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CLIENT NEWS: Ultra-exclusive country club in Miami Beach plans new clubhouse

September 10, 2025

The La Gorce Country Club has submitted an application to the Miami Beach Design Review Board to construct a new 74,000-square-foot clubhouse at its property at 5685 Alton Road. The proposal, which would replace an existing 45,000-square-foot clubhouse, is scheduled to be heard by the board on Sept. 11. According to a letter of intent filed on behalf of the club by attorney Michael Larkin of the Miami-based law firm Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes, the La Gorce requests[...]

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Firm Names New Partner

January 7, 2016

(MIAMI) January 7, 2016 – Bercow Radell & Fernandez, consistently ranked among the region’s top firms in zoning, land use and environmental law, is pleased to announce that Monika H. Entin has been promoted to Partner. Entin’s practice covers land use and zoning matters throughout Miami-Dade County, with a primary concentration in Miami Beach. Her main areas of focus include representing developers and individual landowners with developmental approvals, permitting and administrative appeals. Prior to joining the firm in 2012, Entin practiced land use,[...]

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[...]