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CLIENT NEWS: Celebrity-favorite restaurant from Dubai coming to Miami Beach

December 11, 2024

Gaia, a globally renowned Greek-Mediterranean dining destination from Dubai, is set to debut its first U.S. location in Miami Beach’s South of Fifth community come summer 2025. Conceptualized by British-Nigerian Chef Izu Ani and hospitality entrepreneur Evgeny Kuzin, the restaurant is a flagship of Fundamental Hospitality, with existing locations in Dubai, London, Qatar, Monte-Carlo and Marbella. The upscale eatery, which is named after the Greek goddess of the earth, will open on the ground floor of the Marea Condominium, 801[...]

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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[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Aldi to open its first Miami grocery in June

June 6, 2023

Aldi, a German-based discount grocer, has six Miami-Dade locations so it may surprise its fans to know that until shortly the chain has yet to open a location in Miami proper. That changes Thursday, June 15, when Aldi hopes for a lucky seven when it opens its newest store at 3750 S. Dixie Hwy. in Miami, near Coconut Grove’s Day Avenue and Higgs Street. The move comes amid Aldi’s plans to open 120 new stores in 2023, Grocer Dive reported[...]

Chambers USA Awards Firm Top Ranking in Zoning/Land Use Law in South Florida

June 2, 2023

For the third year in a row, Chambers USA, one of the oldest and most prestigious legal guides in the world, has ranked Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes in Band 1 in the area of Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use Law – South Florida, the highest recognition given by Chambers. Jeffrey Bercow, co-founder and managing partner of the firm, and shareholders, Michael Larkin and Melissa Tapanes Llahues, were also recognized in the highest categories for lawyers in zoning and land[...]