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CLIENT NEWS: Celebrity-favorite restaurant from Dubai coming to Miami Beach

December 11, 2024

Gaia, a globally renowned Greek-Mediterranean dining destination from Dubai, is set to debut its first U.S. location in Miami Beach’s South of Fifth community come summer 2025. Conceptualized by British-Nigerian Chef Izu Ani and hospitality entrepreneur Evgeny Kuzin, the restaurant is a flagship of Fundamental Hospitality, with existing locations in Dubai, London, Qatar, Monte-Carlo and Marbella. The upscale eatery, which is named after the Greek goddess of the earth, will open on the ground floor of the Marea Condominium, 801[...]

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Michael Swerdlow wins bid to negotiate Overtown development deal with Miami

March 5, 2018

The $130.5 million project in Miami’s Overtown area would include 115 workforce housing units and 220,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space City officials in Miami will negotiate the terms of a $130.5 million mixed-use development in Miami’s Overtown area that a group led by developer Michael Swerdlow would build. A company affiliated with Swerdlow Group submitted the winning bid to develop a 3.4-acre site at 249 Northwest 6th Street owned by the board of the Southeast Overtown Park West Community[...]

Soleste Park View Gets Design Change Approval

February 27, 2018

Miami’s Urban Development Review Board unanimously approved design changes for the 56-story tower planned for 700 Northeast 26th Terrace last week. Doronin’s company, an affiliate of OKO Group, is increasing the number of units from 146 to 249, as well as the number of parking spaces by 76 to 399. The building’s floor plate would go from about 771,000 square feet to 838,000 square feet and the height would go up another five feet. The changes are due to “shifting market[...]

Tom Robertson Named Partner

February 22, 2018

Award-winning Miami boutique land use and zoning law firm Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin is pleased to announce that Tom Robertson has been promoted to Partner. Robertson, a former Miami-Dade County attorney, joined the firm in 2015 as Senior Counsel. He served the County for 30 years, practicing in the areas of Environmental Law, Zoning, Real Estate Finance and Liens, Personal Injury, Contracts, and general governmental law. In each of these areas, he was active in litigation, including many jury and non-jury trials. He[...]

UPDATE: North Miami Beach Approves Uptown Biscayne (Firm Client)

February 21, 2018

Here’s the giant project that could replace that strip club on NE163rd Street Most strip clubs have reputations for being shady, crime-ridden, sleazy joints. But Dean’s Gold, the North Miami Beach strip club at 2355 NE 163rd St. that has sat on the northeast corner of the intersection of Biscayne Boulevard and 163rd Street for nearly three decades, has a different kind of rep. To locals, the place is a historical landmark, even if you’ve never set foot inside. Formerly[...]

Historic Miami Beach condo could be converted into hotel

February 7, 2018

A historic building in Miami Beach’s Collins Waterfront Historic District could be converted from a condominium into a hotel after significant renovations. On Feb. 13, the city’s Historic Preservation Board will consider an application from the Prince Michael Condominium Association, which is now controlled by a developer, for changes to the property at 2618 Collins Ave. Nearly all of the 90 condos were acquired in separate transactions starting in 2015 by 2618 Collins Capital Holdings and various affiliates. The company[...]