Florida Trend back issues from March 2005:
Recommended without reservations.(corner office)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2005; ... Like most people, you probably have your own list of "best restaurants"--the places you depend on for an extra special meal, to celebrate with family and friends, to entertain clients, to recommend to others. Whether it's the menu, the service or the atmosphere, those restaurants draw you ...
Citizens insurance.(Letter to the Editor)
Mar 01, 2005; ... I loved the article "Too Many Mansions?" [February, www.FloridaTrend.com]. Finally some exposure to the truth. As long as someone like Susanne Murphy, Citizens corporate counsel, is afraid to look at the big picture with Florida's changing insurance trends, Florida's insurance woes will ...
Bob Graham tribute.(readers)(Letter to the Editor)
Mar 01, 2005; ... Thanks for the tribute to former Sen. Bob Graham ["Tribute to Bob Graham," January, www.FloridaTrend.com]. Graham is someone I've always admired. I received an assignment in 1989 from my employer at the time, the Panama City News Herald, to cover Graham's annual "Work Day ...
Well-heeled.(Shou'Ture presents fashionable shoes)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005; ... What is it about shoes that will make women shell out hundreds of dollars? It's more than about being well-shod; there's something indescribably feel-good about slipping into a pair of Hollywoulds, Constanca Bastos or Lily Holts--just some of the fashion-forward designers featured at ...
Off the clock.(Executive Fashion for Women)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005; ... Activewear is leaving the gym and going practically everywhere but back to the office. Miami-based Blue Fish Activewear rang up sales of more than $3 million last year with its stylish body-hugging workout gear. What makes the line so popular? The material, says Beatriz Guerra, vice ...
Entrepreneur afoot.(Executive Fashion for Women)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005; ... Caryn Grossman hadn't meant to go into business. She arrived at the University of Central Florida to see her oldest off to college. She was wearing a pair of attention-grabbing flip-flops she had designed and found herself taking orders from people she'd come across. Grossman ...
Hot designers.(Executive Fashion for Women)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005; ... Rachel Goldberger, vice president and divisional merchandising manager of designer sportswear at Neiman Marcus in Dallas, says among Florida designers, Etro, Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors ...
High fashion retailers.(Executive Fashion for Women)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005; ... A Nose for Clothes * Where: Nine stores in south Florida * What: Fashion-forward clothing for work, play and special occasions * Spring Style Picks: A.Z.I. Bling Bling jeans, $140; Basil & Maude Boho Chic embroidered skirt, $110; Fourtys Fuschia Fusion ...
Nothing to sneeze at.(Allergies)
Mar 01, 2005; ... If you're holding a tissue in your hand right now, chances are you're one of every five or six Americans with allergies or asthma. And chances are you're suffering from Florida's annual burst of oak tree pollen, which starts in mid-February and ends in mid-April. In mid-May, ...
Two for the record books.(Retail and Commercial Banking)
Mar 01, 2005; ... U.S. Century Bank Watching Octavio Hernandez and his U.S. Century Bank in Miami, you might think banking is a can't-lose proposition. In 2002, Hernandez and his founding group raised $30 million to start the bank, a record sum for Florida, says Florida Bankers Association ...
Turnaround specialist.(trendsetters)(Brief Article)(Biography)
Mar 01, 2005; ... First Commercial Bank of Florida, Orlando: Chartered 1999. Year-end 2004 assets: $365 million, up 49%. After-tax profit: $3.2 million, up 77.8%. Six offices in Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties. Bio: 48, born in Jacksonville and raised on Merritt Island. Worked as a teller ...
Outlasting tech.(trendsetters)(Brief Article)(Biography)
Mar 01, 2005; ... First Citrus Bank: Chartered 1999. Year-end assets: $145 million, up 20% from 2003. Earnings: $820,000 after-tax, up 45%. Two offices in Tampa. Bio: 41, holds the Esse Quam Videre award, the University of Tampa's highest alumni achievement honor. Founding a bank: Put ...
A wealth of experience.(trendsetters)(Brief Article)(Biography)
Mar 01, 2005; ... Northern Trust of Florida: $29 billion in assets, up 5% from 2003. Twenty-five offices from Key Biscayne to Vero and Naples to St, Petersburg. Bio: 41, a native of South Bend, Ind., where his dad was director of development for Notre Dame. "Dealing with wealthy people was in my ...
Waiting game: the FTAA is stalled, but Miami's campaign to land its headquarters presses on.(Free Trade Area of the Americas)
Mar 01, 2005; ... In December, Guatemala endorsed Miami's bid to house the headquarters, or secretariat, of the Free Trade Area of the Americas. It was the sixth endorsement, state officials bragged, helping Miami distance itself from Atlanta, which also wants to host the FFAA. Miami is also competing ...
University of Miami.(Walter H. Coulter Foundation gives grants)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... CORAL GABLES -- The University of Miami has received a $13-million grant from the Walter H. Coulter Foundation to establish a center dedicated to transferring biomedical research into ...
