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CLIENT NEWS: Swerdlow proposes replacing Miami public housing complexes with 5,000-plus apartments with affordable, workforce units

March 12, 2025

Developer Michael Swerdlow wants to develop 5,730 multifamily units with some affordable and workforce apartments, replacing five public housing complexes across Miami. Coconut Grove-based Swerdlow Group’s project also will include 370,000 square feet of commercial space such as offices and a school; 250,000 square feet of open space and amenities and a new Tri-Rail passenger train station, according to Miami-Dade records. The project would replace the existing public housing complexes of Victory Homes at 520 Northwest 75th Street, Newberg at[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Immigrant workers who are building South Florida fight for better pay, work conditions

November 7, 2024

For the past two decades Javier Torres has steadied himself on the high scaffolding of countless buildings to apply the paint jobs that protect them from South Florida’s harsh sun and soaking rains. The Colombian man, 64, is proud of his profession. It’s how he’s put his youngest son through college. But the work has also come at great cost. Surrounded by colleagues wearing hard hats at a recent evening in front of Miami-Dade County Hall, Torres spoke of the[...]

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC Ranked by Best Law Firms® in 2025

November 7, 2024

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC is proud to announce we have once again been recognized in the 2025 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 and for Real Estate Law, as well as in the second tier nationally in Land Use & Zoning law. For the second year in a row, the firm has also been ranked in Miami[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Kristi House And M.U.J.E.R. Secure Historic Property In Homestead To Establish Permanent Service Center For Women, Children, And Families

November 4, 2024

Kristi House, Miami-Dade County’s only nationally accredited Children’s Advocacy Center, and MUJER, a one-stop domestic violence and sexual assault center, have closed on the purchase of a historic landmark property in downtown Homestead for $5.1 million. The facility, located at 240 & 250 N. Krome Avenue, will be co-owned and operated by both organizations, serving as a permanent, shared service center dedicated to trauma-informed care and support for underserved communities in deep South Dade. The 31,514-square-foot property consists of two[...]

The $2.5 Billion Plan to Transform Six Historic Blocks in South Beach

November 4, 2024

When it’s complete in 2027, Miami’s “Billionaires’ Beach” will be a sandier, sunnier version of Manhattan’s 57th Street or London’s Bishops Avenue. The bold name was coined by Michael Shvo, one of several developers collectively pumping more than $2.5 billion into a handful of blocks along Collins Avenue, the arterial that runs parallel to the city’s ruler-straight coastline. Many of the world’s best hotel brands are now preparing to fly their five-star flags over South Beach for the first time,[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Michael Stern’s JDS plans luxury condo next to Monad Terrace in Miami Beach

October 28, 2024

Michael Stern’s JDS Development Group plans to develop a luxury condo tower next to its Monad Terrace project, The Real Deal has learned. An affiliate of JDS plans a buyout of the 238-unit Bay Garden Manor condo building at 1250 West Avenue, according to a source. The firm has started closing on units, and so far six sales have been recorded since June, ranging from $215,000 to $310,000 per unit, property records show. The 15-story Bay Garden Manor was built[...]