Berkowitz Development Group is a full-service retail development company headquartered in Coconut Grove. A former practicing attorney, Jeff Berkowitz is widely recognized as one of the pre-eminent retail developers in Miami-Dade County. He has developed more than 1.2 million square feet of retail space, including a number of high profile, strategically located and innovative projects.  His specialty is gateway niche projects involving complex development issues like the Dadeland Station Shopping Center, the pioneering concept of which has been widely copied throughout the nation. Berkowitz is currently in the process of building the 180,000-square-foot Fifth & Alton vertical power center at the gateway to South Beach.