March 24, 2025
Stearns Weaver Miller News Update
Overview
Our statewide group has decades of experience in almost every aspect of property tax law and appeals. We represent owners, tenants, managers, lenders and developers and have substantial experience challenging the valuation of a broad range of property types.
Clients include:
- Affordable/Low-Income Housing
- Assisted/Independent Living Facilities
- Car Dealerships
- Condominium Associations
- Gas Stations
- High-end Residential
- Hotels
- Industrial and Manufacturing Facilities
- Marinas
- Mixed-Use
- Multi-Family Housing
- Office Buildings
- Parking
- Retail (Anchor Department Stores, Big Box, Grocery Stores, Shopping Centers, Regional Malls)
- Self-Storage
- Tangible Personal Property
- Vacant/Undeveloped Land
Range of Services
Property Tax Assessment Challenges
- Advocate for our clients’ rights through administrative appeals before Value Adjustment Boards and in Circuit Court throughout Florida with the goal of achieving tax savings
Challenges and Litigation of Property Tax Disputes
- Experience resolving disputes involving substantial completion, classification issues and exemptions from taxation
Economic Incentives, Exemptions, and Classifications
- Advise property owners on taking advantage of various local and state development tax incentive programs
- Counsel real estate owners on property tax exemption and classification applications including agricultural classifications and homestead exemptions
- Challenge denials of tax exemptions and applications before Value Adjustment Boards and in Circuit Courts
- Advise developers on state and local property tax exemptions available through Senate Bill 102 & 328 the “Live Local Act”
Tax Projections and Planning
- Provide tax projections associated with the acquisition of real property and ground up development to maximize tax efficiency and avoid unplanned expenses
Featured Examples
2023 Overall Reductions & Highlighted Reductions By Property Type / Location
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National, Regional and Local Representative Property Tax Clients
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Property Tax Client Representation Across Florida
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Notable Experience
- Represented owners of retail properties on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, achieving reductions in market values totaling in excess of $27 million, or an average of 10% reductions for our clients.
- Represented hotel clients in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties achieving market value reductions of over $31.4 million.
- Obtained removal of building values for properties not habitable as of January 1, 2022 totaling in excess of $30 million, or an average of 37% reductions for our clients.
- Represented office building clients in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties obtaining reductions in market values of over $86.6 million.
- Represented a national anchor department store chain achieving reductions of market values totaling in excess of $54.3 million for locations in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties.
- Represented owners in Wynwood achieving reductions in market values totaling in excess of
- $10.9 million.
- Represented owner of Class A office building in Tampa achieving reductions of over $6.6 million.
- Represented a national home improvement retailer achieving reductions of market values totaling in excess of $23.6 million for locations in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties.
