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2024 Apogee Honoree: Emre Basman

Meet Emre Basman, Owner/Chief Executive Officer of Armina Stone

Originally founded in 2015 in Pittsburgh by Emre Basman, Armina is one of the largest natural stone importers and fabricators in the United States. This year, the Armnia brand entered the South Florida market with two new locations in Miami-Dade County. The first is Armina Stone Miami, a  35,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art gallery and fabrication facility.  Armina Stone is equipped with cutting-edge robotic technology that ensures precise and seamless stone fabrication. The second is a 3,250-square-foot luxury showroom, Armina Luxe, in the Miami Design District. Armina Luxe will offer bespoke kitchen, bath and closet solutions featuring custom Italian-crafted cabinetry and luxury finishes, along with an extensive stone collection. These new locations will serve as premier destinations for both residential and commercial clients seeking the finest in natural stone and quartz products and custom cabinetry products and services.  Armina Stone Miami offers a comprehensive “one-stop-stone solution” for design, fabrication and installation services. Given its exceptional quality and customer service experience, Armina has been chosen by developers, architects, home-build companies, interior designers, homeowners and major retailers such as Home Depot, Lowe’s and Costco.

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.