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CLIENT NEWS: Vast Braman Motors Edgewater remake to add two 60-story towers

April 25, 2025

Braman Motors, a long successful and foundational business venture in the City of Miami, is about to expand dramatically with a growth spurt of sweeping proportions that would include two new 60-story residential towers. The Braman company, utilizing special development options in the Miami 21 zoning code, plans to start construction on a phased redevelopment of several properties in the Edgewater neighborhood, ultimately bringing hundreds of new residential units, new retail-commercial uses, office space, parking for thousands of vehicles, and[...]

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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[...]

UPDATE: Miami Beach 2019 Comprehensive Plan Amendments

October 30, 2019

Section 163.3184, Florida Statutes, requires local governments to evaluate and propose amendments to their Comprehensive Plans every seven (7) years through a process known as the Evaluation and Appraisal Review (EAR). The City of Miami Beach recently completed its EAR and has proposed several significant amendments to its Comprehensive Plan. We have summarized the major proposed changes to the Miami Beach Comprehensive Plan that we believe will likely impact development in the City. This update is only meant to be[...]