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CLIENT NEWS: Miami Beach project promises to house working class in tiny units. Rents start at $2,000

April 16, 2024

A new law has paved the way for twice as many apartments for a Miami Beach development that targets the city’s working class with capped rents. After being presented and approved two years ago, Mia will return to Miami Beach’s Planning Board in late April with double the number of floors and apartments than originally planned after the passage of the Live Local Act. The state law allows developers to build higher and add more apartments — disregarding local zoning[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Miami Beach voters approve upzoning referendums

August 31, 2022

Miami Beach residents voted in favor of zoning changes that could boost floor area ratio — or overall project size — of certain properties in the city. They also approved closing a loophole tied to the city’s vacation of public streets. Voters on Tuesday approved an increase in FAR to 2.6 from 2.0 for the Alton Road gateway area, which will allow Russell Galbut and David Martin of Terra to build a taller mixed-use project on the site of the[...]

FIRM NEWS: Five Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC Lawyers Named to 2023 Best Lawyers® List

August 26, 2022

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes is pleased to announce that Shareholders Jeffrey Bercow, Ben Fernandez, Michael Larkin and Partners Graham Penn and Daniel Espino were recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 edition. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. For the 19th year, co-founder and managing partner Jeffrey Bercow has been praised for his work in Environmental, Land Use and Zoning and Real[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Construction Permit Created For Second 648-Foot Miami River Tower

August 25, 2022

Another tower at the Miami River complex is set to move to the permitting phase. Miami Building Department records show that a construction permit process was created for the second tower in May. It is not yet in review, with full plans still not submitted. The second tower will rise 54 stories or 648 feet, according to the construction permit filing. That is identical in height to the first tower now under construction. Tower 2 will include 468 residential units,[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Workforce Housing with Micro Units Proposed in Miami Beach

August 25, 2022

A lot on Normandy Isle in Miami Beach could be developed into workforce housing with micro units. The city’s Design Review Board on Sept. 6 will consider plans for the 25,771-square-foot site at 1960 Normandy Drive. Previously utilized by Atlantic Broadband, the site currently has a 4,377-square-foot industrial building that was constructed in 1971. Jakeal LLC, owned by Alan Waserstein of Miami Lakes-based LeaseFlorida, purchased the property for $2.2 million in 2019. Totaling 32,213 square feet in four stories, the project would[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Miami to Celebrate Completing First Two Phases of Flagler Street’s Curbless, Pedestrian-Friendly Rebuild

August 23, 2022

A ceremony is scheduled Friday to celebrate the completion of the first two sections of Downtown Miami’s Flagler Street rebuild. The city says it is now working on completing the remaining three phases. The project aims to make Flagler Street into a “festival-style boulevard,” with bollards that allow it to be completely closed to cars When cars are on the street, they will be placed at the same elevation as pedestrians – making it more pleasant to walk on. New[...]