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Melissa Tapanes Llahues Installed as President of the Builders Association of South Florida

May 15, 2025

MIAMI, FL (May 15) — Melissa Tapanes Llahues has made her mark not only in the legal profession but also in the greater Miami community. A respected zoning and land use attorney and civic leader, she became a named partner at Bercow, Radell, Fernandez, Larkin & Tapanes, PLLC in 2020, where she represents major landowners, developers, institutional clients, and small business owners in securing complex approvals across all levels of government. Now, Melissa adds another milestone to her distinguished career: Melissa was[...]

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Board Approves Demolition

May 19, 2015

Bercow Radell & Fernandez Obtains Approval for Client JMH Development gets the go-ahead for Indian Creek project New York-based developer Jason Halpern’s JMH Development has been given the go-ahead to carry out a rare demolition in South Beach, in a bid to build a 35,000-square-foot condo building at 2901 Indian Creek Drive. Halpern paid $5.65 million for the parcel late last year. Approval came from the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board, which is allowing Halpern to demolish a 1938 structure while retaining[...]

New Mixed-Use Hialeah Project

May 5, 2015

Melissa Tapanes Llahues Quoted in South Florida Business Journal Article Major mixed-use community proposed around Hialeah Tri-Rail station Rendering by Zyscovich Architects A large community of homes mixed with commercial uses could sprout up around a Tri-Rail station in Hialeah as part of a rezoning proposed by the city. The Hialeah Market Station at 1200 Southeast 11th Ave. is one stop north of the Miami Airport Station, which links with Metrorail into the urban core of Miami. The Tri-Rail extends north[...]

Firm Client Opens New Lincoln Road Store

May 1, 2015

Bercow Radell Fernandez Congratulates Its Client on Opening of New Lincoln Road Store MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — Watch out, South Beach! The new Apple Store on Lincoln Road is officially open for business. Excited Apple fans cheered out loud when the doors finally opened to the new store, located just blocks away from its old location. The line to enter the store Saturday morning stretched down Lincoln Road. Customers who came out all agreed they liked this one better.[...]

Firm Obtains Approvals for Nike

May 1, 2015

Bercow Radell Fernandez Obtains Approvals for Nike Miami Beach Nike Goes Retro Deco Proposed Miami Beach flagship store gets thumbs up from Historic Preservation Board It’s not every day that the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board endorses the demolition of a building on the city’s pedestrian-only retail juggernaut, Lincoln Road, but Nike is not your average retailer. Nike’s plans to demolish a large one-story domed building that straddles the corner of Lenox and Lincoln Road — that has largely been derided as[...]

Firm Represents Hotel Developer

April 7, 2015

Hotel, two residential projects proposed in Miami-Dade County First, a hotel is in the works on the outskirts of ZooMiami, in an area that could also have a theme park. Nava Land filed an application with the county to build a 124-unit Value Place Hotel at the southeast corner of Southwest 160th Street and Southwest 117th Avenue. The four-story building would total 147,276 square feet and have 136 parking spaces. It’s on the edge of U.S. Coast Guard-owned land. The Miami Wilds[...]