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CLIENT NEWS: Swerdlow proposes replacing Miami public housing complexes with 5,000-plus apartments with affordable, workforce units

March 12, 2025

Developer Michael Swerdlow wants to develop 5,730 multifamily units with some affordable and workforce apartments, replacing five public housing complexes across Miami. Coconut Grove-based Swerdlow Group’s project also will include 370,000 square feet of commercial space such as offices and a school; 250,000 square feet of open space and amenities and a new Tri-Rail passenger train station, according to Miami-Dade records. The project would replace the existing public housing complexes of Victory Homes at 520 Northwest 75th Street, Newberg at[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Plans For New Whole Foods In South Beach Submitted To Review Board

November 30, 2023

A developer has filed plans with Miami Beach’s Design Review Board to build a large new Whole Foods market in South Beach. In a letter, a representative of the developer wrote that the plans were very similar to plans approved by the same board in 2015. The approval expires 18 months after issuance if a building permit hasn’t been issued, according to a copy of the approval order. The Whole Foods is proposed to occupy the ground floor of a[...]

CLIENT NEWS: D.R. Horton has site near Florida City under contract

November 28, 2023

National homebuilder D.R. Horton wants to change the land use of a property west of Florida City to build single-family homes. The Arlington, Texas-based homebuilder (NYSE: DHI) filed a pre-application with Miami-Dade County officials concerning the 22.5-acre site at the northeast corner of Southwest 197th Avenue and Southwest 328th Street. D.R. Horton has the vacant property under contract from Lenore Gaynor, Mia Lamm, Melodie Berdoll, and Andrea Seidel. The developer intends to file a comprehensive development master plan (CDMP) amended[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Ari Pearl, Jonathan Leifer launch sales of Bay Harbor Towers

November 8, 2023

Ari Pearl and Jonathan Leifer are launching sales of their planned waterfront Bay Harbor Islands condominium, with Edgardo Defortuna’s brokerage at the helm. Pearl’s Hallandale Beach-based PPG Development and Leifer’s New York-based L3C Capital are partnering on the eight-story, 44-unit Bay Harbor Towers project at 10143 East Bay Harbor Drive, according to a press release. Condos in the building will span 1,900 square feet to 5,000 square feet, a spokesperson confirmed. Prices for the two-, three- and four-bedroom units will[...]

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC Ranked by Best Law Firms® in 2024

November 3, 2023

November 2, 2023 - Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC has once again been recognized in the 2024 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 first time ever, the firm has also been ranked in Miami for[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Miami Beach to buy Altos Del Mar house after tossing out controversial zoning request

October 26, 2023

Miami 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[...]