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CLIENT NEWS: Billionaire Braman’s auto group plans Miami high-rise towers, dealership expansion (Photos)

April 16, 2025

Braman Motors, led by billionaire Norman Braman, has filed plans for its property in Miami to facilitate both expansion of the dealership and potential residential development. The city’s Urban Development Review Board will consider the special area plan (SAP) from Braman Motors for its property at 2060 Biscayne Blvd., 1930 N.E. 2nd Ave.; 160 N.E. 20th St.; 64, 106, 120, and 146 N.E. 20th St.; and 135 N.E. 19th Terrace on April 16. The SAP would need approval from the[...]

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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[...]

Four Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers® Award Recipients and One Named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™

August 22, 2023

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes is pleased to announce that four of our lawyers have been included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. "For more than 40 years, the rigorous methodology of Best Lawyers has ensured the integrity and esteem of our legal recognitions," said Best Lawyers CEO Phillip Greer. "It is with great pleasure[...]