IN THE NEWS: Melissa Tapanes Llahues Installed as President of the Builders Association of South Florida

May 22, 2025

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 installed on May[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Order up: Shorty’s inks $15M sale lease-back of original restaurant near Dadeland Mall

January 6, 2022

Shorty’s BBQ has been approached “tons of times” over the years by developers seeking to buy the restaurant’s original location in Miami. The response was typically quick: No, said CEO Mark Vasturo. But the barbecue eatery finally said yes, after roughly a year of negotiations with buyers Atlantic Pacific Companies and Florida Value Partners. The developers completed a sale-leaseback with Shorty’s for the legacy site at 9200 South Dixie Highway. The sale closed just before the end of the year[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Two Tallest Towers Ever Proposed South Of Brickell Get New Renderings

December 21, 2021

Developers 13th Floor Investments and Adler Group have revised plans to build two 39-story towers next to a Metrorail station. The twin proposed towers, which are part of the Link at Douglas megaproject, could become the tallest south of Brickell. A submittal in August showed them topping off at 444 feet above ground. The previous tallest south of Brickell was also at the same development – a 36-story, 393-foot tower called CASCADE, which has topped off. A 22-story tower in[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Miami Worldcenter developer nabs $340M financing for mixed-use tower, marking third largest construction loan ever in Florida

December 16, 2021

The flow of money from New York to South Florida continues. Silverstein Capital Partners provided Dan Kodsi’s Royal Palm Companies with a $340 million construction loan for Legacy Hotel & Residences, a mixed-use condo and hotel tower planned for Miami Worldcenter in downtown Miami. The financing marks the third largest construction loan ever in Florida, following two others for projects in Miami-Dade County, according to a press release. The two others were: a $558 million loan for the construction of the Estates at Acqualina[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Worldcenter Agrees to Allow Office Space At Former Miami Arena Site

December 15, 2021

It appears that the former Arena site at Miami Worldcenter may be getting office space. On November 19, Worldcenter’s master developer amended a restrictive covenant to allow for office to be developed on the property, county records show. It isn’t clear if the new project will also have other uses. However, it will be a “high density” development, according to a July statement by Witkoff Group and Monroe Capital, who own the property. Miami Worldcenter representative declined to comment on[...]

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Emily K. Balter Elected to the Cuban American Bar Association 2022 Board of Directors

December 14, 2021

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes is proud to announce that associate, Emily K. Balter, has been elected to serve on the Cuban American Bar Association (CABA) 2022 Board of Directors. CABA is a non-profit voluntary bar association founded in 1974 by lawyers of Cuban descent. CABA’s members include judges, lawyers, and law students of all backgrounds interested in issues affecting the Cuban community as well as minority communities as a whole. As an active member of CABA, Emily has[...]

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