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CLIENT NEWS: Meruelo family, David Martin propose big plans for Deauville Miami Beach site

December 3, 2024

The Meruelo family and David Martin are proposing land use changes that would allow them to build a larger project on the former site of the Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach. Recent legislative changes would allow a floor area ratio, or overall project size, of 5.5. The 3.8-acre Deauville site at 6701 Collins Avenue currently has an FAR of 3.0 to 3.15. The Miami Beach Planning Board will vote on a comprehensive plan amendment and development regulations at a[...]

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Bercow Client Wins Project Approval

October 23, 2015

Chetrit’s $1B Miami River project wins city approval Mixed-used site to include four towers, hotel, shops, restaurants, and public river walk New York-based Chetrit Group and local developer Ari Pearl’s plans for a $1 billion Miami River project have moved a step closer to reality. The Miami City Commission late Thursday unanimously approved a development agreement and rezoning of a 10-acre site where Pearl and the Chetrit Group plan to build the mixed-used site that includes four towers, a hotel, shops, restaurants,[...]

Aventura Commission Approves Plan

October 12, 2015

Aventura commission approves plan to renovate parts of Turnberry Isle Resort The Aventura city commission on Tuesday approved a plan to redevelop parts of Turnberry Isle Resort. In the plan, the Orchard Hotel will be demolished and replaced with a new 16-story, 275-room building. The resort will also build a two-story conference center and make improvements to the current garage space. The renovations to the country club have been in the works since February, resort representatives said. “As the hotel[...]

Miami Commission Advances Project

September 17, 2015

Four Riverfront Towers of 58-60 Stories Likely Another billion-dollar development is poised to change Miami in a big way and has garnered preliminary approval from city commissioners. Called simply Miami River, the mixed-use project would bring hotel rooms, apartments, retail stores, restaurants and offices to the southern bank of the river that meanders through the heart of the city. The developers promise a big and beautiful public riverwalk and an improved city park, and say the project will connect booming Brickell[...]

Zoning Change Requested for Client

September 1, 2015

Miami considers retail project near Design District A two-story retail building has been proposed in Miami’s Upper Eastside neighborhood near the Design District. MacArthur Properties III’s rezoning proposal will go before the Miami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board on Sept. 2. It concerns a 0.8-acre site at 3701 and 3737 Biscayne Blvd. and 306 and 316 N.E. 38th Street. It’s just off the Interstate 195 exit ramp that spills onto Biscayne Boulevard. The Miami Design District, a luxury retail and[...]

August 17, 2015

THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA© 2016 ONCE AGAIN NAMES JEFFREY BERCOW AND MICHAEL LARKIN Attorneys Recognized in Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law and Environmental Law MIAMI (August 17, 2015) – Bercow Radell & Fernandez announced today that shareholders Jeffrey Bercow and Michael Larkin have been selected for inclusion in the 22nd edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for 2016. Bercow was named once again in the practice areas of Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law, and Environmental Law, and Larkin in Land Use &[...]