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Chambers USA Awards Firm Top Ranking in Zoning/Land Use Law in South Florida

June 6, 2025

Miami, June 6, 2025 – For the fifth year in a row, Chambers USA, one of the oldest and most prestigious legal guides in the world, has ranked Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes in Band 1 in the area of Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use Law – South Florida, the highest recognition given by Chambers. Founding and managing partner Jeffrey Bercow and shareholder Michael Larkin were again ranked in the highest categories for individual attorneys. Notably, Melissa Tapanes Llahues earned[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Massive Miami makeover? 5,000 affordable apartments proposed for aging industrial area

February 13, 2024

A gargantuan redevelopment proposal by a prominent Miami developer would dramatically reshape a nearly mile-long stretch of the city’s Little River and Little Haiti neighborhoods, bringing big-box stores, a new Tri-Rail station and nearly 5,000 affordable and workforce apartments to a hardscrabble area in dire need of new housing and jobs but leery of gentrification. Unlike much of the redevelopment now enveloping Miami, which is focused on high-income people and luxury apartments, the plan spearheaded by Coconut Grove-based developer Swerdlow[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Construction Continues To Progress At 645-Foot Miami River Tower In Brickell

February 8, 2024

Glass railing installation is now nearly complete at the 54-story Miami River apartment tower under construction in Brickell, according to photos by Phillip Pessar. The 645-foot tower topped off last summer, becoming the westernmost tower in Miami to surpass the 600 foot mark. The Miami River tower will have 632 apartments. The first phase under construction also includes retail space, and a riverfront promenade open to the public. There are multiple other phases planned at the development, which is known as[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Three Towers Approved in North Miami Beach

February 5, 2024

The North Miami Beach city commission voted 5-2 last month to approve a large-scale housing development that just weeks prior seemed to have little support. Developer May NMB LLC – a collaboration between New Jersey-based Accurate Builders and Kastel Development – brought forth a series of compromises in response to outcries from both commissioners and residents in December 2023 that the plan in its original form wasn’t cutting it. The proposal for 16385 NE 22nd Ave. consists of three towers,[...]

Melissa Tapanes Llahues Appointed to The City of Hialeah’s Affordable Housing Task Force

February 2, 2024

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin and Tapanes proudly announces the appointment of Melissa Tapanes Llahues to the City of Hialeah’s Affordable Housing Task Force, where she was elected Vice Chair during the Task Force’s inaugural meeting held this past Monday. Council President Jesus Tundidor was elected to lead the Task Force as its Chair. With a population exceeding 200,000 residents and a growing influx of immigrants, Hialeah faces pressing needs for accessible housing solutions, a challenge Tapanes Llahues is poised to[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Little Havana site could be rezoned for apartments, grocery store

February 1, 2024

Cornerstone Group and Brookstone Partners aim to rezone part of a Little Havana site so it can move forward with a mixed-use project anchored by a grocery store. The Miami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board will consider the rezoning for 1.02 acres of the 2.36-acre property at 805 to 861 W. Flagler St. and 826 to 860 N.W. First St. on the evening of Jan. 31. Brookstone 805 Flagler LLC, an affiliate of Hollywood-based Cornerstone Group and Coconut Grove-based Brookstone[...]