Euro Fund Properties.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... FISHER ISLAND -- The exclusive 216-acre residential island community off the southern tip of Miami Beach has been acquired by a French investment ...
Miami Herald Publishing Co.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... MIAMI -- Citing continuing losses, the Miami Herald Publishing Co. has pulled the plug on Street Weekly, its ...
Computer Associates International.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... Islandia, N.Y.-based Computer Associates International has opened a regional headquarters in Miami to oversee its Central America and ...
Fontainebleau Hilton.(acquisition by Turnberry Associates)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... MIAMI BEACH -- The famed Fontainebleau Hilton hotel will be acquired by Aventura-based Turnberry Associates from developer Stephen Muss for an undisclosed ...
Institutional Investor.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... MIAMI DADE -- Institutional Investor magazine ranks Stuart Miller of Lennar Corp. (NYSE-LEN) and Micky Arison of Carnival Corp. (NYSE-CCL) as the ...
Cutler Ridge.(planning for the incorporation of independent municipality)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... Residents of the Cutler Ridge section of southwest Miami-Dade have voted to incorporate. After county ...
Assurant.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... Specialty insurance provider Assurant, which employs about 1,700 at its south Miami-Dade subsidiary, will be spun off from its Belgium-based parent, Fortis. A ...
Developer William A. Graham.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... MIAMI -- Developer William A. Graham, chairman of Miami Lakes-based The Graham Cos., has received the Beacon Council's Jay Malina Award, given annually to ...
Rate of violent crime.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... OPA-LOCKA -- This city of 15,000 in northwest Miami-Dade has the highest rate of violent crime in the nation among cities larger than 10,000 residents, according to a report released by the FBI ....
"Mean Streets".(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... SOUTHEAST FLORIDA -- The Miami-Fort Lauderdale area is the fourth most dangerous in the nation for pedestrians, according to the "Mean Streets" study conducted by the Surface ...
Taking a gamble.(Elections)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... MIAMI-DADE -- Miami-Dade voters will go to the polls March 8 to decide whether to allow Las Vegas-style slot machines at horse and dog tracks and at jai-alai frontons. If approved, the county is expected to receive an estimated $3.5 million in ...
Fall guy? The economic recruiter who helped land Scripps steps down amid the ongoing controversy.(Scripps Research Institute)
Mar 01, 2005; ... Two years ago, business development board President Larry Pelton helped to score a deal for Palm Beach County that most economic development boosters could only dream about: The internationally renowned Scripps Research Institute would open a branch in the county, helping to create biotech ...
NewBeauty.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... BOCA RATON -- NewBeauty, a glossy magazine devoted to the joys and perils of ...
Waterfront homeowners.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... FORT PIERCE -- Waterfront homeowners who fear that hurricane repairs to a sandy bluff will impede their access to the beach are seeking an injunction to prohibit county officials from undertaking any ...
Seven residential developments.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... INDIANTOWN -- Builders are zeroing in on this unincorporated, one-stoplight Martin County town, with plans for seven residential developments that could bring thousands of homes to the area. Senior planner Martin Hudson ...
Florida Crystal Corp.'s Okeelanta mill.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... PALM BEACH COUNTY -- New contract terms that cut into overtime pay for farmworkers and the number of available positions for local tractor-trailer drivers led to a five-day ...
75 homes on 15 acres.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... PORT ST. LUCIE -- The city's planning board has approved plans to build 75 homes on 15 acres where city officials had hoped to develop a 100-acre park. The approval scraps a ...
Community redevelopment agency.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... RIVIERA BEACH -- A committee appointed to look into the city's struggling community redevelopment agency has blamed a lack of oversight and faulty budget practices for creating the agency's difficulties. A five-page report issued by the ...
A 20-year legal battle among non-profit hospitals competing for heart surgery programs has ended in an agreement.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... STUART -- A 20-year legal battle among non-profit hospitals competing for heart surgery programs has ended in an agreement that will allow Martin Memorial ...
Regional economic development plan.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... TREASURE COAST -- Economic development officials in St. Lucie, Martin, Indian River and Okeechobee counties are organizing to develop a "friendly, cohesive policy" for luring new businesses and ...
Norton Museum of Art.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... WEST PALM BEACH -- The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has given the Norton ...
Palm Beach County Convention Center.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... The 350,000-sq.-ft. Palm Beach County Convention Center had its official debut, hosting a Sports and ...
Palm Beach Post editor Edward Sears has retired after 20 years.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... Palm Beach Post editor Edward Sears has retired after ...
Environmental threat.(Development)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... BROWARD COUNTY -- A report issued by three environmental organizations, including the National Wildlife Federation, ranks Broward County fourth in the ...
Downtown Oasis: after 20 years of struggling, downtown Fort Myers is getting a major face lift.(Development)
Mar 01, 2005; ... Downtown Fort Myers bustles with I activity each weekday, with some 8,500 workers commuting to work from the suburbs. But there's little night life, and past efforts to revitalize the city's center never took off. In 2001, the city paid internationally known Miami urban planner ...
