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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: Witkoff, Swire, Related, Eden, Dermot and Jenny Bernell gain project approvals

June 27, 2023

Several big name developers scored design approvals for major projects in Brickell, Overtown and Wynwood. On Wednesday, the Miami Urban Design Review Board handed out unanimous yes votes to a proposed office tower at Brickell City Centre by Swire Properties and New York-based The Related Companies; a three-building apartment complex planned by New York-based Witkoff and Chicago-based Monroe Capital; and a St. Regis-branded condominium by Related Group and Integra Investments, both based in Miami. The board also approved designs for two Wynwood[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Revealed: 3 Towers Proposed at Former Miami Arena Property

June 20, 2023

Plans have just been submitted to the Urban Development Review Board to build three towers at the former Miami Arena site. Three towers are proposed to rise 615 feet, 589 feet, and 577 feet, with the tallest at 54 stories. The proposal includes: 2,346 dwelling units 30,535 square feet commercial 2,078 parking spaces on level 2 through 8 (parking garages to be partially lined with residential) Outdoor amenity decks and indoor lounges are planned for the rooftops of all three[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Mixed-use Building to Rise Where Wynwood and Edgewater Meet

June 15, 2023

A 12-story mixed-use residential building is planned for a site where Wynwood meets Edgewater in Miami. Developer Wynwood Owner LLC is proposing the project, 2100 NMA, at 2110 N Miami Ave. The building will be home to 339 residential units with amenities, and about 407 on-site parking spaces and five on-street parking spaces. The city’s Urban Development Review Board unanimously recommended approval. Along with the residential uses, the building is to include 25,653 square feet of retail and 18,713 square[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Damac plans Hadid Architects-designed condo building on Surfside collapse site

June 13, 2023

The Dubai developer that bought the Surfside collapse site last summer submitted plans to build an oceanfront luxury condo building on the property, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. Damac Properties, led by Hussain Sajwani, wants to build a 12-story boutique building with 57 units on the 1.8-acre property at 8777 Collins Avenue, according to a company news release. Damac closed on the site for $120 million nearly a year ago, one year after the Champlain Towers South condo building collapsed[...]

CLIENT NEWS: New twist on preservation: Creativity saves 1936 apartments from floods in Miami Beach

June 12, 2023

Several years ago, Jason Halpern, a New York developer with an affinity for historic buildings and neighborhoods, bought a mid-Miami Beach lot with a dilemma. It came in the shape of two old, architecturally mismatched apartment houses — one from the 1930s and the second from the early 1960s. From the start, Halpern and his JMH Development, which has won awards for preserving and adapting historic buildings for contemporary use in Brooklyn and Miami Beach, planned a luxury low-rise condominium[...]