In The News

Get updates from our press releases, latest newsletters, and recent work.

FIRM NEWS: Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin + Tapanes is thrilled to have Kyle Spohn and Olivia Clausen on board as part of our 2025 Summer Clerkship Program.

July 2, 2025

Kyle Spohn is a rising 2L at the University of Miami School of Law, where he ranks in the top 17% of his class and serves on the Inter-American Law Review. He is a recipient of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship and has earned multiple academic awards, including the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Legal Communication & Research I. Kyle earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management, cum laude, from the University of Florida, with minors[...]

Ready to take that next step?

Previous News

CLIENT NEWS: Developers seek to expand Miami-Dade development boundary by 792 acres

March 12, 2021

Several developers want to expand Miami-Dade County’s urban development boundary by 792.2 acres to create thousands of jobs at a new business park on the southern end of the county. Moving the UDB is a big ask, as it requires a two-thirds vote of the County Commission and often draws opposition from activists concerned about over development. However, the application for the South Dade Logistics and Technology District states that it would provide much-needed employment opportunities in south Miami-Dade, where[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Treehouse Hotel, cousin to 1 Hotel, to make U.S. debut in Brickell in 2025

March 10, 2021

Treehouse Hotel plans to make its U.S. debut in Miami in 2025. The nature-inspired hotel brand owned by Miami-based Starwood Capital Group’s SH Hotels & Resorts is coming to Brickell’s 1 Southside Park development. The project will be 62 stories tall and have 191 rooms, the company said. SH Hotels & Resorts also owns the 1 Hotel South Beach brand. The only other Treehouse hotel opened in London in 2019. Construction on the Brickell hotel at the 1105-1133 SW Second[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Here’s how much Suntex paid for Monty’s Raw Bar and adjacent marina in Coconut Grove

February 19, 2021

Suntex Marina Investors bought the long-term lease for Monty’s Raw Bar and Prime Marina Miami in Coconut Grove for $14.7 million, records reveal. Dallas-based Suntex Ventures purchased the 70-year lease for the marina, also called Bayshore Landing, at 2550 South Bayshore Drive earlier this month. Aligned Bayshore Raw Bar LLC, tied to Jose Hevia’s Prime Marina Group, sold the property. Records show Aligned Bayshore Raw Bar assigned the lease to Coconut Grove F&B LLC, a Delaware corporation signed by Bryan[...]

CLIENT NEWS: Iconiq buys Related and Block Capital’s Wynwood apartments for $77M

February 18, 2021

San Francisco investment firm Iconiq Capital paid $77 million for a mixed-use apartment building in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. Related Group and Block Capital Group sold The Bradley Wynwood, a 175-unit building that was previously leased to short-term rental operator Domio, to Iconiq. Domio, which shut down last year, had a 10-year master lease with extension options. In October, Related and Block Capital listed the building at 51 Northwest 26th Street for sale with a whisper price of about $90 million, before Domio shuttered. Berkadia[...]

City of Miami’s Miami 21 Task Force Elects Melissa Tapanes Llahues Chairperson

January 27, 2021

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes is pleased to announce that Melissa Tapanes Llahues has been elected chairperson of the City of Miami’s Miami 21 Task Force at its January 22 meeting. The ad hoc committee was created to conduct a comprehensive review of the Miami 21 zoning code, a form-based code guided by tenants of “New Urbanism” and “Smart Growth” principles. Tapanes Llahues was appointed by Commission Manolo Reyes to represent his district, District 4. Miami 21 represents the “Miami[...]