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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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Best Lawyers In America© Cites Three Firm Shareholders

August 17, 2018

The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 Edition, it’s 25th, announced today that three Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin shareholders have been recognized for their legal skills. For the 15th year, co-founder and managing partner Jeffrey Bercow has been cited for his work in Environmental, Land Use and Zoning and Real Estate law. Last year Bercow was named the “2018 Miami Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year.” Only a single attorney in each practice area and city is honored[...]

Town Center Development Guidelines Move Forward

August 14, 2018

The proposed guidelines for developing the North Beach Town Center to incorporate the increased density approved by Miami Beach voters last fall are going to the full Commission for consideration next month. In the meantime, the ordinance will make another stop back at the Commission’s Land Use and Development Committee to further refine recommendations for height increases and co-living spaces. City Staff has proposed allowing an increase in height up to 200 feet. Last month, the Planning Board recommended an increase in[...]

Integra completes $300M Aventura ParkSquare project

August 14, 2018

Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin client Integra Investments completed the final pieces of its $300 million Aventura ParkSquare mixed-use development by securing temporary certificates of occupancy for the residential and office condo components. In all, the 1.2-million-square-foot project, at 2920 Northeast 207th Street, includes a 131-unit luxury condo building, a 100,000-square-foot Class A office component, 55,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space, a 45,000-square-foot medical center, luxury senior living and a 207-key Aloft hotel. The office building is[...]

7th Consecutive Year Melissa Tapanes Llahues Selected a ‘Rising Star’ by SuperLawyers

June 18, 2018

MIAMI (June 18, 2018) – Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin, specializing in zoning, land use and environmental law, announced today that Shareholder Melissa Tapanes Llahues has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers-Rising Stars Edition 2018. Melissa has been selected a “Rising Star” every year since 2011. The Rising Stars edition is particularly selective, with 2.5 percent of the state’s under-40 lawyers represented. Once a year, Super Lawyers invites lawyers in each state to nominate the top attorneys they’ve personally[...]

Chambers USA Once Again Awards Firm Top Ranking in Zoning/Land Use Law

June 11, 2018

(MIAMI) June 11, 2018 – Chambers USA, one of the oldest and most prestigious legal guides in the world, has once again ranked Bercow Radell Fernandez & Larkin in Band 1 in the area of Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use Law – Florida, the highest recognition given by Chambers. Only five other firms in Florida placed at the top in this specialty area in the 2017 Chambers USA Directory. Jeffrey Bercow, co-founder and managing partner of the firm, and Shareholder and[...]