CLIENT NEWS: Michael Stern, David Martin buy Miami Beach development site, Bikini Hostel property for $120M

September 18, 2025

Developer Michael Stern’s JDS and David Martin’s Terra bought the development site for a planned waterfront condo tower in Miami Beach for roughly $120 million, The Real Deal has learned. The developers completed the bulk purchase of Bay Garden Manor at 1250 West Avenue, according to sources. Martin took an interest in the deal in late July. Stern’s other partners include Gianluca Vacchi’s GV Development and RG Development. The price includes the bulk condo purchase and the Bikini Hostel property[...]

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Three Firm Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers® 2021 Edition; Jeffrey Bercow Named “Lawyer of the Year” in Miami in Land Use & Zoning

August 20, 2020

Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Bercow, Ben Fernandez and Michael Larkin were given recognition in the The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Edition. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. For the 17th year, co-founder and managing partner Jeffrey Bercow has been cited for his work in Environmental, Land Use and Zoning and Real Estate Law. Bercow was also named the “2021 Miami[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Developer Rishi Kapoor lands approval for mixed-use co-living project in South Beach

August 13, 2020

Developer Rishi Kapoor is a step closer to bringing his Urbin Retreat concept to South Beach. Kapoor and his partners won the unanimous endorsement of the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board Tuesday afternoon for a mixed-use co-living and hotel development on Washington Avenue. Unless the decision is appealed, the developer can now move forward with demolishing a one-story retail building at 1260 Washington Avenue that was constructed in 1948, to replace it with a six-story building with 56 hotel rooms, 49 co-living[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Akara Partners Bought Acre of Miami Worldcenter for $18.85M

July 27, 2020

A piece of the last vacant parcel at Miami Worldcenter sold on Friday. The Chicago-based development firm Akara Partners bought an acre from Miami Worldcenter Associates for $18.85 million, according to a press release. The land, beside the Metromover Station, is located at Northeast Second Ave., from Northeast 10th St. to Northeast 11th St. Only 36,273 square feet can be developed because the remainder of the property, or 8,227 square feet, is located underneath the Metromover Station. Akara is planning two towers,[...]

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CLIENT NEWS: Developer of Proposed 62-story West Brickell Tower will Rebuild Firehouse Among Other Benefits

June 15, 2020

There’s nowhere left to build in Brickell but up, so a real estate developer plans to stack a 62-story condo-hotel-office tower on top of a fire station. Enough, say neighboring residents who fear they will lose a beloved park and be forced to cope with gridlocked streets and overcrowded schools. The project by developer Michael Stern, who has built dazzling “super talls” in New York City, would encompass West Brickell’s Fire Station No. 4 as the ground floor. As part of[...]

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PRESS RELEASE: The Legal 500 2020 Awards “Leading Firm” and “Recommended Attorney” Status for Firm’s Land Use/Zoning Work in Miami

June 12, 2020

The Legal 500, widely acknowledged as the world’s largest legal referral guide, has once again recognized Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes as a “Leading Firm” in Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning in Miami in its 2020 Directory. Managing Partner Jeffrey Bercow was cited as a “Recommended Attorney” and again recognized in the publication’s “Hall of Fame,” which highlights individuals who have received constant praise by their clients for continued excellence. This is Bercow’s ninth consecutive year recognized as an[...]

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