By Martin Lenkowsky This year, the Miami International Boat Show has packed its bags and moved to a new home on Virginia Key. The show, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary, will be held on Presidents Day weekend at its new location, the iconic Miami Marine...
Galleria project one of first in state to seek LEED Neighborhood status By Kevin Gale The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale is not only adding residential towers, but itโs creating eight acres of park-like space, which builds on a lifestyle movement that started with the addition of restaurants...
By Martin Lenkowsky Miami-Dade County resident Lou Schmitt almost paid the ultimate price for neglecting her health and ignoring her own glaring cardiac risk factors Schmitt, 61, had a stressful job overseeing all the occupational and physical therapists in the Miami-Dade school system. She became too preoccupied...
Startup conference offers educational sessions, helps connect entrepreneurs, investors By Kevin Gale Doctors often have patients who cancel at the last minute or donโt show up, while other would-be patients are eagerly seeking a quickly available appointment. Brian Garrโs Doc-Quick wants to solve that with a matchmaking...
By Beverly Barna In another sign of South Floridaโs soaring prominence, Air Charter Service (ACS) is opening its fifth North American office in Miami. Chairman Chris Leach formed the company in the basement of his British home in 1990, and it now employs more than...
Rachel Sapoznik crusades to change how we think about health care and insurance Rachel A. Sapoznik is the founder, CEO and president of Sapoznik Insurance, a premier employee benefit and wellness solutions agency focused on education, health care and advocacy. She founded Sapoznik Insurance in 1987...
By Darcie Lunsford Economists depict real estate cycles as wavy lines with soaring peaks and sinking valleys. But in South Florida, it often feels more like a circle, where we always end up in the same place. History seems to be repeating itself as surging home...
Green fleet pays off for City Furniture City Furniture says that the cost savings from trucks that can run on compressed natural gas (CNG) are a key part of its strategy to expand to Orlando this year and to Tampa by 2018. The nationโs 30th-largest furniture retailer...
Taking a measured approach to corporate minutes can minimize potential legal hazards and maximize regulatory compliance By Kevin Gale Consider minutes as the instant replay of the corporate boardroom. Letโs say two companies merged and somebody files a suit about why directors should have rejected it. Attorney...
By Betsy Atkins As a corporate board member, youโve gotten the memo on how technology change is shaking up how you do business. But donโt get comfortable; the compounding of tech advances is now changing the definition of โchangeโ itself. Look at a heat map (a two-dimensional,...
