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CLIENT NEWS: Swerdlow proposes replacing Miami public housing complexes with 5,000-plus apartments with affordable, workforce units

March 12, 2025

Developer Michael Swerdlow wants to develop 5,730 multifamily units with some affordable and workforce apartments, replacing five public housing complexes across Miami. Coconut Grove-based Swerdlow Group’s project also will include 370,000 square feet of commercial space such as offices and a school; 250,000 square feet of open space and amenities and a new Tri-Rail passenger train station, according to Miami-Dade records. The project would replace the existing public housing complexes of Victory Homes at 520 Northwest 75th Street, Newberg at[...]

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Miami Beach to consider major apartment renovation project

October 3, 2017

Miami Beach officials will consider a plan for major renovations to one of the city’s largest apartment buildings, plus a proposal for a new boutique condo building. Both proposals will go before the city’s Design Review Board on Oct. 3. MCZ/Centrum Flamingo II and III, a subsidiary of national multifamily investor Aimco (NYSE: AIV), owns the two-tower apartment complex with 1,689 units at 1420 and 1508 Bay Road. It sits along Biscayne Bay a few blocks south of the famous Lincoln Road[...]

Melissa Tapanes Llahues Selected for Prestigious Award

September 6, 2017

Inside Look: 2017 South Florida Business Journal 40 Under 40 Awards (Photos) The South Florida Business Journal held its 2017 40 Under 40 Awards luncheon recently at Jungle Island in Miami. Nearly 370 people attended the affair, which honors 40 local business leaders 39 or younger for their career achievements and community works. The program is one of the Business Journal‘s most popular honors. As the honorees were announced, fun factoids about them, such as their favorite pastimes and words of wisdom, were[...]

The Best Lawyers in America Names Jeffrey Bercow and Michael Larkin

August 31, 2017

THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA© NAMES JEFFREY BERCOW ‘2018 MIAMI LAND USE AND ZONING LAWYER OF THE YEAR’ Bercow Also Cited for his Environmental Law Work; Michael Larkin Recognized for His Land Use and Zoning Work MIAMI (August 31, 2017) – Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin announced today that co-founder and managing partner Jeffrey Bercow has been recognized as the “2018 Miami Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year” in the 24nd edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Only a single attorney in each practice area[...]

FIU Taps Melissa Tapanes Llahues To Lead President’s Council

August 15, 2017

FIU PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL INDUCTS MELISSA TAPANES LLAHUES AS CHAIR FOR 2017-2019 TERM (MIAMI) Aug. 15, 2017 –Melissa Tapanes Llahues, a shareholder of Miami zoning, land use and environmental law firm Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin, was installed recently as Chair of the President’s Council at Florida International University for the 2017-2019 term. The President’s Council is FIU’s premier community relations board. It is comprised of business and civic leaders who act as brand ambassadors and advocates for FIU, influencing students by[...]

Co-Founder Receives Prestigious Honor

August 8, 2017

Jeffrey Bercow Named Top Zoning and Land Use Attorney by the Dade County Bar Association at its annual Legal Luminaries Gala The Dade County Bar Association held its Legal Luminaries Gala was held on July 26, 2017 at the Rusty Pelican on Key Biscayne, Florida. It was a sold-out success. With 33 categories of practice, it was the “who’s who” of the South Florida legal community. Honorees were peer-nominated and selected for the award. With a record 87,000 nomination fields,[...]