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CLIENT NEWS: Personnel note: Melissa Tapanes Llahues takes helm as President of Builders Association of South Florida

May 16, 2025

Melissa Tapanes Llahues, a zoning and land use lawyer known for her civic involvement and legal expertise, has been installed as President of the Builders Association of South Florida (BASF). Tapanes Llahues was sworn in at the citizenM Miami Worldcenter hotel before a crowd of notable attendees, including Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who administered the oath of office, and U.S. Rep. Carlos Giménez, Levine Cava’s predecessor, who commemorated the achievement in the Congressional Record. Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins, who[...]

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Integra completes $300M Aventura ParkSquare project

August 14, 2018

Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin client Integra Investments completed the final pieces of its $300 million Aventura ParkSquare mixed-use development by securing temporary certificates of occupancy for the residential and office condo components. In all, the 1.2-million-square-foot project, at 2920 Northeast 207th Street, includes a 131-unit luxury condo building, a 100,000-square-foot Class A office component, 55,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space, a 45,000-square-foot medical center, luxury senior living and a 207-key Aloft hotel. The office building is[...]

7th Consecutive Year Melissa Tapanes Llahues Selected a ‘Rising Star’ by SuperLawyers

June 18, 2018

MIAMI (June 18, 2018) – Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin, specializing in zoning, land use and environmental law, announced today that Shareholder Melissa Tapanes Llahues has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers-Rising Stars Edition 2018. Melissa has been selected a “Rising Star” every year since 2011. The Rising Stars edition is particularly selective, with 2.5 percent of the state’s under-40 lawyers represented. Once a year, Super Lawyers invites lawyers in each state to nominate the top attorneys they’ve personally[...]

Chambers USA Once Again Awards Firm Top Ranking in Zoning/Land Use Law

June 11, 2018

(MIAMI) June 11, 2018 – Chambers USA, one of the oldest and most prestigious legal guides in the world, has once again ranked Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin in Band 1 in the area of Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use Law – Florida, the highest recognition given by Chambers. Only five other firms in Florida placed at the top in this specialty area in the 2017 Chambers USA Directory. Jeffrey Bercow, co-founder and managing partner of the firm, and Shareholder and[...]

Recommended Again This Year by The Legal 500

June 5, 2018

Jeffrey Bercow Received ‘Gold Star’ in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame; Also Named ‘Leading Lawyer’ and ‘Recommended Lawyer’ Melissa Tapanes Llahues Named ‘Recommended Lawyer’ (MIAMI) June 5, 2018 – The prestigious Legal 500 2018 Directory has once again recognized Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin as a “Leading Firm” in Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning and Managing Partner Jeffrey Bercow received a “Gold Star” in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame, which honors his more than seven years on the[...]

Paul Cejas scores approval for partial demo at Washington Avenue project

May 13, 2018

10-story building will have apartments and ground-floor retail space A company controlled by former U.S. ambassador Paul Cejas and his wife Gertie reached a compromise with a Miami Beach board to move forward with a mixed-use project on a prime slice of Washington Avenue near Lincoln Road. By a 5 to 1 vote, the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board approved an application submitted by 420 Lincoln Road Development LLC to save a portion of a two-story apartment building designed by[...]