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CLIENT NEWS: Inside the developer gold rush to update Miami-Dade’s aging public housing

March 3, 2026

A collection of two-story buildings with orange stucco walls sits on a quiet lot along Miami’s busy Northeast Second Avenue. A few blocks west, single-story white homes with air-conditioning units wedged in windows and clotheslines in courtyards cluster underneath Interstate 95. These are some of Miami’s public housing complexes, built from the 1940s to the 1970s along a mile stretch in the Little River neighborhood, and now primed for their next era. Over the next eight years, Swerdlow Group plans[...]

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Firm Ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA

May 27, 2015

BERCOW RADELL & FERNANDEZ RANKED AS TOP FLORIDA FIRM IN ZONING/LAND USE LAW IN CHAMBERS 2015 DIRECTORY MIAMI ATTORNEY JEFFREY BERCOW ALSO SINGLED OUT FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD (MIAMI) May 27, 2015 – Bercow Radell & Fernandez is pleased to announce that for the third consecutive year it has been recognized in the 2015 Directory of Chambers USA, one of the oldest and most prestigious legal guides in the world. The boutique Miami firm was ranked in Band 1 in[...]

Firm’s Miami River Client Gets Approval

May 27, 2015

Four 60-story riverfront towers move ahead A large project planned for riverfront property adjacent to I-95 would bring more than 1,600 residential units to Miami. These new residences would make up the bulk of four 60-story towers, the heart of a mixed-use development named after the body of water it embraces: Miami River. Along with its size – it is to be built in five phases – this project stands out because the City of Miami is a partner. As[...]

Firm Helps Client Expand

May 26, 2015

Bercow Radell & Fernandez Wins Approval for Santa Barbara Hotel The owner of the Santa Barbara Hotel at 230 20th Street wants to significantly expand its property. Built on the 10,625-square-foot site in 1947, the hotel currently has 15 rooms in 11,266 square feet. Santa Barbara 230 LLC, a Fort Lauderdale company managed by James D. Vosotas, wants to grow it to 49 rooms in 21,250 square feet, plus a 56-seat restaurant and private rooftop terraces. The plan calls for the[...]

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[...]