The Marriott Marquis Miami Worldcenter Hotel & Expo Center will be a new chapter for the city: It will be the first combination five-star hotel and major conference center for downtown Miami, a goal sought by local leaders for several decades. MDM Group is developing the $750 million project that will comprise 1,800 rooms and
Jordan Zimmerman is perched atop the advertising world in South Florida with a No. 1 ranked agency that reports more than $3 billion in client media purchases annually. Zimmerman is celebrating 30 years in the industry with a new 130,000-square-foot headquarters along I-95 near Cypress Creek Road and a new book, “Leading Fearlessly.” The following interview
Gerard van Grinsven has gone from serving up drinks as a bartender to serving up innovation as a CEO in health care. Sounds incongruous? The career thread for the current CEO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) is one that has focused on people, whether they are on the other side of the bar,
Sharon Craig says she was told to get her affairs in order because she had stage 4 uterine cancer. Her mother suggested she look into Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Craig hesitated about calling at first, but more motherly prompting caused her to engage in a webchat on the company’s site. Rather than getting a
The Broward Center for the Performing Arts has hit the third and final act of a $58 million expansion and renovation – even more than the center’s original $56 million price tag. The moves will further accelerate the center’s business, which involve hosting more than 700 events and 700,000 visitors annually. Completion will have an
Florida is holding its breath (but not yet inhaling) as the next month draws closer. It is not in breathless anticipation of relatives coming for Thanksgiving. With a vote on constitutional Amendment 2 on Nov. 4, Florida is expected to be the first southern state to pass a law legalizing the use of medical marijuana.
One of the regular guests on my Fried on Business radio show is Carlos Rosso, president of the Related Group. He combines an incredible real estate vision with an extraordinarily strong sense of social responsibility to design and deliver some of South Florida’s most impactful projects. A number of Related’s projects use the brand name
Dr. Nabil El Sanadi has had an interesting life journey, starting with being born to parents in Egypt who were part of the minority Coptic Christian faith. During our CEO Connect, he shared how he applied to medical school on a dare, his love of working in emergency rooms and the challenges of being president
Many know Perla Lichi as a brand – a trademark opulent style and famed moniker in the South Florida design community. But, Perla Lichi the businesswoman offers entrepreneurial inspiration on how to turn local success into global success. Lichi has branched out from an expanded hometown showroom in Coral Springs to a second jet-set location
If you want to stop conversation among technology employers, ask about President Obama’s executive action on immigration. If it withstands various legal challenges, his move would likely help their hiring efforts. But the issue’s hot potato status is one reason employers are reluctant to discuss it. The move was a controversial end run around a
