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FIRM NEWS: Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin + Tapanes is thrilled to have Kyle Spohn and Olivia Clausen on board as part of our 2025 Summer Clerkship Program.

July 2, 2025

Kyle Spohn is a rising 2L at the University of Miami School of Law, where he ranks in the top 17% of his class and serves on the Inter-American Law Review. He is a recipient of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship and has earned multiple academic awards, including the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Legal Communication & Research I. Kyle earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management, cum laude, from the University of Florida, with minors[...]

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Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC Ranked by Best Law Firms® in 2024

November 3, 2023

November 2, 2023 - Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC has once again been recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms®, ranked by Best Lawyers®. The firm has successfully ranked in the top tier in Miami for Land Use & Zoning Law as well as in Real Estate Law as well as in the second tier nationally in Land Use & Zoning law. For the first time ever, the firm has also been ranked in Miami for[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Miami Beach to buy Altos Del Mar house after tossing out controversial zoning request

October 26, 2023

Miami Beach will buy a house in Altos Del Mar after tossing out a controversial requested zoning change. The current owners, Rudy and Betsy Pérez, who bought the house at 7605 Collins Avenue in 2001 for $510,000, had sought a zoning change for their nearly 0.2-acre property. The Collins Avenue house is surrounded on all sides by the oceanfront Altos Del Mar park, which includes a library, a large public parking lot and a playground. Amid heated opposition to the[...]

CLIENT NEWS: CGI Merchant’s Coconut Grove Office Building Scored Four Tenants

October 25, 2023

CGI Merchant scored four office leases for nearly 13,000 square feet in Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood. Wrap Technologies, a global public safety tech and services firm based in Tempe, Arizona, took 4,500 square feet at 3480 Main Highway, according to a news release from the landlord’s broker. The other newly signed tenants were not disclosed and identified as two hedge funds and a private equity firm. Stephen Rutchik and Tyler de la Peña of Colliers represented CGI. Led by Raoul Thomas, CGI is[...]

CLIENT NEWS: “It will be mayhem”: Miami board approves Brickell hotel despite concerns over parking, tiny dropoff area

October 25, 2023

A Miami board approved a 40-key boutique hotel project in Brickell, despite raising concerns over the dearth of on-site parking, as well as the tiny valet pickup and dropoff area. The Miami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board signed off on a proposal by Habitus Capital to build an eight-story hotel on a 0.1-acre site at 1511 Southwest Second Avenue. The board unanimously approved the project last Wednesday. A Miami board approved a 40-key boutique hotel project in Brickell, despite raising[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Clara plans 152-unit apartment project on Austin Burke store site in Wynwood

October 23, 2023

Clara Homes wants to develop a 152-unit apartment building on the site of the Austin Burke menswear store in Wynwood. The Miami-based firm is under contract to purchase the 0.4-acre property at 2601 Northwest Sixth Avenue in Miami for $7.7 million, according to a Clara news release. In the sale-leaseback deal, the Austin Burke store could stay open for a year and a half after the deal closes. Records show the Austin Burke store’s owners, including Kenneth Sager, Barry Burke,[...]