallejo Plaza and assumption of CMBS loan, the purchase of a 100,693 sq. ft. retail strip center in Sacramento, the sale of a 58,516 sq. ft. industrial building in San Jose, the sale of a 156,500 sq. ft. storage facility, and the purchase of two adjacent office buildings consisting of 33,082 sq. ft. in Brentwood and assumption of CMBS Loan.
• Negotiated a 100,000+ square foot single tenant warehouse and office lease with a tenant controlled TI build out.
• Assisted a not-for-profit healthcare provider expand its campus through numerous real estate acquisitions in an effort to provide more services to its community.
• Represented a homeowners association in the enforcement of its CC&Rs.
• Represented a business owner in its sale of numerous buildings consisting of approximately 25,000 square feet and the acquisition of a larger building to accommodate its growing operations.
• Negotiated the purchase of a 161,000+ square foot office building complex.
• Local counsel for the purchaser of Sacramento’s tallest building.
• Represented a large, family-owned winery in the acquisition of more than 9,000 acres of land in San Joaquin County.
• Represented the largest United States wireless telephone company in real estate matters in its Central California, Northern California and Northern Nevada service areas, including negotiation and preparation of leases for land, tower, and rooftop leases for hundreds of cell sites, as well as the acquisition of Subordination, Non Disturbance and Attornment Agreements from national banks.
• Guided a physician through the process of acquiring a mixed use, multi-unit building in San Francisco and securing SBA financing for the purchase and extensive building remodel.
• Negotiated the loan agreement, deed of trust, indemnity agreement, and other ancillary documents required by lender to provide financing for the expansion of a bed and breakfast establishment in Placerville.
• Acted as local counsel assisting out-of-state counsel navigate the nuances of purchasing and financing real property in California.
• Prepared an agricultural lease for over 2,000 acres of land involving the construction of a mill, a nursery, wind turbines, and residential housing.
• Negotiated and closed the purchase of a 148-acre power plant site and numerous transmission line easements.

Environmental

• Enforced environmental indemnity provision to collect significant costs incurred by the property owner in connection with a third party’s remediation activities.
• Assisted a responsible party with the negotiation of an environmental access agreement permitting entry to an adjacent site to perform remediation activities while limiting the scope of the client’s liability.
• Negotiated a cost sharing agreement to allocate environmental liability between the property owner and dry cleaning operator.
• Guided a shopping center owner through the SB445 grant process to fund the remediation of releases from a prior tenant’s dry cleaning operations.
• Guided a property owner through the SCAP grant process to fund remediation of releases from a prior tenant’s manufacturing operations.

Bankruptcy

• Represented seller carryback lenders collecting from defaulting borrowers who filed for bankruptcy to avoid foreclosure, and was successful in obtaining payment in full for the lenders.

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Outside of the office, Danielle enjoys spending time with her family exploring our National Parks, camping, skiing, boating and attending her daughter’s sporting events.

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Professional, Community And Pro Bono Involvement

• Fairytale Town, Board of Directors, President, 2023; Vice President, 2022; Board Member since 2015
• Food Literacy Center, Pro Bono Counsel, 2015-present
• LAI Sacramento, 2023-present
• California Real Estate for Women (CREW), Program Committee, 2019-present
• California Young Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 2015- 2019
• FBI Citizens Academy, Class of 2018
• City of Sacramento Management Academy, Class of 2017
• Leadership Sacramento, Sacramento Metro Chamber Foundation, Class of 2016
• Sacramento County Bar Association, Board of Directors, 2008-2010
• Sacramento County Bar Association, Real Property Law Section, President, 2007; Vice President, 2006
• California Lawyers Association, Real Property Law Section
• Association of Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), Former Co-Chair of the Broker of Year Awards & Charity Event

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Honors & Rankings

• AV Preeminent^® Rating by Martindale-Hubbell^®, 2015-present
• Martindale-Hubbell^® Platinum Client Champion Award, 2019
• CREW Women of Influence, Law, 2021
• Sacramento Magazine, 100 Notable Business Leaders, 2021
• Best Lawyers in America^©, Real Estate Law, 2024
• Super Lawyers, Northern California Super Lawyer, Real Estate, 2018-2023
• Sacramento Magazine, Top Lawyer, Real Estate, 2017-2023
• Sacramento Business Journal, Best of the Bar, 2014-2019