South Florida CEO back issues from August 2005:
One revolution.(EDITOR'S NOTE)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Last month marked one year since I took on the job of editor of SouthFloridaCEO: a tumultuous period of change for the magazine, our region and for me personally. When I arrived, the magazine was already undergoing a transition for the better, scant months after being acquired ...
Corrections.(Correction Notice)
Aug 01, 2005 ... Due to a reporting error on page 12 of the July issue, Michael Valdes-Fauli's ...
Corrections.(Correction Notice)
Aug 01, 2005 ... Due to a reporting error, page 29 of the July cover story on Claire's Stores should have stated that co-CEOs Marla Schaefer and Bonnie Schaefer ...
Corrections.(Correction Notice)
Aug 01, 2005 ... Commercebank NA--No. 183 on the July issue's South Florida 500 Top ...
Charitable giving is selfish ... that's why you should do it.(CHIEF EXECUTIVE OPINION)
Aug 01, 2005; ... A few weeks ago, while battling rush hour traffic en route to a business meeting, I tuned into a radio talk show featuring a conversation about kidney transplants. One caller phoned in with a thought-provoking question: "If I donate one of my two working kidneys to a person in need and ...
Bloodsuckers to the rescue!(BIOSCIENCE)
Aug 01, 2005; ... The next time a vampire comes at you, you might want to drop your wooden stake and put away the garlic. Vampires--well, vampire bats, actually--could save your life if you have a stroke. Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach is testing a new clot-busting drug genetically engineered ...
Take two!(PRODUCTION)
Aug 01, 2005; ... What does a 30,000-square-foot warehouse in Boca Raton have in common with a 23-acre abandoned flea market site in Lauderdale Lakes? Two planned production hubs. AgU Entertainment Corp. envisions a complex with sound stages, production facilities and a recording studio on the Lauderdale ...
All aboard ...(CORPORATE)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Local business luminaries are making it on to the corporate boards of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. and Miami-based US Century Bank. Real estate magnate Armando Codina of Coral Gables-based Codina Group Inc. joined Merrill Lynch's board in July, around the same time that former banker Adolfo ...
FPL Group Inc.(BIG DEALS)
Aug 01, 2005 ... Juno Beach-based FPL Group Inc. bought a majority interest in the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. FPL paid ...
The Blackstone Group.(BIG DEALS)
Aug 01, 2005 ... New York-based investment firm The Blackstone Group bought the T-Rex ...
Hudson Capital LLC.(BIG DEALS)
Aug 01, 2005 ... The just-announced price for Miami Beach-based Hudson Capital LLC's purchase of Aventine at Miramar--$144.7 ...
The GEO Group Inc.(BIG DEALS)
Aug 01, 2005 ... Boca Raton-based The GEO Group Inc. acquired Sarasota-based Correctional Services Corp. for $62 million ....
JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management Co.(BIG DEALS)
Aug 01, 2005 ... New York-based JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management Co. purchased four Class A office buildings in West Palm Beach for ...
Total bank.(Executive Changes)
Aug 01, 2005 ... Miami-based Total Bank promoted Yvonne Debesa to chief operations officer. She has been with ...
Brown Jordan International Inc.(Executive Changes)
Aug 01, 2005 ... Brown Jordan International Inc. named Gene J. Moriarty its new president and CEO. Moriarty replaces James R. Malone, who will ...
The Related Group of Florida.(Executive Changes)
Aug 01, 2005 ... The Related Group of Florida promoted Barbara Salk to senior vice president. She will oversee all Palm Beach County ...
Banco Popular North America, the US arm of San Juan, Puerto Rico-based Banco Popular.(Executive Changes)
Aug 01, 2005 ... Banco Popular North America, the US arm of San Juan, Puerto Rico-based Banco Popular, named Israel Velasco ...
Perry Ellis International.(Executive Changes)
Aug 01, 2005 ... Paul F. Rosengard was named president of premium brands for Miami-based Perry Ellis International ....
Jeffrey Bridges, 29.(Next Gen)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Current Position: Senior vice president of administration and technology, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Background: Bridges earned a bachelor's degree in accounting in 1999 from lona College in New Rochelle, N.Y. After "painful" New York winters drove him to South Florida in ...
Lawrence "Larry" Carrino, 30.(Next Gen)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Current Position: Vice president, Susan Brustman & Associates, Miami Background: Carrino joined public relations firm Susan Brustman & Associates at the age of 18, after working for more than two years as a legal clerk at an Aventura law firm. "I consider myself a people ...
Brian H. Nelson, 36.(Next Gen)
Aug 01, 2005 ... Current Position: Counsel, Edwards & Angell LLP Background: The New York native earned his law degree from the University of Miami in 1995. He has worked at the US Department of State in Washington and in Edinburgh, Scotland, analyzing trade, government contracting and document ...
Jesus Diaz Jr.: "that's the fun--to grow your reach. We want to sell more newspapers.".(IN PLAY)
Aug 01, 2005 ... The Player: Jesus Diaz Jr., 44. Latest Play: Diaz was named publisher of The Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald and chairman of The Miami Herald Publishing Co. in February and assumed the post July 16. He replaces Alberto Ibarguen. who resigned to become president of the Miami-based ...
Kelly Smallridge: "the stronger our regional basis is, the stronger our ability to speak from one voice, and one page, from a marketing perspective.".(IN PLAY)
Aug 01, 2005; ... The Player: Kelly L. Smallridge, 38 president of the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County. Latest Play: Eleoted unanimously by the economic development organization's 28-member board of directors in June. Smallridge had been serving as interim president since Dec. 17, ...
