Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes, an award-winning Miami boutique law firm specializing in land use, zoning, and environmental law, is excited to announce that Emily Balter has been promoted to Partner. A Miami native, Emily specializes in land use, zoning, and environmental law throughout Miami-Dade County. She provides expert guidance to developers, institutions, and landowners on local regulations and permitting, with a focus on plan amendments, rezonings, variances, special exceptions, and platting for residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects. Emily[...]
Read MoreMiami Beach will buy a house in Altos Del Mar after tossing out a controversial requested zoning change. The current owners, Rudy and Betsy Pérez, who bought the house at 7605 Collins Avenue in 2001 for $510,000, had sought a zoning change for their nearly 0.2-acre property. The Collins Avenue house is surrounded on all sides by the oceanfront Altos Del Mar park, which includes a library, a large public parking lot and a playground. Amid heated opposition to the[...]
Read MoreCGI Merchant scored four office leases for nearly 13,000 square feet in Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood. Wrap Technologies, a global public safety tech and services firm based in Tempe, Arizona, took 4,500 square feet at 3480 Main Highway, according to a news release from the landlord’s broker. The other newly signed tenants were not disclosed and identified as two hedge funds and a private equity firm. Stephen Rutchik and Tyler de la Peña of Colliers represented CGI. Led by Raoul Thomas, CGI is[...]
Read MoreA Miami board approved a 40-key boutique hotel project in Brickell, despite raising concerns over the dearth of on-site parking, as well as the tiny valet pickup and dropoff area. The Miami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board signed off on a proposal by Habitus Capital to build an eight-story hotel on a 0.1-acre site at 1511 Southwest Second Avenue. The board unanimously approved the project last Wednesday. A Miami board approved a 40-key boutique hotel project in Brickell, despite raising[...]
Read MoreClara Homes wants to develop a 152-unit apartment building on the site of the Austin Burke menswear store in Wynwood. The Miami-based firm is under contract to purchase the 0.4-acre property at 2601 Northwest Sixth Avenue in Miami for $7.7 million, according to a Clara news release. In the sale-leaseback deal, the Austin Burke store could stay open for a year and a half after the deal closes. Records show the Austin Burke store’s owners, including Kenneth Sager, Barry Burke,[...]
Read MoreA proposal to develop a luxury condo building at the Sagamore and Ritz-Carlton in South Beach is moving forward. The Lowensteins’ Lionstone Development, the Kanavos family’s Flag Luxury Group and the Ben-Josefs’ Ben-Josef Group plan the 30-unit, 15-story building behind the existing Sagamore Hotel South Beach and cantilevered over the existing Ritz-Carlton, South Beach cabana building, at 1617 Collins Avenue and 1 Lincoln Road, respectively. The Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board’s vote for a certificate of appropriateness on Tuesday, a continuation from a[...]
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