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CLIENT NEWS: How a housing village rising at a Hialeah train station is changing a community

July 1, 2025

As commuters unload from carpools passing through the parking lot of a Tri-Rail station on a recent weekday morning, they’re greeted by a symphony of construction while waiting for their trains. Buzz saws and percussion drills crank up just 10 feet from the train platform, where workers in green vests and yellow safety helmets are building a new housing development. The eight-story residential building, named Metro Station 1, broke ground in May with a target completion by January 2026. The[...]

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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[...]

Firm Client Proposes New Hotel

February 16, 2016

Hotel proposed in Brickell area A Brazilian developer wants to build the Galwn Hotel in the Brickell area. GW Brickell LLC, managed by Jose Luis Galveas Loureiro, plans to build the 44-story, 454,761-square-foot hotel at 78 S.W. 10th Street. It acquired the 22,770-square-foot site for $26 million in 2015. It’s near Mary Brickell Village and a Metrorail Station. The hotel would have 520 rooms, 18,072 square feet of conference rooms, 8,900 square feet of retail and 223 parking spaces. It was designed[...]

Firm Chalks Up A New Win

February 1, 2016

New Chalk’s seaplane HQ gets landing clearance on Watson Island Chalk’s plans a new nine-story building topped off with 341-foot spire that resembles a lighthouse A new Chalk’s seaplane base of operations on Watson Island is one step closer to take-off. Thursday evening, the Miami City Commission voted 4:1 to rezone land that had been designated as park space under Miami 21 to allow major institutional, public and transportation facilities. The vote removes a significant hurdle that stood in[...]