Patrick A. Perry

Representative Matters

• Aeroterm USA (Annapolis, Maryland). Represented client in connection with obtaining approvals from Los Angeles World Airports and the City of Ontario for the development of a new air cargo facility at the Ontario International Airport.
• Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, California). Represented client in connection with approval by the City of Pasadena for a new Master Plan for campus development. Represented client in negotiations with the City of Pasadena for a long term ground lease for City-owned property.
• Azusa Land Partners (Newport Beach, California). Conducted due diligence review and drafted assignment and assumption agreements and operating memoranda ensuring transfer of obligations from seller to buyer for the development of 1,250 new homes on the former Monrovia Nursery property in the City of Azusa. Assisted client in connection with litigation against the California Department of Industrial Relations regarding application of state prevailing wage requirements.
• Azusa Pacific University (Azusa, California). Assisted in obtaining approvals from the City of Azusa for a new Specific Plan and Development Agreement for campus expansion. Represented client in connection with litigation against the State Historical Resources Commission for designation of drive-in movie theater owned by client as eligible for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources.
• Beacon Capital Partners (Los Angeles, California). Conducted land use and zoning due diligence review in connection with the client's acquisition of the following properties: Union Bank Center, Seattle, Washington; 50 Beale Street San Francisco, California; Figueroa Plaza, Los Angeles, California; 1000 Wilshire, Los Angeles, California.
• The Chadmar Group (Santa Monica, California). Assisted residential developer to obtain entitlements from City of Marina for development of 1,050 new homes on former Fort Ord.
• Cornishe of Bighorn (Ceres, California). Represented client in connection with obtaining approvals for a 38 unit residential condominium development in the City of Palm Desert and in connection with obtaining development approvals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the California Department of Fish & Game.
• Del Mar Station, LLC. Represented client in connection with the development of a combined light rail transit facility and mixed-use project consisting of a retail, office, and multi-family residential complex.
• Empire Commercial (Ontario, California). Represented client in connection with obtaining approvals for a new multi-tenant retail center in the City of Palmdale.
• Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, California). Represented a private nondenominational theological seminary in connection with its application to the City of Pasadena for approval of a new campus master plan.
• IKEA (Carson, California). Represented client in connection with regulatory compliance action before the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
• International Cargo Equipment Company (Los Angeles, California). Successfully defended the owner of a cargo container storage facility against criminal misdemeanor charges brought by the City of Los Angeles for maintaining a legal nonconforming use in Wilmington.
• Lennar Communities (Aliso Viejo, California). Reviewed development approvals by the City of Irvine for the former El Toro Marine Air Station to assist client in successful acquisition of the property.
• Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, California). Ongoing representation of school district in connection with CEQA compliance for the development of more than 150 new school projects.