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CLIENT NEWS: Vast Braman Motors Edgewater remake to add two 60-story towers

April 25, 2025

Braman Motors, a long successful and foundational business venture in the City of Miami, is about to expand dramatically with a growth spurt of sweeping proportions that would include two new 60-story residential towers. The Braman company, utilizing special development options in the Miami 21 zoning code, plans to start construction on a phased redevelopment of several properties in the Edgewater neighborhood, ultimately bringing hundreds of new residential units, new retail-commercial uses, office space, parking for thousands of vehicles, and[...]

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Historic preservation board approves land use attorney’s luxe home in Miami Beach

March 13, 2018

Stephen and Gerri Helfman propose three-story home with terraces and rooftop pool UPDATED March 13, 2:15 p.m.: Despite objections from a prominent historic preservation group, a Miami land use attorney and his wife will be allowed to tear down a 1920s three-bedroom house and replace it with a three-story modern mansion in Miami Beach’s South-of-Fifth neighborhood. The Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board on Monday voted unanimously to authorize the demolition of the existing property at 819 Second Street, which was condemned by the[...]

Self-storage developer scores $83M loan for SoFla portfolio

March 7, 2018

Self storage facilities are in Brickell, Coconut Grove, Doral and Pembroke Pines Self-storage developer Miami City Self-Storage just scored $83.3 million in financing for a portfolio of self-storage facilities spread throughout South Florida. New York-based real estate investment trust, Jernigan Capital Inc. is the lender, according to a release. The portfolio consists of three self-storage facilities in Brickell, Coconut Grove and the Airport West-Doral submarket. The portfolio also includes two additional facilities under construction in Pembroke Pines and Doral. —[...]

Michael Swerdlow wins bid to negotiate Overtown development deal with Miami

March 5, 2018

The $130.5 million project in Miami’s Overtown area would include 115 workforce housing units and 220,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space City officials in Miami will negotiate the terms of a $130.5 million mixed-use development in Miami’s Overtown area that a group led by developer Michael Swerdlow would build. A company affiliated with Swerdlow Group submitted the winning bid to develop a 3.4-acre site at 249 Northwest 6th Street owned by the board of the Southeast Overtown Park West Community[...]

Soleste Park View Gets Design Change Approval

February 27, 2018

Miami’s Urban Development Review Board unanimously approved design changes for the 56-story tower planned for 700 Northeast 26th Terrace last week. Doronin’s company, an affiliate of OKO Group, is increasing the number of units from 146 to 249, as well as the number of parking spaces by 76 to 399. The building’s floor plate would go from about 771,000 square feet to 838,000 square feet and the height would go up another five feet. The changes are due to “shifting market[...]

Tom Robertson Named Partner

February 22, 2018

Award-winning Miami boutique land use and zoning law firm Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin is pleased to announce that Tom Robertson has been promoted to Partner. Robertson, a former Miami-Dade County attorney, joined the firm in 2015 as Senior Counsel. He served the County for 30 years, practicing in the areas of Environmental Law, Zoning, Real Estate Finance and Liens, Personal Injury, Contracts, and general governmental law. In each of these areas, he was active in litigation, including many jury and non-jury trials. He[...]