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2017 Up & Comer Awards Photo Album

On Thursday, June 22nd, South Florida Business & Wealth hosted the third annual celebration honoring top young professionals who have achieved excellence in their careers, shown a commitment to their community

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► David Bowers, of law firm Jones Foster Johnston & Stubbs, received the Gerald T. Hart Outstanding Tax Attorney of the Year award from the Florida Bar’s Tax Section. ► Cleveland

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►New York developer Steve Witkoff is under contract to purchase the Weston Town Center for approximately $90 million. ►Cushman & Wakefield negotiated the $9.3 million sale of Executive University Courts,

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► RealConnex, a B2B platform for real estate professionals, has partnered with the Miami Association of Realtors. ► Fernando Nicolau joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management’s Miami office as an international

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► Carl Von Luger Steak & Seafood, an offshoot of the famed Peter Luger Steak House of New York, plans to open two restaurants at the North Palm Beach Country

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►Moffitt Cancer Center entered a clinical partnership with Hollywood’s Memorial Healthcare System. ►The Jim Moran Institute will host the seventh annual Business and Leadership Conference at the Fort Lauderdale Convention

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► The $325 million Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum debuted in downtown Miami. ► U.S. Century Bank appointed Aida Levitan as board chairman. ► The Superior Bike Shop opened in

One Liners Broward

►Fort Lauderdale-based Total Marine Solutions, a maritime environmental and safety company, launched Ocean Guardian, a software program designed to help keep the shipping industry environmentally compliant. ►Ellis Diversified obtained approval

One Liners Miami-Dade

► ESJ Capital Partners acquired Miami’s 18-acre Jungle Island entertainment park for $60 million and will renovate it, adding a zip line and waterslides. ► Chad Moss, executive vice president

ONE LINERS Miami-Dade

► Fortress Investment Group, parent of Brightline and Coral Gables-based Florida East Coast Industries, will be acquired by Tokyo’s SoftBank Group Corp. for roughly $3.3 billion in cash. ► Coral

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► Florida Atlantic University’s Tech Runway named Donald Kiselewski as chairman to its advisory board. ► National home builder Pulte Group proposed to build Bella Vita, a 98-unit townhouse complex

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►Greenspoon Marder Co-Managing Director Gerald Greenspoon launched the Organization for Safe Cannabis Regulation, a nonprofit lobbying group to influence enactment of Amendment 2. ►Developer Eli Halali has proposed a five-story,

Drew Limsky

Drew Limsky

Editor-in-Chief

BIOGRAPHY

Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.