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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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Developer Buys Surfside Condo Building

November 3, 2015

Surfside condo tower sells for $55 million; developer plans to rebuild If you live in an old building on South Florida’s prime waterfront, don’t get too comfortable: Developers want your sand. In the latest mega-deal to happen on the beach, a New York-based developer said he has struck a $55 million deal to buy a modest Surfside condo building that dates to the 1960s. His plan? Tear it down and build a luxury 12-story condo tower. Surf House, at 8995[...]

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[...]