Patricia Devlin is a partner in the firm's Honolulu office and a member of its Real Estate, Land Use & Hospitality Practice Group. She concentrates in the area of commercial real estate with an emphasis on finance, development, and land use issues. Ms. Devlin has extensive experience in structuring, negotiating and documenting a wide variety of real property transactions, including exchanges, acquisitions, resort development, time share and commercial leases. She is listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2012 for Real Estate.
Representative Matters Hotels
- Represents various major hotel companies in the sale, purchase and operations of their Hawaii properties
- Negotiates and documents hotel management contracts
Financing
- Represents various lenders in connection with Hawaii resort properties
- Ongoing representation of major Hawaii bank in documenting and restructuring various real property loans
- Represented consortium of banks in due diligence and securing interests in more than 50 separate properties in a $160 million financing
- Served as local counsel for lenders in $750 million credit facility
1031 Exchanges
- Represented major Hawaiian landowner in several large 1031 exchanges. Replacement properties consisted of office buildings, shopping centers, industrial parks and hotels
- Represented family trusts in negotiation and documentation of a combination ground lease / 1031 exchange of Honolulu property for development as a shopping center, office tower and residential condominium and in the acquisition of mainland shopping center and industrial warehouse as replacement properties
Development
- Represented developer in high rise residential projects within the Kakaako Special Design District
- Represented developer of industrial parks in Hawaii and California; dealt with wetlands issues and improvement district bond financing
- Represented developer of golf course and industrial park in California
- Represented developer of affordable housing projects
Shopping Centers
- Represented shopping center owner in leasing, ongoing operations, refinancing, and sale of shopping center
- Developed lease forms for in-line tenants at three major shopping centers
Golf Course
- Represent client in acquisition of a new golf course, construction of a club house and development of a gated residential community
- Represented buyer in acquisitions of four mainland golf courses
Land Use
- Land Use Represented several Hawaii property owners on land use issues
Distinctions
- Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2012 for Real Estate
Affiliations
- Hawaii State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of California (Admitted to Practice - Inactive Status)
- Hawaii Society of Corporate Planners, Past President
- Hawaii Chamber of Commerce, Past President, Land Use Committee
