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The Breakers – Summer Renovations

September 3, 2019 by luxadmin

The Breakers – Summer Renovations

Something was clearly afoot at The Breakers this summer — a new custom-designed carpet in the lobby that adds a touch of vibrant color to the Palm Beach hotel’s classical architecture.

The first thing visitors see is the single-piece creation, which is 161 feet long, 25 feet wide and weighs 1,500 pounds, bursting into bloom with lilies, amaranths, irises and other flowers.

It was designed by Adam Tihany of Tihany Design in New York, who has worked on other iconic properties, including The Beverly Hills Hotel, the Belmond Hotel Cipriani in Venice, and the Four Seasons in Dubai.

“We thought the whole theme of flowers and joy is what guests at The Breakers would expect,” Tihany said in a phone interview. “They’re coming there to have a good time. It’s a relatively classical motif, but it’s done in a modern way.

“When you walk into the hotel, you’re in the midst of a never-ending bloom. Everything is growing and there’s a splash of color and happiness. …“For us the question was, how to do you keep the beautiful architecture of the lobby and make it even better without starting to bring in other designs? I thought the carpet pretty much sums it up.”

It took a year to have the piece, produced by 35 weavers at Sacco Carpet in New York, made. “We kept following up on the progress,” Tihany said. “It was like painting a mural.”

The carpet has 70 different colors. Sara Flight, communications director, calls it “the pièce de résistance” of the lobby’s new look.

Earlier, Tihany redesigned two of The Breakers signature suites, The Imperial and Royal Poinciana. The Imperial now has a luxury yacht theme.

“The positioning of the suite is such that when you walk in, you’re basically surrounded by water,” he said. “So, we thought that the boat theme would be appropriate.”

“You walk in and you say ‘Hey, I’m on a great yacht here!’ That’s the reaction we were hoping to solicit,” he said. “It’s inspired by nautical details and the kinds of colors you’d expect to find.”

More space can be added to the 1,700-square-foot suite by opening up adjoining rooms. “There’s a big trend toward multi-generational travel,” said Flight. “If you’re traveling with kids, the grandparents, with a nanny or with security, this is a nice concept.”

The Breakers is owned by the Kenan family, heirs of founder Henry Flagler. They budget $30 million a year for renovations at the hotel, said Tricia Taylor, executive vice president and general manager.

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SOURCE

https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/business/20190830/palm-beach-business-breakers-lobby-has-thousands-of-flowers—at-your-feet

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Crest Theatre – Delray Beach – Old School Square

August 20, 2019 by luxadmin

Crest Theatre – Old School Square – Delray Beach

A historic South Florida theater that opened in the 1920s will renovate its interior to the tune of about $1 million. The first phase of the renovations will take about nine weeks and among the improvements will be increased space, seating and natural light, new carpet and fixtures, updated restrooms and more.

The Crest Theatre in Delray Beach — located in the heart of Old School Square — is a National Register of Historic Places site built in 1925 as a high school that now hosts art classes, exhibits, comedy and musical theater performances.

“The Cornell Art Museum [which sits next to the theater] just went through a $1 million renovation as well from the same donor and the same builders as well, so it will take that same look, refresh it and still pay homage to the history and the feel of the historic site,” said Holland Ryan, chief operating officer at Old School Square Center for the Arts. “Margaret Blume is our private donor; she’ll be doing the donation of $1 million.”

Ryan said the renovations will be completed in two phases, the first of which is expected to take about nine weeks.

“The first phase will…be completed by Nov. 1 of this year and will include various upgrades including automatic openers to our historic doors. Because we’re a national historic site, the doors are smaller and a little bit harder to get to and from for our art students and all our patrons, so we’ll be adding automatic openers to those,” he said.

The Crest Theatre in Delray Beach is undergoing the first phase of its $1 million renovation.
Other renovations include “updating the lobby, opening it up, putting in a new box office, creative art school, reception desk, doing upgrades to our first-floor restrooms, all the carpeting and some of our bar area to increase and improve traffic for patrons that are visiting us for events to really move bar lines along,” he said.

During the first phase, the Crest Theatre building will be closed, according to Ryan, but the box office and creative art school registration area will be available at the Cornell Museum and online.

“Some of the classes for the creative art school that start next semester are going to be relocated to the facilities on the south end of the building that are not a part of the phase-one renovation,” Ryan said.

The renovation will be done by Fort Lauderdale-based architecture company Walters Zackria Associates.

“We are a not-for-profit organization,” Ryan said. “We obtained the land in 1989 […] and we definitely appreciate and thank our generous donor, Margaret Blume, and the help of our architect and builder.”

