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FIRM NEWS: Historic First in Miami Beach: Live Local Act Application Approved

January 14, 2026

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes is proud to announce that Michael Larkin and Nicholas Rodriguez have achieved the first-ever Live Local Act application approval in the City of Miami Beach, a major milestone for housing and resiliency policy. After encountering resistance to a traditional code amendment for a 100% workforce housing project, our team strategically pivoted to the Live Local Act. We secured a favorable interpretation that allowed our client to maximize density, then successfully navigated the City’s complex[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Foundation Work Continues At Block 55 Vertical Retail & Residential

February 24, 2022

Foundation work is continuing at the Block 55 project in Overtown, according to photos this week by Ryan RC Rea. Groundbreaking took place in June 2021, and foundation work has been ongoing since then. Block 55 will include: 578 affordable apartments for seniors 250,000 square feet of retail space 1,050 parking spaces A 1,400 square foot police substation Tenants will include Target (with a Starbucks and CVS inside), an Aldi grocery, Burlington department store, and Ross Dress for Less. Published[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Crane Arrives in Brickell to Begin Building 640-Foot Miami River Tower

February 22, 2022

The first pieces of a tower crane have arrived at the Brickell site where a 54-story tower called Miami River is now under construction. The cranes are planned to rise 760 feet above ground, according to a filing with the FAA in September. Arrival of the crane likely indicates that vertical construction will begin soon. Construction of a sea wall on the property also now appears to be underway. The tower will become Miami’s westernmost building that is taller than[...]

FIRM IN THE NEWS: Mystery Miami proposal would hurt affordable housing, historic preservation, critics say

February 7, 2022

Someone in Miami’s city government wants to eviscerate a key parking break that’s credited with fostering development of lower-cost housing and the restoration of older and historic buildings — but who and why is shrouded in mystery. Like dozens of U.S. cities and states facing increasing traffic congestion and critical shortages of affordable housing, Miami has for several years allowed developers building downtown or in other neighborhoods abutting train and bus lines to reduce the amount of costly on-site parking[...]

CLIENT NEWS: D.R. Horton has Homestead Farmland Under Contract

February 3, 2022

D.R. Horton is seeking development approval for a swath of farmland in Homestead that it has under contract. The city’s Development Review Committee will consider the land use amendment, rezoning and site plan approval for the 8.6-acre site at the southwest corner of Southwest 320th Street/East Mowry Drive and Southwest 162nd Avenue on Feb. 15. It’s just west of Florida’s Turnpike. The Arlington, Texas-based homebuilder (NYSE: DHI) has the property under contract from the Jose L. Machado Jr. Trust in[...]

CLIENT NEWS: 3.4M-square-foot tower could rise at former Miami Arena site

February 3, 2022

The former home of the Miami Arena in downtown Miami could be developed into a 3.38 million-square-foot project with residential, offices and retail uses. WG 700 North Miami LLC, a partnership between New York-based Witkoff Organization and Chicago-based Monroe Capital, filed a municipal pre-application with Miami-Dade County officials for the 4.7-acre site at 700 N. Miami Ave. The developers are seeking feedback from county officials on several code variances before asking the city for approval. The project would have three[...]