► Mark Pateman has become a managing principal of Cushman & Wakefield’s Palm Beach County operations.
► Developer Schmier & Feurring has proposed a Fairfield Inn and Suites hotel to be located just outside the Mall at Wellington Green.
► Billionaire Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin purchased a 4.18-acre oceanfront site for $85 million in Palm Beach.
► President Donald Trump’s development company was ordered by a federal judge to pay $5.74 million to former members of Trump National Golf Club Jupiter for changing membership rules when he purchased it.
► The Florida Staffing Association has named KellyMerbler, regional market manager for the employment services firm AppleOne, its president for 2017-18.
► New York-based marketing and communications agency SharpCommunications has opened its first Florida office in West Palm Beach.
► After Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio vetoed a $114 million public subsidy, Transit Village developer Mike Masanoff is seeking a new deal for his 1.1 million-square-foot mixed-use project in West Palm Beach.►Gilbane Building Co. will provide construction management for the expansion and renovation of the Norton Museum of Art, with design direction led by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect, Lord Norman Foster.► Gerry P. Smith, formerly the chief operating officer and executive vice president in the North Carolina office of Lenovo, is the new CEO and director at Office Depot.► Billionaire developer Jeff Greene is overseeing the operations at the Tideline Ocean Resort and Spa, which he purchased in 2011, replacing management group Kimpton Hotels.► Phase 1 is completed and phase 2 is underway for Azure, a condominium on the Intracoastal Waterway in Palm Beach Gardens, which was developed by Frankel Enterprises and built by Gilbane Building Co.►Brett Morris, COO of the Polo Club of Boca Raton, is the recipient of the James H. Brewer Award as part of Club & Resort Business’ Excellence in Club Management Awards.
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.
