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Melissa Tapanes Llahues Installed as President of the Builders Association of South Florida

May 15, 2025

MIAMI, FL (May 15) — Melissa Tapanes Llahues has made her mark not only in the legal profession but also in the greater Miami community. A respected zoning and land use attorney and civic leader, she became a named partner at Bercow, Radell, Fernandez, Larkin & Tapanes, PLLC in 2020, where she represents major landowners, developers, institutional clients, and small business owners in securing complex approvals across all levels of government. Now, Melissa adds another milestone to her distinguished career: Melissa was[...]

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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[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Retail Shops at Newly Completed $400M Overtown Complex ‘Packed’

January 22, 2025

Retail shops at Overtown’s new $400M Block 55 complex are filled with customers, developer Michael Swerdlow told the SFBJ. The Target store that anchors the complex is “full” and “packed” with customers, he said, while the Aldi supermarket there is also “packed all the time.” The 1.5- million square foot Block 55 opened last year, with the retail space fully leased. It includes around 200,000 square feet of retail, 130,000 square feet of office space (taken for a HQ space[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Celebrity-favorite restaurant from Dubai coming to Miami Beach

December 11, 2024

Gaia, a globally renowned Greek-Mediterranean dining destination from Dubai, is set to debut its first U.S. location in Miami Beach’s South of Fifth community come summer 2025. Conceptualized by British-Nigerian Chef Izu Ani and hospitality entrepreneur Evgeny Kuzin, the restaurant is a flagship of Fundamental Hospitality, with existing locations in Dubai, London, Qatar, Monte-Carlo and Marbella. The upscale eatery, which is named after the Greek goddess of the earth, will open on the ground floor of the Marea Condominium, 801[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Publix goes yacht rock with a new dockside store in South Florida. Can you shop by boat?

December 5, 2024

Publix customers can soon rock their yacht on a grocery run. The newly completed Hollywood store will be a dockside Publix. Customers can dock their boats and walk inside the 29,912-square-foot store to shop, said Publix spokeswoman Lindsey Wallace. The grand opening is at 7 a.m. Dec. 12 after a ribbon cutting ceremony in front of the market at 3100 S. Ocean Dr. in Hollywood. The store is on the Intracoastal, across A1A from the Atlantic ocean. This is the[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Apartment Project Near Miami park to Break Ground Next Year

December 4, 2024

A real estate investment firm intends to break ground on a new 337-unit residential project near Legion Park in Miami's Upper Eastside next year. The new zoning and comprehensive plan amendment, approved by the Miami City Commission on November 21, will enable an affiliate of Atlanta-based private equity firm ACRE to build a six-story apartment building on 3.25 acres of land between Legion Park, Northeast Seventh Ave., Northeast 64th Street, and Biscayne Boulevard. As part of its deal with the[...]