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Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC Ranked by Best Law Firms® in 2026

November 6, 2025

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC is proud to announce we have once again been recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Law Firms®, ranked by Best Lawyers®. The firm has successfully ranked in the top tier in Miami for Land Use & Zoning Law as well as in Real Estate Law as well as in the second tier nationally in Land Use & Zoning law. For the third year in a row, the firm has also been ranked[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Soffer proposes high-density apartments on former greyhound kennels

January 31, 2020

A Hialeah property that formerly house greyhound kennels and racing would be developed into high-density apartments under a proposal by developer Jeffrey Soffer. Soffer, whose family developed the Aventura Mall and the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa, owns 70.9% of Florida Kennels, which owns the 28.3-acre site at 7218 West Fourth Ave. The other owners are the Robert S. Kaiser trust (20%), Brooke Soffer (7.5%), and Dan Adkins (1.6%). It had been a greyhound kennel since 1947. The operations became obsolete after Florida voters[...]

North Miami Beach approves Bizzi & Partners’ mixed-use tower

January 28, 2020

Bizzi & Partners Development scored approval for a mixed-use tower along 163rd Street in North Miami Beach. The developer plans to build a 33-story building with nearly 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and 456 residential units, according to Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes, which represented Bizzi & Partners. The North Miami Beach City Commission OK’d plans, voting 4-2 for the project, last week. Property records show 2101 Aventura Property Owner LLC paid $10.7 million for the development site at 2101[...]

Latigo Group scores $50M loan for Miami Gardens apartments

January 16, 2020

The Latigo Group scored a $50 million construction loan for its apartment project that will be part of a major mixed-use development in Miami Gardens. The Los Angeles-based real estate firm scored the loan from 3650 REIT to construct its 259-unit project at 19279 Northwest 27th Avenue in Miami Gardens. Called the Center at Miami Gardens, the project will have three residential buildings as well as a clubhouse, and will sit on about 10 acres of land. It is adjacent to[...]

Carli M. Koshal Named Firm Partner

January 15, 2020

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes, a boutique law firm specializing in land use, zoning and environmental law, announced today that it has promoted associate attorney Carli M. Koshal to a partner of the firm. She joined the firm in 2012. “We’re excited to add another promising firm associate to the ranks of ‘Partner,’ as a way to acknowledge her outstanding efforts on behalf of our clients,” said Jeffrey Bercow, managing partner. “Carli has an exceptional understanding of form-based codes,[...]

DBR: Law Partner Melissa Tapanes Llahues on Being ‘Part of the Story of Miami’

January 13, 2020

Melissa Tapanes Llahues’ parents knew she would be an attorney. As a child she showed fitting personality traits for the job. “I was told that I had a fire in my belly,” she said. If you’ve heard Tapanes argue, then you know exactly what her family meant. The granddaughter of a Cuban political prisoner under Fidel Castro’s regime is thorough, firm and confident. She is a land-use and zoning attorney at Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes in Miami, becoming its latest name.[...]