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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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Compromise Reached to Save Home

March 28, 2016

Star Island mansion preserved, moved to make way for new home For the second time in two years, a historic home will be moved to make room for a new mansion Preservationists pleased that Kiehnel and Elliott mansion from 1931 was spared The 7,000 square-foot home at 22 Star Island Drive was lifted up on hydraulic dollies Wednesday and moved to another part of the property. Miami Design Preservation League Provided to the Miami Herald Another historic mansion on Star Island[...]

Urban Development Review Board Approves Projects

March 24, 2016

Major projects in Wynwood, Brickell, Flagler OK’d Three major mixed-use projects have won a thumbs up from the city’s Urban Development Review Board in Brickell, Flagler Street and the Wynwood Arts District. Combined, they would create more than 200 hotel rooms and more than 650 residences. — Cambria Brickell, at 145 SW 12th St., is to bring 204 hotel rooms and a restaurant connected to Southside Park. Developer CS Brickell Hotel LLC proposes a public-private partnership that would sink money[...]

City Board Gives Approval for New Hotel

March 14, 2016

520-room Galwan Hotel seeks parking waivers A new hotel is rising in the heart of Brickell, across the street from Mary Brickell Village and the Metrorail and less than a block from a Metromover station. GW Brickell LLC plans to build the 520-room Galwan Hotel at 78 SW 10th St., at the corner of Southwest First Avenue. The city’s Urban Development Review Board recently recommended approval of the project. The hotel is to be 44 stories and include about[...]

Two Large, New Projects Retain Firm

March 10, 2016

Four large projects proposed in Miami: residential towers, Brickell hotel, Wynwood mixed-use Miami officials will soon consider four major projects: a multifamily tower downtown, a hotel in Brickell, a mid-rise apartment building in Edgewater and a mixed-use project in Wynwood. All four of these items will go before the city’s Urban Design Review Board on March 16. In downtown, the 54 West Flagler project would have two towers of 43 stories each with a hanging garden between them. Designed by[...]

Firm Expands with New Associate

March 2, 2016

MIAMI LAND USE AND ZONING FIRM BERCOW RADELL & FERNANDEZ HIRES GREGORY FONTELA AS AN ASSOCIATE (MIAMI) March 2, 2016 – Bercow Radell & Fernandez is pleased to announce that Gregory Fontela has joined the zoning, land use and environmental law firm as an Associate. Located in downtown Miami, Bercow Radell & Fernandez consistently ranks among the region’s top firms in its specialties. Gregory brings to the firm significant experience in land use, planning, zoning and environmental law in his role as[...]