SOURCE:

Sun Sentinel:

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/community/delray-sun/fl-cn-delray-beach-historic-crest-theatre-renovations-20190906-wlwpu2a3qje6dljkpivspz2hb4-story.html

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New Restaurant for Delray Beach – Elisabetta’s Ristorante Bar Pizzeria

June 23, 2019 by luxadmin

Elisabetta’s Ristorante Bar Pizzeria – New Restaurant for Delray Beach

A long-awaited Italian restaurant by the Big Time Restaurant Group finally will throw open its doors in May at the former 32 East restaurant space in downtown Delray Beach.

The restaurant at 32 E. Atlantic Ave. will be known as Elisabetta’s Ristorante Bar Pizzeria.

The name is a play on Big Time’s longtime partner and executive chef, Lisabet Summa, said Todd Herbst, partner in the West Palm Beach-based Big Time Restaurant Group. “She’s Italian and has been with Big Time for more than 20 years as a partner,” Herbst said. Elisabetta is Lisabet in Italian.

Big Time partners considered making the Delray Beach restaurant another Louie Bossi’s, which has locations in downtown Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale.

But Herbst said Big Time decided to call the restaurant Elisabetta’s to give Summa the recognition she deserves.

“It’s time she shared the spotlight with the likes of Rocco Mangel and Louie Bossi,” Herbst said. “Like Louie, Lisabet also has a deep connection to her Italian ancestral roots and it shows in her recipes and cooking.”

Elisabetta’s is a long time coming, a point noted when Herbst said he’s been working on getting the space ready to open for “100 years.”

In fact, it’s been only a year since 32 East restaurant served its last meal in 2018 on Mother’s Day, May 13. But it feels like 100 years because the deal was inked back in 2017, and then renovations on the old building turned out to be more than Big Time partners expected.

They ended up taking the space down to the studs. “We went in there and removed every pipe, wire, wall, and nail,” Herbst said. “We rebuilt the entire restaurant.” The expense was so high Herbst wouldn’t give an exact dollar figure. He said only that the redo will hit close to eight figures, making it the most pricey endeavor the company has launched in South Florida.

Herbst said the finished product will be worth the expense and the wait.

In addition to the food, which will be similar to Louie Bossi but have a more “tavernesque” approach, with a greater emphasis on classic Italian dishes, the decor will be special, Herbst said.

One of the reasons why it took over a year to build is because Big Time “curated a lot of things from Italy,” Herbst said. The designer took staff and management to Italy, and Tuscany turned out to be a goldmine. There, they found a 300-year-old fireplace mantel, which will be the centerpiece of a private dining room for 18 on the second floor. And yes, it’s a working fireplace, under construction now. “We don’t mess around,” Herbst said.

The first and second floors will feature regular dining and bars on both levels. But the upstairs bar will be indoor-outdoor bar, taking advantage of the patio that overlooks Atlantic Avenue.

Turn-of-the-century fixtures, including chandeliers, also are part of the restaurant’s decor, which will feature a great deal of wood.

As a result, Elisabetta’s will feel vintage when it opens mid-May, Herbt said.

While Herbst said there are no plans to start a large chain of Elisabetta’s, he predicted the restaurant will be so popular there will be demand for additional locations, much the same way Louie Bossi’s success in downtown Fort Lauderdale prompted the opening of a downtown location in Boca Raton.

That’s not to say Big Time doesn’t know how to do chain restaurants. The company just opened its 9th Rocco’s Tacos & Tequila Bar at the Mercato shopping center in Naples last month. “There were lines out the door, like it was Black Friday,” Herbst said.

Lisabet Summa is the most influential local chef you’ve never heard of.

In the kitchen, they call Lisabet Summa “L.B,” a nickname her 86-year-old Italian father ridicules whenever he hears it. El Bee? That’s a long way from the lilting name he wanted for her at birth. Pragmatic minds settled on Lisabet, but to her father, Summa will always be Elisabetta, never a pair of convenient consonants.

As Summa is poised to enter what she calls the “third act” of her career, she does so by honoring her father’s name preference. The veteran chef is the force behind Elisabetta’s, an upscale trattoria slated to open in May in the former 32 East building in Delray Beach’s dining district.

Summa is perhaps the most influential local chef you’ve never heard of. She’s a partner and the corporate culinary director at the Big Time Restaurant Group, overseeing 14 kitchens belonging to the group’s six restaurant concepts, which are City Cellar, Louie Bossi’s, Rocco’s Tacos, City Oyster and Sushi Bar, Grease and Big City Tavern. She launches new locations, writes new menus, finds sources for ingredients and keeps current kitchens in check. She has laser eyes for items and norms that don’t belong in a scratch kitchen. That box of ground pepper? Out. She expects only freshly ground.

“She has worked unsung for years and knows the work that goes into just opening places,” says Summa’s good friend Judith Olney, a respected culinary writer living in West Palm Beach.

Olney tells the story of Summa’s recent visit to Naples, where she opened Florida’s latest Rocco’s Tacos location: Summa washed dishes late into the evening to help out her staff.

