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Mizner Grande Realty Joins The Keyes Company

The Keyes Company, an independent real estate brokerage firm, continued its expansion into Palm Beach County with Mizner Grande Realty joining the firm’s Boca Raton office. Broker-Owner Ari Albinder leads Mizner Grande Realty, founded in 2001. The company specializes in luxury residential real estate, focusing on beachfront properties in its home base of Boca Raton and surrounding high-end areas, as well as Miami-Dade and Broward counties. The firm’s lifetime sales exceed $2.7 billion.

“I have been approached by many different real estate companies over the last few years,” Albinder says. “The local and global network of Keyes is unsurpassed, and its technology is the newest and finest in the real estate industry. We knew that this was the right fit, culture and partner that we have been looking for.”

In January, Christina Pappas was promoted to president of Keyes, while Mike Pappas remains CEO. The firm remains committed to the continued statewide expansion of the firm in a time of substantial brokerage industry consolidation.

In 2022, Keyes completed multiple acquisitions of boutique brokerages, including Miramar-based Novus Realty and Coral Springs-based Skye Louis Realty, which added more than 170 agents and $240 million in annual volume to the firm’s output in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

“Mizner Grande is a tremendous firm and shares many qualities with the firms we added in 2022 and previous years,” Keyes Senior Vice President Steven Reibel says. “We are proud that our core values emphasizing customer service, integrity, family and philanthropy shine through when speaking with the owners of boutique firms that are frequently courted by our competitors. We remain in active discussions with potential strategic partners in South Florida and throughout the state.”

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Drew Limsky

Drew Limsky

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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.