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CLIENT NEWS: Developer seeks rezoning to build hotel on Calle Ocho

September 8, 2025

The owner of a property in Miami’s Little Havana wants to rezone the site to build a hotel on popular Calle Ocho. The city’s Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board voted 6-1 in favor of the rezoning on Sept. 3 and it will need City Council approval at a later date. The application was filed by 1630 Southwest 8 Street LLC, owned by Gediminas Bulota in Miami Beach, concerning the 15,763-square-foot site at 710 S.W. 16th Ave. It wants to rezone[...]

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Miami City Commission to Consider Rezoning Request

November 17, 2015

Retail building and garage eyed for former Art for God site The Miami City Commission will consider a rezoning request on Thursday by an affiliate of MacArthur Properties that would allow the New York-based real estate investment firm to build a two-story, 40,000-square-foot retail building and garage on Biscayne Boulevard between Northeast 37th and 38th streets. The 0.8 acre site is located near an I-95 on-ramp and off-ramp, adjacent to land where Craig Robins’ Dacra plans to build a mid-rise[...]

Firm Ranks Top Tier in Two Practice Areas

November 4, 2015

U.S. News – Best Lawyers® Releases 2016 “Best Law Firms” List Bercow, Radell & Fernandez Ranked Top Tier in Miami in Two Practice Areas and Tier 2 Nationally (MIAMI) Nov. 4, 2015 – For the sixth consecutive year, Bercow Radell & Fernandez was recognized as a top tier firm by U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers®. The Miami-based firm received the highest ranking regionally in land use and zoning law, and in real estate law, and Tier 2 in environmental law.[...]

Negotiations Lead to $1 Billion Deal

November 4, 2015

$14 million kicker seals $1 billion 4-tower deal Miami commissioners have approved a large mixed-use development on the Miami River that is expected to revive a city park, extend the public riverwalk, connect Brickell and Little Havana and bring jobs and tax revenue to the city. Called simply Miami River, the complete build-out will add more than 1,600 residential units to the growing urban core. The final vote came Oct. 22. Between the first and the final votes, Commissioner Frank[...]

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,[...]