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CLIENT NEWS: Billionaire’s $20 million gift kickstarts Vizcaya expansion

November 13, 2025

As the landmark, publicly owned Vizcaya Museum and Gardens starts work on an extensive, long-planned restoration and enhancement of the estate’s historic farm village, the initiative has lured a large gift from billionaire Ken Griffin — and a surprising proposition from the financier that’s sure to draw significant scrutiny. On Friday, Vizcaya’s leaders are set to unveil a revised, detailed master plan for a revamped farm village along with a $20 million donation to the project from Griffin, the founder[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Three Towers Approved in North Miami Beach

February 5, 2024

The North Miami Beach city commission voted 5-2 last month to approve a large-scale housing development that just weeks prior seemed to have little support. Developer May NMB LLC – a collaboration between New Jersey-based Accurate Builders and Kastel Development – brought forth a series of compromises in response to outcries from both commissioners and residents in December 2023 that the plan in its original form wasn’t cutting it. The proposal for 16385 NE 22nd Ave. consists of three towers,[...]

Melissa Tapanes Llahues Appointed to The City of Hialeah’s Affordable Housing Task Force

February 2, 2024

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin and Tapanes proudly announces the appointment of Melissa Tapanes Llahues to the City of Hialeah’s Affordable Housing Task Force, where she was elected Vice Chair during the Task Force’s inaugural meeting held this past Monday. Council President Jesus Tundidor was elected to lead the Task Force as its Chair. With a population exceeding 200,000 residents and a growing influx of immigrants, Hialeah faces pressing needs for accessible housing solutions, a challenge Tapanes Llahues is poised to[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Little Havana site could be rezoned for apartments, grocery store

February 1, 2024

Cornerstone Group and Brookstone Partners aim to rezone part of a Little Havana site so it can move forward with a mixed-use project anchored by a grocery store. The Miami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board will consider the rezoning for 1.02 acres of the 2.36-acre property at 805 to 861 W. Flagler St. and 826 to 860 N.W. First St. on the evening of Jan. 31. Brookstone 805 Flagler LLC, an affiliate of Hollywood-based Cornerstone Group and Coconut Grove-based Brookstone[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Jackie Soffer’s Turnberry, Belmont plan Aventura apartments for seniors

January 30, 2024

Turnberry and Belmont Village Senior Living are planning an 11-story senior living project with 153 apartments in Aventura. Belmont Village Aventura at 3510 Yacht Club Way will mark the third project in South Florida and the first partnership with Turnberry for the Houston-based senior living developer, a press release states. Last month, A Belmont Village affiliate paid $8 million for the 1.4-acre vacant site from a trust linked to Turnberry, the Aventura-based development firm led by CEO Jackie Soffer, records show.[...]

CLIENT NEWS: MG Developer completes assemblage for Metro Parc South

January 30, 2024

MG Developer completed the assemblage for its planned Metro Parc South multifamily project in Hialeah. The firm paid $16.3 million in three deals for 1.8 acres along East 24th and 25th streets, near Ninth Avenue. In the biggest purchase, MG paid $10.5 million for the sites at 975 East 24th Street, as well as at 934 and 954 East 25th Street, according to records. An entity led by Michael Klinger, of real estate firm Saber Fund, sold the properties that[...]