Cover Story: Driving Ambition
The France family of Daytona turned NASCAR and International Speedway Corp. into a national phenomenon, but the caution flag is out as they try to expand into Seattle and New York.
Features: A Hunger for Alternatives
The wealthy don’t necessarily want ‘to squeeze out that last percentage point’ — some personalized hand-holding will do just fine.
Features: Recycled Real Estate
A state program and the sizzling real estate market are boosting the redevelopment of so-called “brownfields” sites.
Features: Thinking Big
Vernon Buchanan of Sarasota has built one of the largest auto dealership chains in the nation in only 12 years. In the 1980s he built a printing empire with similar speed — and got out just before it crashed.
Features: Obstacles
From 1999 to 2004, tourism from the U.K. edged up nominally. But the number of visitors from key eurozone nations dropped a drastic 28%, accounting for 246,000 fewer visitors. What gives?