Belleview Biltmore Resort & Spa.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... BELLEAIR -- The Belleview Biltmore Resort & Spa will not be demolished to make way for new condos because developers say they could not win public support for ...
Central Cape Business Park.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... CAPE CORAL -- Construction on the Central Cape Business Park, the first Class A business park in Cape Coral in 15 years, began in January. The park ...
Stetson University law professor Robert N. Davis.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... GULFPORT -- Stetson University law professor Robert N. Davis has been confirmed as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, a 15-year appointment. One of seven ...
Tampa Sports Authority.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... HILLBOROUGH COUNTY -- County commissioners are considering doing away with the Tampa Sports Authority, which runs Raymond James Stadium and has some oversight over the St. Pete Times Forum, Legends Field and three golf ...
Publix Super Markets.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... LAKELAND -- Publix Super Markets will roll out a Hispanic food brand early this year to try to capitalize on ...
Eagle Pointe.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... MANATEE COUNTY -- Milwaukee-based Homes by Towne is planning a 1,313home community named Eagle Pointe on 700 acres in north Manatee County that it purchased from longtime tomato ...
Trust for Public Land.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -- The Trust for Public Land has purchased a 12.8-mile stretch of land from Jacksonville-based CSX Transportation that ...
Cox Lumber Co.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... ST. PETERSBURG -- Juan B. Quesada has been named president of Cox Lumber Co., succeeding Robert E. Fehr, who is retiring. Quesada had been ...
First Advantage Corp.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... First Advantage Corp., a background screening company, will move its headquarters from downtown St. Petersburg to the city's Carillon office park in April. Corporate staff as well as the ...
Raymond James Financial Services.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... National Association of Securities Dealers censured Raymond James Financial Services (NYSE-RJF) and fined the company $10,000 for failing to adequately supervise a broker. The broker set up a ...
Channelside.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... TAMPA -- The owners of Channelside have put the downtown entertainment complex up for sale. No sales ...
SAXoTECH.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... SAXoTECH, a content management and online production systems company, is moving its headquarters from Rockville, Md., to Tampa, creating 30 technology ...
Luna Guitars.(In The News)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... Luna Guitars has launched a line of guitars and basses featuring slimmer necks and lighter bodies specifically for women. The guitars were designed by ...
WalMart Supercenter.(City Commission approves site plan)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... TARPON SPRINGS -- After 12 hours of contentious testimony, the City Commission voted 3-2 to approve a site plan for a Wal-Mart Supercenter on the Anclote River. Residents ...
Pay protest.(University of South Florida increases Judy Genshaft's salary)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... TAMPA -- Judy Genshaft, president of the University of South Florida, is now the second-highest paid university president in the state after the school's board raised her salary by 5% to $342,720 and awarded her a $35,000 bonus. Students criticized the ...
Home field: UCF makes a push for its own on-campus football stadium.(University of Central Florida planning)
Mar 01, 2005; ... The University of Central Florida's continued march toward the big leagues is under scrutiny as it studies the feasibility of adding that most necessary of campus amenities: A football stadium. The UCF Golden Knights football team will join Conference USA next season, in which ...
Saltwater Boat Group.(Brunswick Corp. acquires and merge SeaPro Boats and Sea Boss Boats )(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... EDGEWATER -- Brunswick Corp. bought North Carolina boat manufacturers SeaPro Boats and Sea Boss Boats and ...
Florida Select Citrus.(creditors acquires food processing company)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... GROVELAND -- Florida Select Citrus was taken over by creditors during Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, and its facility was leased to Howie-In-The-Hills-based Silver Springs Citrus. Silver Springs Citrus is expanding and ...
Dixon Ticonderoga.(Fila-Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini to acquire its US rival)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... HEATHROW -- Dixon Ticonderoga will be acquired by Italian competitor Fila-Fabbrica Italiana ...
Tupperware Corp.(plans to cut jobs)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... KISSIMMEE -- Tupperware Corp. (NYSE-TUP) plans to cut 250 manufacturing jobs at its Hemingway, S.C., plant as part of its ongoing ...
NovaStar Mortgage.(planning)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... LAKE MARY -- Kansas City, Mo.-based NovaStar Mortgage plans to open an operations center in Lake Mary that will employ about 170 within three ...
First Federal Savings Bank of Lake County.(Colonial Bank (Montgomery, Alabama) acquires the banking company)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... LEESBURG -- Alabama-based Colonial Bank is buying First Federal Savings Bank of Lake County in a cash/stock deal worth $232 million. The ...
Datamax Corp.(Dover Corp.'s subsidiary Dover Technologies acquires the computer peripherals company)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... ORLANDO -- Datamax Corp. was acquired by Dover Technologies, a ...
CNL Ltd.(partners of the company filed lawsuit)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... Partners of CNL Ltd. sued the company in Texas, claiming the proposed $1.6-billion merger between CNL Restaurant Properties and Dallas-based U.S ....
Lockheed Martin.(United States Army contract signed)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2005 ... Lockheed Martin's (NYSE-LMT) Orlando facility gained a $30-million Army contract to build simulation ...