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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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DBR: Law Partner Melissa Tapanes Llahues on Being ‘Part of the Story of Miami’

January 13, 2020

Melissa Tapanes Llahues’ parents knew she would be an attorney. As a child she showed fitting personality traits for the job. “I was told that I had a fire in my belly,” she said. If you’ve heard Tapanes argue, then you know exactly what her family meant. The granddaughter of a Cuban political prisoner under Fidel Castro’s regime is thorough, firm and confident. She is a land-use and zoning attorney at Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes in Miami, becoming its latest name.[...]

Melissa Tapanes Llahues Promoted; Firm Becomes Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes

January 6, 2020

Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin, a boutique law firm specializing in land use, zoning and environmental law, announced today that it has elevated shareholder Melissa Tapanes Llahues to name partner status and has changed the company’s name to Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes, effective January 1, 2020. The firm also announced that as a result of its recent growth, it will shortly be moving to larger office space on the third floor of its current building, the Southeast Financial[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Sterling Building on Lincoln Road Scores Hotel Approval

January 2, 2020

Sam Herzberg’s proposal to add a hotel to the 91-year-old Sterling Building on Lincoln Road cleared another hurdle. The Miami Beach Planning Board last week approved the 144-room project by a 6-1 vote. The hotel is one of two currently in the planning stages for the popular pedestrian mall. City leaders and Lincoln Road business owners say the hotels will attract more visitors and supplement the new convention center hotel that will be built couple of blocks north of the Sterling Building.[...]

Miami Axis Park Breaks Ground in Hialeah

November 25, 2019

Congratulations to firm client Lincoln Property Group on breaking ground on Miami Axis Park, a 415,000 SF state of the art logistics park in the City of Hialeah. Firm attorneys Melissa Tapanes Llahues and Maritza Haro participated in the groundbreaking.

CLIENT NEWS: Miami-Dade Planning Council Keeps In Play Builder Push To Develop Farmland

November 6, 2019

A push by South Florida builders to expand future growth onto Miami-Dade County farm fields survived a critical vote Monday night. The county’s Planning Advisory Council, which recommends changes to the county’s master growth plan, sided with builders and agreed not to endorse a report that would have protected land west of Kendall. The area is also targeted for the expansion of the 836/Dolphin Expressway. Instead, council members said they want to keep the land in play. “I saw some[...]