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FIRM NEWS: Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin + Tapanes is thrilled to have Kyle Spohn and Olivia Clausen on board as part of our 2025 Summer Clerkship Program.

July 2, 2025

Kyle Spohn is a rising 2L at the University of Miami School of Law, where he ranks in the top 17% of his class and serves on the Inter-American Law Review. He is a recipient of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship and has earned multiple academic awards, including the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Legal Communication & Research I. Kyle earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management, cum laude, from the University of Florida, with minors[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Miami Board Backs Large Apartment Complex Near Legion Park

September 6, 2024

Despite opposition from nearby residents, Miami's Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board backed zoning changes that will enable a developer to build more than 300 apartments near Legion Park. Less than an hour before midnight, PZAB members voted 5-2 to recommend that 2.58 acres of land at 615 N.E. 64th Terrace be rezoned from T5-R medium density multifamily residential to T6-8L restricted commercial. That would increase the maximum density to 150 units an acre from 65 units an acre. The zoning[...]

FIRM NEWS: Meet Miami-Dade’s go-to lobbyists for real estate developers

September 4, 2024

They add skyscrapers to Miami’s skyline and bring new single-family home communities into existence in southwest Miami-Dade. But they’re not the developers. No, they’re the developers’ hired guns: the lobbyists, land use lawyers and consultants who get projects off the ground and across the finish line. They know the ins and outs of municipal and county government and have tight-knit relationships with politicians and bureaucrats. They’ve mastered the art of cutting through red tape and diffusing controversies. Miami’s developers can’t[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Panattoni picks up former Miami Herald headquarters in Doral

September 3, 2024

Panattoni Development jumped into the Doral office submarket, picking up a two-story building that previously housed the headquarters for Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald. An affiliate of Irvine, California-based Panattoni, led by Carl Panattoni, acquired the 9-acre property at 3511 Northwest 91st Avenue, records and real estate database Vizzda show. The deal breaks down to roughly $189 a square foot for the 158,268-square-foot building completed in 1997. A Cushman & Wakefield team led by Wayne Ramonski and Mark Gilbert[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Michael Swerdlow dishes on Overtown project and other recent deals

September 3, 2024

For nearly a half-century, Michael Swerdlow has been a driving force in retail and mixed-use development in Miami-Dade County. In the early 2000s, the Coconut Grove-based developer teamed up with Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based Taubman Centers to build Dolphin Mall, a 1.4 million-square-foot outlet retail and entertainment center in Sweetwater. He cashed out in 2002 when Taubman bought out his 50 percent stake in Dolphin Mall for $97 million. The same year, Swerdlow negotiated an agreement with the city of North[...]

CLIENT NEWS: MG Developer proposes 552 apartments for final phases of Doral project

August 28, 2024

MG Developer, led by CEO Alirio Torrealba, has the final phases of the mixed-use Midtown Doral project under contract, but it’s looking to make changes to the development program. The City Council approved the amended settlement agreement and master development agreement for Midtown Doral phases IV, V and VI on Aug. 14 at First Reading. MG Doral Partner LLC, an affiliate of Coral Gables-based MG Developer, has 7.2 acres on east side of Northwest 107th Avenue, between Northwest 86th Street[...]