“She’s very hands-on,” says Olney. “She has vast amounts of energy and wants to be working.”

This is work Summa has done behind the scenes for the past 21 years, during “Act II.” Now, with a concept that’s inspired by her love of simple, essential Italian cooking, Summa is ready to step into the spotlight. That’s not to say she wants to bask in it alone. Ask her about her upcoming restaurant and she’ll talk about her team, which includes executive chef Kevin Darr and her partner Louie Bossi, a chef with two branded Big Time restaurants.

Sources:

GM 5 –

http://gm5lkweb.newscyclecloud.com/article/20190402/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/190409525

West Palm Beach Post

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20190306/long-awaited-italian-eatery-opening-soon-in-delray-beach

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Boynton Beach Business

May 31, 2019 by luxadmin

Open a Business in Boynton Beach

The City of Boynton Beach strives to create a sustainable economic base with employment opportunities offering livable wages and housing opportunities to a skilled, educated, and competitive labor force.

Attracted by year-round tropical climate, a lower cost-of-living compared to surrounding communities, ideal location, and a culturally diverse community, Boynton Beach continues to be a leader in innovation while creating a foundation for new opportunities for private-sector growth.

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Exciting News for Boynton Beach Chamber Businesses:

After meeting at length with the Boca Chamber to discuss the needs, strengths and challenges of each of our organizations, our leadership team determined that consolidation is the best path forward to provide the greatest benefits to important members like you and the wider business community. Effective January, 2019 the operations and functions of the Boynton Beach Chamber of Commerce will be folded into the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce. The office space in Boynton Beach will remain, and community events will continue to be held in the city on an ongoing basis. This exciting partnership means that each of you will gain access to a wide range of valuable services provided by the organization. These include high-quality programming, free professional development opportunities, networking with an expanded community of members, and representation by a well-established, pro-business PAC.

Top three employers are:

Bethesda Memorial Hospital
Palm Beach County School District
The City of Boynton Beach

Top three industries are:

Healthcare/Social Assistance
Retail Trade
Accommodation/Food Services
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Small Business Week – South Florida

May 9, 2019 by luxadmin

Small Business Week

Small businesses are flourishing in South Florida, many of them got their start in the buildings of Yomtob Properties. Ben Yomtob supports small business growth in the region and offers some of the most luxurious office space in the area.

CBS 12 recently aired a segment and Blog Post on Small Business Week; here it is rebroadcast.

Small business owners and entrepreneurs are being recognized this week for the big role they play in communities across the country, including here in South Florida and along the Treasure Coast.

It’s all part of National Small Business Week.

Anyone who owns a business or has attempted to start one knows how difficult and overwhelming it can be; for the owners of the Lighthouse Diner in Jupiter it all started when they inherited the restaurant after their father passed away.

Ryan Perez, one of the three brothers who now own the diner, told us he was just about to open a restaurant in New York when it happened. He made the trip to Jupiter under the assumption the brothers would just fix the diner up and lease it to other owners but soon his plans changed.

“I saw this place and within about a week to ten days, I fell completely in love with it,” he said. “I got my brother on the first plane and we started working.”

Fast forward seven years, they say the diner has become somewhat of a local landmark, one they hope continues to grow.

Perez says the diner, which has a great view of the Jupiter lighthouse, has been around for decades and that part of being a good business owner means staying consistent.

“We are family-owned, home-cooking, affordable for everybody. This has been here since the 1950’s and this has been a landmark here so the thing I was scared about was, I did not want to ruin this name here. I wanted to keep this name going.”

While it is their goal to stay true to what customers know and love, Perez says they’ve also been forced to change with the times. That means learning to take full advantage of social media from a business standpoint.

“I had to learn to do all of that,” he said. “We do all the Instagram, Facebook; we try to get on all the formats.”

Whatever your business may be, Perez said most importantly it’s about being present and having a strong team of support.

“Hands on; be here everyday. If you are an absentee owner, it is hard to get the place off the floor. You have to rely on yourself and your staff.”

Aside from the expected networking benefits that come with joining a local chamber of commerce, there are also free workshops and mentoring opportunities available.

For example, Joseph Catrambone, the CEO at the Stuart Martin County Chamber of Commerce told us they have volunteers who will sit down with aspiring entrepreneurs to offer free consulting and guidance when it comes to drafting a business plan as well as offer workshops on customer service and how to utilize technology.

At the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce, they offer the1909 Business Accelerator which is a startup boot camp that helps train you to start a business. The group meets one night per week for eight weeks. The program also includes personalized mentorships and concludes with “pitch night,” giving entrepreneurs a chance to pitch their business in front of local investors.

The City of Delray Beach’s Office of Economic Development has also declared May as “We Love Small Biz Month.”

There are a lot of free workshops throughout the month that you can take advantage of. Click here for the full list of events.

Source:
Small Business Week

CBS12

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