The pandemic has had disparate effects on disparate industries. This week that played out in living color as Disney reported a loss of $2 billion on its attractions, complicit with tourism in general, while Publix…
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: WAITING FOR ‘MULAN’
Disney has clearly suffered at the hands of the pandemic as its market cap shrunk from $260 billion to $215 billion in the last six months alone. One of its star attractions is its new…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: JURY OUT ON DESANTIS
Heckling of Gov. Ron DeSantis in recent press conferences identifies more than a difference of opinion on how to handle COVID-19. As a lawyer, my experience is that juries may not necessarily get all the…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: OPENING SCHOOLS
The debate about whether schools should open in-person continues to take on an unforgiving political tone. The issue is not, to a large extent, whether in-person education is more productive than virtual, a tenet with…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: DISNEY AND KAEPERNICK
The Disney-Colin Kaepernick partnership to produce and distribute content focused on social and racial topics is not only a forceful strategic move to position Disney in the country’s self-examination of issues associated with systemic racism,…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: POLITICS OF MASKS
As we all witness Gov. Ron DeSantis stubbornly embrace politics over science, I am reminded of the Catholic Church during Galileo’s day which, despite clear and convincing evidence that the Earth circled the sun –…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: CREATIVE RENEWAL
Lincoln Property’s decision to reposition the 110,000-square-foot office building in downtown Orlando it acquired in 2014 as a mixed-use structure with 143 residential units, a ground level occupied by Wahlburgers, a second floor dedicated to…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: RETAIL EVOLUTION
It is not surprising that JCPenney, among other traditional retailers, is shuttering some 154 stores, including its store at Orlando Fashion Square. Nor is it terribly surprising that Amazon has captured 49% of all e-commerce…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: ELECTION CENTRAL
The upcoming political free-for-all may put Florida as ground zero for the 2020 election. On the Republican side, it has been announced that Florida will host the GOP convention. And, on the Democratic side, it…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: Dawn in America
It may not be morning in America. But it’s probably not mourning either. George Floyd could be described as the face that launched a thousand ships. 158 years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation…