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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: Ari Pearl, Jonathan Leifer launch sales of Bay Harbor Towers

November 8, 2023

Ari Pearl and Jonathan Leifer are launching sales of their planned waterfront Bay Harbor Islands condominium, with Edgardo Defortuna’s brokerage at the helm. Pearl’s Hallandale Beach-based PPG Development and Leifer’s New York-based L3C Capital are partnering on the eight-story, 44-unit Bay Harbor Towers project at 10143 East Bay Harbor Drive, according to a press release. Condos in the building will span 1,900 square feet to 5,000 square feet, a spokesperson confirmed. Prices for the two-, three- and four-bedroom units will[...]

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[...]