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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: Brickell’s Mercedes-Benz Places Launches Sales for Tower 2

February 11, 2025

Mercedes-Benz and JDS Development Group have launched sales for Tower 2 at Mercedes-Benz Places. The 67-story building is already under construction. The design of the cuboid tower is said to embody the Mercedes-Benz brand aesthetic. “We are transferring our significant automotive design expertise into architecture and with that make a strong and different timeless statement,” said Gorden Wagener, Chief Design Officer, Mercedes-Benz Group AG. Sales are reportedly strong. Following the initial sales release of Tower 1 in early 2024, 100[...]

CLIENT NEWS: The Delmore Launches in Surfside, With Swimming Pool Suspended in Air

February 11, 2025

Dubai-based developer DAMAC has launched The Delmore in Surfside. The ultra-luxury residential building is being built on the former Champlain Tower site. Zaha Hadid Architects is designing the 12-story building with a flow-through canyon and a GFRC exterior façade designed to look and feel like the sand on the beach behind the building (employees took handfuls of sand from behind the building site). Passersby on Collins Avenue will be able to see a 75-foot-long see-through swimming pool made of acrylic,[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Six-story Wynwood Norte residences win recommendation

January 29, 2025

A developer has put together a plan to bring more residential units to the evolving Wynwood Norte neighborhood, along with several retail spaces. Owner-developer Kambucha LLC plans to construct the new six-story Rose Wynwood building at 444 NW 33rd St. The overall project will amount to 232,095 square feet of floor area, home to 140 residential dwelling units, 14 micro-retail units, and two retail spaces on the ground floor. The city’s Urban Development Review Board unanimously recommended approval with one[...]

FIRM NEWS: Emily Balter Named Firm Partner

January 22, 2025

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[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Retail Shops at Newly Completed $400M Overtown Complex ‘Packed’

January 22, 2025

Retail shops at Overtown’s new $400M Block 55 complex are filled with customers, developer Michael Swerdlow told the SFBJ. The Target store that anchors the complex is “full” and “packed” with customers, he said, while the Aldi supermarket there is also “packed all the time.” The 1.5- million square foot Block 55 opened last year, with the retail space fully leased. It includes around 200,000 square feet of retail, 130,000 square feet of office space (taken for a HQ space[...]