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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[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Kushner picks up distressed Surfside site from Boymelgreen, lender

September 7, 2023

Kushner Companies paid $40 million for a distressed development site in Surfside, sources told The Real Deal. New York-based Kushner worked with the seller, Shaya Boymelgreen, and the lender, Fuse Group, to assume the debt and buy the property at 9300 Collins Avenue. The deal closed on Tuesday afternoon, the sources said. Kushner, led by Charles Kushner, his daughter Nicole Kushner Meyer and Laurent Morali, plans a luxury rental development. The vacant property is zoned for about 100 units with a maximum building[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Mount Sinai Buys Miami Development Site for $32M

September 7, 2023

Looks like a new Mount Sinai Medical Center will be erected in Miami. The nonprofit hospital chain paid $32 million for a developable site near Miami International Airport, property records show. The 5.6-acre parcel, which now functions as a surface parking lot for the Carlux Miami dealership, is between 8200 and 8250 SW Eighth Street, adjacent to Southwest 82nd Avenue in Westchester, Fla. It’s zoned under limited business use, meant for retail and service convenience facilities that satisfy the essential and frequent needs of a residential neighborhood. “As South[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Island Approves Developer’s 6-Story Apartment Complex

August 28, 2023

Clara Homes won approval from the town of Bay Harbor Islands for a six-story apartment complex. This is the third apartment complex planned on the island by Miami-based Clara Homes, led by James Curnin. Located on 1.3 acres at 10200 to 10290 E. Bay Harbor Drive, Clara Bay Harbor was approved for 77 apartments and 158 parking spaces, with required valet parking and car stacking with mechanical lifts. There would be a breezeway in the middle of the building. The[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Groundwater Report Filed With DERM For Miami Arena Site, Where 2,346 Units Planned

August 25, 2023

A Limited Groundwater Assessment has been submitted to DERM for the former Miami Arena site, where a massive redevelopment is planned. The assessment supports the approval of drainage plans now in permitting for the project’s first phase, an engineer wrote. A paving and grading plan shows that Phase 1 will include the easternmost tower, on the corner of North Miami Avenue and NW 8th Street. Phases 2 and 3 were not included in the schematics submitted in May. In June,[...]

Jeffrey Bercow Named 2024 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” in the Miami Area

August 22, 2023

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC attorney Jeffrey Bercow was recently recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2024 "Lawyer of the Year" for Land Use and Zoning Law. This is the second time that Bercow receives this award after being named “Lawyer of the Year” for the first time in 2021. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year," making this a significant and coveted accolade. These[...]