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CLIENT NEWS: Six-story Wynwood Norte residences win recommendation

January 29, 2025

A developer has put together a plan to bring more residential units to the evolving Wynwood Norte neighborhood, along with several retail spaces. Owner-developer Kambucha LLC plans to construct the new six-story Rose Wynwood building at 444 NW 33rd St. The overall project will amount to 232,095 square feet of floor area, home to 140 residential dwelling units, 14 micro-retail units, and two retail spaces on the ground floor. The city’s Urban Development Review Board unanimously recommended approval with one[...]

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Melissa Tapanes Llahues Panelist on Upcoming FAWL Event

January 11, 2021

Melissa Tapanes Llahues will be a panelist discussing “Combatting Gender Pay Disparity: Year-End Performance Reviews and Salary Negotiations,” on January 21, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., via Zoom. Click here to register. The event is sponsored by the Miami Dade chapter of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL). The organization is a volunteer bar association dedicated to actively promoting the advancement of women in the legal profession, expanding the leadership role of its members in the community at[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Hospitality mogul David Grutman wins approval for waterfront mansion

January 7, 2021

Nightlife entrepreneur David Grutman obtained permission to replace a 1933-era waterfront home on one of the most expensive streets in Miami Beach with a new two-story mansion. Grutman’s plans were approved by the Miami Beach Design Review Board Tuesday morning by a vote of 4 to 2. The Groot Hospitality founder won’t necessarily demolish the 87-year-old mansion at 2050 North Bay Road. He’s offered to donate the architecturally significant building, designed by architect Carlos Schoeppl, to anyone willing to cart it away[...]

CLIENT NEWS: JDS Development assembles land for Brickell project with $23M in deals

December 17, 2020

JDS Development Group moved a step closer to building a 2.48 million-square-foot project in Miami’s Brickell after purchasing properties for $23 million. Led by Michael Stern, New York-based JDS Development Group executed two transactions through affiliate 191 SW 12 Owner LLC. They cover part of the land needed for its 1 Southside Park project. In the bigger deal, CS Brickell LLC, an affiliate of Choice Hotels, sold the 22,500-square-foot property at 145, 155 and 165 S.W. 12th St. for $14 million. The[...]

Associate Emily Balter Recognized by Cuban American Bar Association

December 14, 2020

We are immensely proud of Associate Attorney, Emily Balter, who was recently recognized as the Cuban American Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Member of the Year. Emily applied her time and resources this year to further the organization’s mission and goals on the CLE Committee and AIT: Uncorked Event Planning Committee. Congratulations, Emily and the 2020 Honorees!

CLIENT NEWS: Alta Developers begins closings at Quadro at Design District

December 7, 2020

A year after completing a residential project near the Miami Design District, Alta Developers started recording closings at Quadro. The firm, led by principal and CEO Raimundo Onetto, originally planned the 198-unit, 12-story development as a rental tower, then changed course and launched sales earlier this year as a condo project offering long-term and short-term leases. Plans for the building at 3900 Biscayne Boulevard were first announced in 2016. Onetto said in a press release that the move-in ready units are “incredibly desirable” and[...]