Higher Gear

Ralph McLaughlin spent a lot of years in Silicon Valley.

That's why he considers the first iteration of Mac Exotic Car Storage the company's beta test site.

McLaughlin gave Operations Manager Vinny Binstock two years to prove a high-end car storage facility was viable in Sarasota. (A similar business exists in Naples.) In 2015 and 2016, Binstock filled the company's 6,000-square-foot space it leased on Tallevast Road, near Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. “That was enough to tell me we can make money in this business,” says McLaughlin. “This is the next step.”