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CLIENT NEWS: MG Developer lines up $39M loan to build Coral Gables townhome project

July 17, 2025

MG Developer’s pipeline keeps pumping along as Alirio Torrealba’s firm is about to score a $39 million construction loan for a Coral Gables townhome project. Miami-based Pine Bay Capital is providing the financing for The George, a planned development of 13 two-story townhouses at 717 Valencia Avenue that represents the final phase of MG Developer’s Biltmore Square community, a press release states. The loan is set to close soon, an MG Developer spokesperson said. Coral Gables-based MG Developer already completed[...]

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The Legal 500 Recommends Firm in Land Use/Zoning Law

July 13, 2015

FIRM RECOMMENDED BY THE LEGAL 500 IN LAND USE/ZONING LAW MIAMI ATTORNEYS JEFFREY BERCOW AND MICHAEL LARKIN ALSO NAMED ‘RECOMMENDED ATTORNEYS’ IN LAND USE/ZONING LAW; BERCOW NAMED ‘LEADING LAWYER’ IN SAME FIELD Bercow Radell & Fernandez is pleased to announce that it has once again been named a “Recommended Firm” in Land Use/Zoning Law in the 2015 Directory of The Legal 500 and that partners Jeffrey Bercow and Michael Larkin have been recognized as “Recommended Attorneys” in the specialty. In addition, firm co-founder[...]

FIU President’s Council Taps Partner to Lead Group

June 29, 2015

MELISSA TAPANES LLAHUES NAMED CHAIR-ELECT OF FIU PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL Melissa Tapanes Llahues, a shareholder of Miami zoning, land use and environmental law firm Bercow Radell & Fernandez, has been named Chair-Elect of the President’s Council at Florida International University for the 2015-2017 term. The President’s Council is FIU’s premier community relations board. It is comprised of business and civic leaders who act as brand ambassadors and advocates for FIU, influencing students by contributing their business and life experience. The council also[...]

Firm Client Buys South Beach Block

June 27, 2015

Bercow Radell & Fernandez Congratulates Client on Washington Ave. Purchase 601 Washington Avenue through 685 Washington Avenue in Miami Beach and Andrew Joblon Miami Beach-based investment firm Turnbridge Equities has purchased an entire block on Washington Avenue in South Beach for $36 million, with plans to redevelop the property, The Real Deal has learned. The firm assembled a string of buildings between 601 Washington Avenue and 685 Washington Avenue, on the east side of the street for the purchase, which was completed[...]

Tom Robertson Joins Firm as Senior Counsel

June 18, 2015

FORMER MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ATTORNEY THOMAS ROBERTSON JOINS BERCOW RADELL & FERNANDEZ AS SENIOR COUNSEL (MIAMI) June 18, 2015 – Bercow Radell & Fernandez is pleased to announce that it has hired former Miami-Dade County Attorney Tom Robertson as Senior Counsel. Robertson served the County for 30 years, practicing in the areas of Environmental Law, Zoning, Real Estate Finance and Liens, Personal Injury, Contracts, and general governmental law. In each of these areas, he was active in litigation, including many jury and non-jury trials. He was the general[...]

Firm Helps Client With Entitlements

June 10, 2015

Bercow Radell & Fernandez Congratulate Client on Property Sale Former Power Studios site in Design District sells for $14M Power Studios’ former site in Miami’s Design District has traded hands for $14 million, with plans to develop it into a two-story retail and entertainment venue, The Real Deal has learned. A partnership, majority owned by former banker Leonard Abess, as well as Chariff Realty Group partners Lyle Chariff and Mauricio Zapata, and others, sold the site on Tuesday, Chariff, president of Chariff[...]