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CLIENT NEWS: How Robert Rivani’s bold moves are shaking up Miami-Dade real estate

October 8, 2025

When real estate investment firm Rivani announced in August it would bring Playboy’s global corporate headquarters to Miami Beach, the team knew the news would make a splash. But no one was quite ready for how much attention it would bring. “[The reaction] was crazy. It was insane,” said Robert Rivani, the namesake founder and president of the company formerly known as Black Lion. The news that Playboy had signed a 10-year lease for 20,000 square feet of penthouse space[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Photos: Artistic Murals Installed at 189-Unit Apartment Project on Former Wynwood Yard Site

June 22, 2022

The apartment complex that replaced Wynwood Yard has had artistic murals installed. The project is known as Wynwood Green, and topped off at 11-stories. According to a 2019 utilities agreement, it will include: 189 apartments 6,043 square feet of retail 9,829 square feet of full service restaurant The parking garage will have 324 spaces. An affiliate of Lennar is the developer. Dorsky + Yue is the architect. Published on June 15, 2022 on TheNextMiami.com

CLIENT NEWS: Foundation, Basement Nearly Complete At 64-Story 1 Southside Park, Vertical Construction Soon

June 22, 2022

The developer of Brickell’s massive 1 Southside Park has announced that the project will soon begin vertical construction. JDS Development Group said in a press release that it had secured an acquisition and construction bridge loan of $86 million, allowing the development to move forward. The project is now finishing up foundation work, “with deep soil mixing operations and the two-level basement complete,” the release said. “We look forward to going vertical in the near future,” said Michael Stern, Founder[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Developer Secures $86M to Build 64-story Tower in Brickell

June 16, 2022

JDS Development Group has obtained an $86 million construction loan to help it start work on a 64-story mixed-use tower in Miami’s Brickell Financial District. Maxim Capital Group provided the mortgage to 191 SW 12 Owner LLC, an affiliate of New York-based JDS Development, by assuming a $43 million land acquisition loan and doubling it to $86 million, while carrying a lower interest rate. The “bridge construction loan” will support the initial work on the project, which is currently undergoing[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Office-retail-parking offer in Miami Beach advances

June 13, 2022

An unsolicited proposal to redevelop a parking lot at 13th Street and Collins Avenue into mixed-used office, retail and parking garage is one step closer to reality after a favorable recommendation from the Miami Beach finance committee, and now comes with two levels of office space and a possible contribution from the developer to the city. Real estate developers Location Ventures proposed via unsolicited bid to transform the parking lot, at no cost to the city, into a $19.2 million[...]

Chambers USA Awards Firm Top Ranking in Zoning/ Land Use Law in South Florida

June 13, 2022

Miami, June 13, 2022 – For the second year in a row, Chambers USA, one of the oldest and most prestigious legal guides in the world, has ranked Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes in Band 1 in the area of Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use Law – South Florida, the highest recognition given by Chambers. The firm is ranked highest among five South Florida firms at the top of this specialty area in the 2022 Chambers USA Directory. Jeffrey Bercow,[...]