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FIRM NEWS: Emily Balter Named Firm Partner

January 22, 2025

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes, an award-winning Miami boutique law firm specializing in land use, zoning, and environmental law, is excited to announce that Emily Balter has been promoted to Partner. A Miami native, Emily specializes in land use, zoning, and environmental law throughout Miami-Dade County. She provides expert guidance to developers, institutions, and landowners on local regulations and permitting, with a focus on plan amendments, rezonings, variances, special exceptions, and platting for residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects. Emily[...]

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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 &[...]

Firm Scores for Rental Property Client

August 13, 2015

Firm Client Moves Forward with Rental Property 633 Rental Units Near Miami River Advance A large development that would include hundreds of multi-family apartments promises to breathe new life into a neighborhood near the convergence of the Miami River and Seybold Canal. River Central is a planned mixed-use residential development to include 633 rental apartments in two eight-story buildings connected by a centralized parking garage, with two 1,500-square-foot commercial spaces, at 650 NW Eighth St. The city’s Urban Development Review[...]