2016 Real Estate Awards

Top people, projects and deals of the year. Top people, projects and deals of the year. Plus, tax tips and checking into AirBNB.

In this issue:

Best of Sarasota

Hot Properties

941CEO's 2016 Real Estate Awards

This year's top sales, deals and producers.

12/12/2016 By Kevin Allen

Eat & Drink

Talk

Meet Che Wise-Jarvis of Steri-Straw

The Steri-Straw inventor aims to change germy, old-fashioned straw dispensers.

12/28/2016 By Hannah Wallace

Biz Bites

Biz Bites: Phillippi Creek Oyster Bar

Fish favorites in a charming creekside location.

12/08/2016 By Hannah Wallace

Fashion & Shopping

Apocalypse Now

Grapevine Communications' Robert Holzer is the Ultimate Zombie Fan

Holzer is a zombie super-fan.

11/16/2016 By Ilene Denton

News & City Life

Ask the Boss

Should Florida Implement a $15 Minimum Wage?

Three local businesspeople examine the consequences of a large pay raise.

01/03/2017 By Isaac Eger

Pennywise

Local Experts' Top Tax Tips

Tax strategies for the end of 2016 and the start of 2017.

12/29/2016 By Sylvia Whitman Illustrations by Victor Juhasz

Biz Rules

New Business Rules to Watch in 2017

Three new rules local businesses should track in 2017.

12/28/2016 By Kevin Allen

Talk

From Software Designer to Catering Company Owner

Lance Thompson, owner of the Sarasota Catering Company, started his career in banking software.

12/22/2016

You Do What?

Meet the Couple Behind Kombucha 221 BC

Aneta and Eric Lundquist brew, bottle and sell seven flavors of kombucha.

12/13/2016 By Ilene Denton

Talk

Five Questions for Allen Carlson

Talking with the regional director, UF Innovation Station Sarasota County

12/05/2016 By Kathy Walker Van Citters

Tech Tools

7 Great Finance Apps

Money management at your fingertips.

12/02/2016 By Kevin Allen

The CEO

Meet Chris Brown, the Deal Addict

After building up a portfolio of prime Sarasota properties, Chris Brown keeps looking for the next investment.

11/30/2016 By David Hackett Photography by Salvatore Brancifort

O, Christmas Tree

The Holidays are Big Business for Lux-Art Silks

The holiday season makes up 70 percent of the company's annual retail sales.

11/22/2016 By Susan Burns Photography by Barbara Banks

Eating Habits

Culinary Travelers Are Putting Sarasota and Manatee on the Food Map

Here's a look at our tourists' eating habits.

11/22/2016 By Cooper Levey-Baker

What I’ve learned

How Lakewood Ranch's Ted C. Abrams Turned Joffrey's Coffee and Tea Around

Within seven months of Abrams' start date, the company was profitable.

11/21/2016 By David Hackett