Todd Glaser and the Posner Group paid $105 million for a waterfront estate in Miami Beach that Glaser plans to knock down and replace with a spec mansion asking $300 million. Developer Sonny Kahn, a founding partner at Miami-based Crescent Heights, and his wife Suzanne sold the 2.3-acre estate at 5940 North Bay Road. The deal, in the works for about six months, closed on Monday, Glaser said. Glaser’s investor and partner, Jarrett and Sean Posner’s firm, financed the purchase.[...]
Read MoreA Hialeah property that formerly house greyhound kennels and racing would be developed into high-density apartments under a proposal by developer Jeffrey Soffer. Soffer, whose family developed the Aventura Mall and the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa, owns 70.9% of Florida Kennels, which owns the 28.3-acre site at 7218 West Fourth Ave. The other owners are the Robert S. Kaiser trust (20%), Brooke Soffer (7.5%), and Dan Adkins (1.6%). It had been a greyhound kennel since 1947. The operations became obsolete after Florida voters[...]
Read MoreBizzi & Partners Development scored approval for a mixed-use tower along 163rd Street in North Miami Beach. The developer plans to build a 33-story building with nearly 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and 456 residential units, according to Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes, which represented Bizzi & Partners. The North Miami Beach City Commission OK’d plans, voting 4-2 for the project, last week. Property records show 2101 Aventura Property Owner LLC paid $10.7 million for the development site at 2101[...]
Read MoreThe Latigo Group scored a $50 million construction loan for its apartment project that will be part of a major mixed-use development in Miami Gardens. The Los Angeles-based real estate firm scored the loan from 3650 REIT to construct its 259-unit project at 19279 Northwest 27th Avenue in Miami Gardens. Called the Center at Miami Gardens, the project will have three residential buildings as well as a clubhouse, and will sit on about 10 acres of land. It is adjacent to[...]
Read MoreBercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes, a boutique law firm specializing in land use, zoning and environmental law, announced today that it has promoted associate attorney Carli M. Koshal to a partner of the firm. She joined the firm in 2012. “We’re excited to add another promising firm associate to the ranks of ‘Partner,’ as a way to acknowledge her outstanding efforts on behalf of our clients,” said Jeffrey Bercow, managing partner. “Carli has an exceptional understanding of form-based codes,[...]
Read MoreMelissa 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.[...]
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