Integrated Strategy. Local Insight. Statewide Impact.
At Shubin Law Group, our land use and zoning practice operates in seamless collaboration with The Euclid Group, our affiliated planning and development consultancy. Together, we provide a uniquely integrated platform by combining the insight of attorneys, former mayors, city planners, and government officials with the technical skill of legal advocates. We help clients navigate Florida’s complex regulatory landscape and unlock the full potential of their properties.
From Miami’s urban core to Tampa Bay’s waterfront and Palm Beach County’s growing corridors, we represent developers, investors, and property owners across every asset class, including mixed-use, multifamily, industrial, educational, hospitality, and waterfront projects. Our team brings decades of experience guiding high-value development and redevelopment through all phases – from due diligence and entitlements to permitting, negotiation, and, when necessary, litigation and appeals.
What We Do
Our lawyers and consultants work together to deliver creative, strategic, and legally sound solutions across the full spectrum of land use and zoning matters:
- Comprehensive Entitlement Strategies – Securing zoning approvals, variances, conditional uses, and development agreements for residential, commercial, and institutional projects.
- Redevelopment and Waterfront Projects – Advising on coastal and waterfront redevelopment, resiliency planning, and adaptive reuse of historic and aging properties.
- Live Local Act and Workforce Housing – Guiding developers through Florida’s evolving Live Local Act and related “glitch bills,” including entitlement strategies and litigation for workforce and attainable housing.
- Educational and Institutional Development – Counseling schools, universities, and nonprofit institutions through campus master planning and permitting.
- Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) – Structuring and negotiating complex development arrangements between private entities and municipalities, including infrastructure agreements and community benefit components.
Our Edge
Few firms combine the same depth of legal experience and government perspective. Several of our attorneys and consultants have served as city attorneys, mayors, and local government advisors, offering firsthand knowledge of how decisions are made at the municipal level. This insider understanding allows us to anticipate challenges, engage effectively with staff and elected officials, and position our clients for success in politically and technically complex matters.
Through The Euclid Group, our clients also gain access to urban planning and development strategy services, providing a full suite of capabilities that extend well beyond traditional legal analysis. Whether addressing a master-planned community, revitalizing a downtown corridor, or repositioning an underperforming asset, we deliver coordinated strategies that balance development goals with community priorities.
“Shubin Law has deep and meaningful expertise.” – Client quote as published in Chambers USA 2025.
- Represented Miami-based Terra in successful site plan approval to redevelop oceanfront hotel into luxury residential tower and secured approvals for a commercial development and padel facility in Key Biscayne.
- Represented Miami-based Fortune International Group in obtaining site plan approvals for the development of a luxury condominium in Sunny Isles Beach.
- Represented Sunbeam Realty through entitlement and rezoning for the Sunbeam North Bay Village Special Area Plan for Isle of Dreams, successfully securing approvals for a 7.3 million-square-foot mixed-use project in North Bay Village.
- Lead counsel representing a real estate owner and developer in high-profile litigation against a local municipality challenging the denial of a Live Local Act application.
- Representation of Fort Partners on land use and zoning matters and site plan approvals for various projects in the Town of Surfside.
- Represented client in historic designation issues for redevelopment property in Miami Beach.
- Served as lead counsel in securing city entitlements and negotiating a development agreement with the City of Tampa and the Florida Aquarium for the Wheel Over Water (“WOW!”) observation wheel in downtown Tampa. Managed land-use, zoning, and transactional matters, including lease amendments, subleases, and special height approvals.
- Assisted with the Request for Relief process under the Florida Land Use and Environmental Dispute Resolution Act (FLUEDRA) for a multi-family project in Ybor City, ensuring compliance with noticing requirements and navigating procedural hurdles related to resolving the land use dispute.
- Assisted in the entitlement and regulatory-compliance process for the 74-acre Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) redevelopment site in Tampa, collaborating closely with engineers and developers to ensure full compliance with city regulations and requirements.
- Represented major Tampa news station WFLA (Channel 8) in obtaining governmental approvals for the development of a new Tampa headquarters, including authorization for an on-site broadcast tower and helipad.
- Represented numerous phosphate companies in Development of Regional Impact (DRI) and land use matters across Hillsborough County.
- Representation of Fisher Island Day School, a prestigious private K-8 school, in obtaining land use approvals, allowing the school to expand its facilities on Fisher Island and increase its student enrollment.
- Successfully represented Sunbeam Properties in securing significant amendments to a development agreement and the regulating plan governing Sunbeam’s plans to transform a 12-acre waterfront site in North Bay Village with a 7.2 million-square-foot mixed-use project.
- Successfully represented WMB Resources, LLC in securing approvals for a new 50,000-square-foot mixed-use development in Miami Beach’s Sunset Harbour neighborhood. Obtained Planning Board and Design Review Board approvals and secured two height-related variances for the five-story project.
- Represented Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. in connection with securing land use entitlements from the Miami Beach Planning Board and Historic Preservation Board to allow the renovation and rebranding of the Confidante Hotel.
- Successfully represented Related Group in obtaining various land use approvals to permit the construction of a 382-unit mixed-use development in the City of North Miami. Representation included navigating a complex conditional use permitting process specific to properties within the city’s transit station overlay district.
- Represented a New York–based developer and its investors in securing historic preservation and land development approvals for the unification and redevelopment of three iconic South Florida hotels, including a zoning text amendment permitting construction of a high-rise residential tower.
- Represented a real estate investment trust before a county unsafe structures department in obtaining 40-year recertifications for 76 properties within six months, including remediation coordination and fee mitigation resulting in approximately $100,000 in client savings.
- Represented the seller of an 8.2-acre Miami waterfront property in securing the release of development-restrictive covenants, facilitating the successful sale of the site for $15.5 million.
