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CLIENT NEWS: Swerdlow proposes replacing Miami public housing complexes with 5,000-plus apartments with affordable, workforce units

March 12, 2025

Developer Michael Swerdlow wants to develop 5,730 multifamily units with some affordable and workforce apartments, replacing five public housing complexes across Miami. Coconut Grove-based Swerdlow Group’s project also will include 370,000 square feet of commercial space such as offices and a school; 250,000 square feet of open space and amenities and a new Tri-Rail passenger train station, according to Miami-Dade records. The project would replace the existing public housing complexes of Victory Homes at 520 Northwest 75th Street, Newberg at[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: New Development Proposed for North Beach Town Center

August 21, 2019

Plans have been submitted to the Miami Beach Design Review Board for a new mixed-use development overlooking the North Shore Park on 72nd Street. An entity controlled by Matis Cohen and the Galbut family is proposing to build a 22-story tower with ground floor commercial space, a landscaped amenities deck, and a rooftop terrace in the North Beach Town Center. The project, designed by Arquitectonica, includes co-living units along with traditional studio, and 1, 2, and 3-bedroom floorplans. Co-living, which[...]

CLIENT NEWS: The New Target on South Beach is Finally Open, and it’s Different from the Rest

August 19, 2019

Breathe a sigh of relief, South Beach - your Target is finally open. The retail giant has opened its first Miami-area “compact store” - the first in South Florida - at the BLVD at Lenox retail development at 1045 Fifth St. in Miami Beach. And when we say compact, we mean compact. Shoppers used to the massive Targets in the suburbs may be stunned by the size of the new store. The South Beach target is almost 33,000 square feet,[...]

Three Shareholders Named to 2020 Best Lawyers®

August 15, 2019

Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin is pleased to announce that three lawyers have been included in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Jeffrey Bercow, Ben Fernandez and Michael Larkin. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. For the 16th year, co-founder and managing partner Jeffrey Bercow has been cited for his work in Environmental, Land Use and Zoning and Real Estate law. Two years ago Bercow was named the “2018 Miami Land Use[...]

Spaghetti Western Star Scores Approval to Build Controversial Brickell Tower

July 30, 2019

More than a year after a preservation effort failed to save Brickell’s Babylon Apartments from the wrecking ball, Miami’s elected officials handed the famed site’s owner another significant victory. The city commission voted 4-1 on Thursday to grant Babylon International’s request to upzone the property at 240 Southeast 14th Street from 12 stories to 24 stories. Commissioners Joe Carrollo, Willy Gort, Keon Hardemon and Manolo Reyes put aside objections from dozens of neighboring condo owners and residents, as well as an impassioned[...]

Miami Worldcenter Residences Plans More Parking for Bikes Than Cars

July 24, 2019

The developer of a major mixed-use residential project within Miami Worldcenter plans a building with more parking spaces for bicycles than for cars. So it may be no surprise that the site abuts a Metromover station. Akara Partners, a Chicago-based real estate investment and development company, is proposing the project in the multi-block Worldcenter development, rising in the Park West neighborhood. AP MWC Property Owner LLC is the applicant for the warrant to allow a new building in the Miami[...]