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FIRM NEWS: Emily Balter Named Firm Partner

January 22, 2025

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes, an award-winning Miami boutique law firm specializing in land use, zoning, and environmental law, is excited to announce that Emily Balter has been promoted to Partner. A Miami native, Emily specializes in land use, zoning, and environmental law throughout Miami-Dade County. She provides expert guidance to developers, institutions, and landowners on local regulations and permitting, with a focus on plan amendments, rezonings, variances, special exceptions, and platting for residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects. Emily[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Health District plan switches from offices to residences

January 10, 2023

The developer of a planned high-rise along highway 836 in Miami’s Health District has decided to change the use from office space to residential. The city’s Urban Development Review Board recommended approval of the modified project, with two conditions: hire a dock master for the loading area, and study adding glass into the building’s southeast corner. The applicant is named TCD 212 CIVICA FL PROPERTY LLC and TCD 1000 NW 14TH STREET LLC and plans the redesigned tower for 1050[...]

CLIENT NEWS: 790-Foot Tower Cranes Approved At Former Miami Arena Site

December 30, 2022

The Federal Aviation Administration has just approved a requested to install two tower construction cranes at the former Miami Arena site. The applications for approval to install the cranes was filed with the FAA on August 4, and approved December 18. According to the approval notice, the cranes are permitted rise 779 feet above ground. One will reach 793 feet above sea level, while the other will reach 794 feet above sea level. The permanent building heights on the property[...]

Melissa Tapanes Llahues Presented with The Builders Association of South Florida’s 2022 Joseph G. Goldstein Legislative Leadership Award

December 20, 2022

Miami, December 20 - The Builders Association of South Florida (BASF), the local affiliate of the National Association of Home Builder awarded Melissa Tapanes Llahues, Shareholder at Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin and Tapanes, with its 2022 Joseph G. Goldstein Legislative Leadership Award in honor of her extraordinary leadership and commitment to the organization. Established in 1944, BASF is the result of over 70 years combined service to the building trade association field in South Florida. The organization has a reputation for[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Miami Beach board approves Galbut hotel, Shvo office project

December 16, 2022

A trio of major projects scored key approvals from the Miami Beach Preservation Board on Tuesday. Russell Galbut can move ahead with the redevelopment of an apartment complex into a hotel near the city’s South of Fifth neighborhood. Michael Shvo can charge forward with his reimagining of the office clock tower on Lincoln Road. And Witkoff and Monroe Capital got authorization to demolish portions of the Shore Club hotel complex on Collins Avenue before obtaining building permits for a planned redevelopment. 1030 Sixth Street The[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Chetrit revives $1B Miami River megaproject

December 16, 2022

The Chetrit Group is resuscitating plans for its $1 billion megaproject along the Miami River, and is tapping hospitality mogul David Grutman to run the food and beverage operations. New York-based Chetrit secured approval in 2015 for the 4 million-square-foot phased project, planned for a 6.2-acre site south of the river between I-95 and Southwest Second Avenue. The development, dubbed the River District, is expected to include 1,600 residential units, 30,000 square feet of retail, a marina, parking and Class A[...]