Blast from the past: Chevy's new-look Corvette is just what South Florida executives need: fun under the sun.(THE GM EXPERIENCE: SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT)(Advertisement)
Aug 01, 2005 ... Forget about closing that million-dollar high-rise condominium deal on Biscayne Bay or starting up the latest celebrity-filled South Beach hot spot. South Florida executives who want a real adrenaline rush under the sun need to hop-behind the wheel of Chevrolet's 2005 Corvette. ...
Better boat builder: a real estate guru hopes to revive the once-proud Broward Marine.(MARINE)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Thomas E. Lewis wanted to purchase a very big yacht this year, but instead he ended up buying the entire boatyard. This March, Lewis acquired ailing yacht builder Broward Marine Inc., with the intent of turning around the fortunes of the once venerable Dania Beach-based company ....
Remedy for sale: PetMed Express capitalizes on owners' love of pets with a new way to buy prescription medications for animals.(DISTRIBUTION)
Aug 01, 2005; ... It's no secret that people lavish care on their pets, to the tune of $34.4 billion nationwide last year. Some of that lucre is making its way to Pompano Beach-based PetMed Express Inc. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The mail-order retailer of pet supplies saw its profits ...
Riding the waves: cruise-ship meeting company Landry & Kling Meetings at Sea sets sail on its own, again.(HOSPITALITY)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Travel industry pioneers Josephine "Jo" Kling and Joyce Landry seem to find success less than a challenge. The business partners recently spun off their corporate cruise-line meetings company, Landry & Kling Meetings at Sea, from its comfortable spot as part of a travel ...
Sunny start, clouds ahead: global hotel giant Sol Melia has big plans for Miami Beach's Royal Palm Hotel, but will anti-Castro activists get in the way?(INTERNATIONAL)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Spanish hotel giant Sol Melia Hotels & Resorts wants to tap into Miami Beach's rich tourism market, but doing so may draw the ire of political heavyweights from South Florida to Washington because of the company's business interests in Cuba. Sol Melia, the world's largest resort ...
Plucked from the sky: Podhurst Orseck earned a reputation--and millions of dollars--representing the victims of airline disasters. But its plucky founder Aaron S. Podhurst says the firm has just begun to define its niche.(Cover Story)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Anxiety creeps over attorney Steven C. Marks whenever he steps aboard an airliner. Marks represented the families of victims of the 1997 Silk Air jet crash in Indonesia, and images of the charred wreckage, left in the wake of the crash, often mingle with worries for his own two young ...
M&A madness: a perfect storm of cheap capital and high valuations is driving South Florida's merger and acquisitions market with deal flows not seen in years.(mergers & acquisitions)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Dramatic dealmaking returned to South Florida last year and has not skipped a beat in 2005. The rebounded national economy has companies gearing up for expansion--and searching for strategic acquisitions with which to do so. And private equity funds see, for the first time in several ...
A 'hood on the move: artists and developers alike see Wynwood's gritty image as an ideal canvas.
Aug 01, 2005; ... A LARGE, EMPTY WAREHOUSE IN the industrial Wynwood area of Miami, north of the city's downtown, attracted plenty of potential buyers when it was listed for sale in June. The asking price; $5.8 million--nearly 80 percent more than the owners paid for it less than one year ago, according to ...
Las Vegas luxury real estate: from the sea to the sand: the ultimate buyer's guide for the newest wave of luxury buildings in Las Vegas.(SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT)(Advertisement)
Aug 01, 2005 ... Icon Las Vegas LOCATION: 200 Convention Center Drive Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 DEVELOPER: Related Las Vegas, LLC A joint partnership between Jorge Perez of The Related Group of Florida and Stephen M. Ross of The Related Companies, L.P. ...
Developer delivers deathblow.(DOWNTIME)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Alan S. Macken's life changed the day he found his 43-year-old father suffering from a heart attack. His grandmother had died of cardiac arrest at age 53 so, although his dad survived the episode, Macken decided he would take drastic action to avoid a similar fate. He embarked on a strict ...
The anti-cruise: when a water voyage beckons, but a private yacht is too private.(EXECUTIVE TRAVEL)
Aug 01, 2005; ... If you have ever wondered what it might be like to spend a relaxing vacation aboard your own private yacht, some time on SeaDream II just might do the trick. We recently joined the 344-footer, one of two identical ships owned by Coconut Grove-based SeaDream Yacht Club, for a ...
Grapevine's new culinary gem.(EXECUTIVE DINING)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Plantation's 30-year-old Grapevine Gourmet Cuisine market added a culinary gem to its strip mall location in December: KM, a dinner-only restaurant inside the market. After 16 years as chef-partner at the Armadillo Cafe in Davie, Kevin McCarthy (the KM in the restaurant's name) ...
Whisked away.(WINE & SPIRITS)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Jan Jorgensen unlocks a display cabinet and removes a bottle, cradling it gently in his arms as he shows it to us. "It's a beautiful bottle of whiskey," he says. The bottle is one of the nearly 200 varieties of whiskey in Jorgensen's collection at his Two Chefs restaurant in ...
Power clicks.
Aug 01, 2005 ... NAMES & FACES: Raising funds for children. Honoring gender diversity. Legends fundraiser. A new aviation center. 1) SouthFloridaCEO moderated a panel discussion on the state of women on corporate boards, for the Miami-Dade chapter of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers ...