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[...]
Read MoreAn office building could rise in the parking lot of a shopping center in the Miami Health District. The city’s Urban Development Review Board on Sept. 14 will consider the application for the 2.14-acre site at 1000 and 1050 N.W. 14th St., on the north side of the Dolphin Expressway/State Road 836. The property currently has Civica Center, a three-story shopping plaza of 74,463 square feet, plus a 4,768-square-foot bank branch. Both of those buildings would remain while the office[...]
Read MoreAs Downtown Miami experiences a surge of new residents, businesses and investment from all over the country, Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes is honored to announce that Melissa Tapanes Llahues has been sworn in as a member of the Miami Downtown Development Authority (Miami DDA) Board of Directors. The Miami DDA is an independent agency of the City of Miami, governed by a 15-member Board comprised of three public appointees and 12 business owners, property owners and stakeholders who[...]
Read MoreVitamin entrepreneur and real estate investor Andrew Lessman barely won approval to build a waterfront mansion in mid-Miami Beach. The Miami Beach Design Review Board agreed to allow Lessman to knock down a 4,339-square-foot house built in 1936, and replace it with a new 8,462-square-foot home. But the main contention of the 4-to-3 vote on Friday was the height of the proposed house at 3017 Flamingo Drive. The current height limit is 24 feet. Lessman, founder of vitamin company ProCaps[...]
Read MoreMiami-Dade commissioners on Thursday sidestepped concerns about Biscayne Bay pollution, flooding and hazy development details to give preliminary approval for expanding the Urban Development Boundary and converting farmland into a 9 million-square-foot industrial park near Homestead. By a 9-3 vote, commissioners voted to send the expansion application to state agencies for review, a key step for developers in their effort to move the “UDB” for the first time since 2013. “I’m going to always try and protect our environment and[...]
Read MoreThree Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes PLLC Lawyers Named to 2022 Best Lawyers® List Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Bercow, Ben Fernandez and Michael Larkin were recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 edition. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. For the 18th year, co-founder and managing partner Jeffrey Bercow has been cited for his work in Environmental,[...]
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