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Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC Ranked by Best Law Firms® in 2026

November 6, 2025

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC is proud to announce we have once again been recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Law Firms®, ranked by Best Lawyers®. The firm has successfully ranked in the top tier in Miami for Land Use & Zoning Law as well as in Real Estate Law as well as in the second tier nationally in Land Use & Zoning law. For the third year in a row, the firm has also been ranked[...]

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Firm Awarded Top Rank by Chambers USA

June 7, 2016

CHAMBERS USA AWARDS BERCOW RADELL & FERNANDEZ TOP RANKING IN ZONING/LAND USE LAW IN FLORIDA; JEFFREY BERCOW ALSO RECOGNIZED (MIAMI) June 7, 2016 – For the fourth consecutive year, Bercow Radell & Fernandez has been recognized at the pinnacle of its specialty in real estate law. Chambers USA, one of the oldest and most prestigious legal guides in the world, ranked the firm in Band 1 in the area of Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use Law – Florida, the highest recognition given by[...]

Firm Get Rezoning; Client Sells Property

May 20, 2016

‘Unbuildable’ Lot Gets Makeover, Sells for $13 Million A Miami developer in need of extra parking space is walking away with $13 million three years later. In 2013, Lyle Chariff owned the property that housed Cypress Room, now known as Cypress Tavern, an eatery on the edge of Miami’s Design District and across the street from a vacant lot. The president of Chariff Realty Group Inc. saw the empty slice of land as a solution for a parking crunch shared[...]

Developer Wants Miami Beach Marina

May 20, 2016

Fort Partners offers $100M for development rights of Miami Beach Marina site The developers of the Surf Club Four Seasons have big plans for a prime slice of city-owned waterfront property in Miami Beach, but neighborhood residents and city commissioners are skeptical about the proposal to add more residential towers south of Fifth Street. To help the project to move forward, Fort Partners and the operator of the Miami Beach Marina complex are dangling a $100 million offer in exchange for the[...]

Developer and Tow Company Spar

April 22, 2016

Beach Tow has operated illegally for decades, developer in land dispute says Negotiations deteriorated, and Beach Towing allegedly asked for millions to settle dispute After taking a mean turn, a legal battle between a developer and an infamous Miami Beach towing company is suddenly playing out like one of those nasty curbside spats from South Beach Tow. Beach Towing, the company notorious for hooking up motorists’ vehicles under dubious circumstances and then charging a steep fee to return them, may have tangled with[...]

South Beach Building Gains Historic Designation

April 20, 2016

Extensive renovations are planned for the future hotel at 1700 Alton Road The area surrounding West Avenue, 17th Street and Alton Road on South Beach is quickly becoming a “go-to” destination for boutique hotels catering to the thousands of visitors who flock to Lincoln Road. A 116-room Residence Inn recently opened on 17th Street at the northern end of West Avenue and a restored five-story building built in 1922 that was once the second tallest high-rise building on Miami Beach[...]