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CLIENT NEWS: Alirio Torrealba revs up MG Developer’s South Florida pipeline

September 4, 2025

When Alirio Torrealba got started in the real estate business in South Florida, he had neither experience in development nor proficiency in English. He somehow still led the wave of new townhome and condo development in Coral Gables, before expanding into multifamily. Just a decade after its founding, his Coral Gables-based MG Developer is sitting on a project pipeline of more than $500 million, which stretches into Hialeah, Miami, Doral and North Bay Village.Torrealba has veered into a faster lane[...]

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Town Center Development Guidelines Move Forward

August 14, 2018

The proposed guidelines for developing the North Beach Town Center to incorporate the increased density approved by Miami Beach voters last fall are going to the full Commission for consideration next month. In the meantime, the ordinance will make another stop back at the Commission’s Land Use and Development Committee to further refine recommendations for height increases and co-living spaces. City Staff has proposed allowing an increase in height up to 200 feet. Last month, the Planning Board recommended an increase in[...]

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[...]