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 | Friday, September 13th, 2013

								
Former ReMax office building in Ventura attracts new tenants

								Columns, Real Estate								
The prominent Ventura office building at 1500 Palma Drive is getting a new lease on life.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, September 13th, 2013

								
Limoneira locks in lemons: Santa Paula firm makes $18.6M buy

								Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Features, Tri-County Public Companies								
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 | Friday, September 13th, 2013

								
Dreaming big: Arroyo Grande mattress retailer plots national expansion

								Central Coast, Features, Small Business								
 When partners Jimi Breazeale and Hector Amaya opened Get-A-Mattress in Arroyo Grande in 2009, they wanted to transform the mattress-buying experience from what Breazeale calls “dirty window” into a showroom atmosphere. After all, with the average mattress costing around $2,000, it’s a considerable consumer purchase.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, September 6th, 2013

								
MB&T chief highlights role of community banks

								Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news								
Locally based banks that take deposits from and make loans to the community form the lifeblood of many regional economies, and yet these institutions have only recently secured a voice in the national debate on financial policy. That was the view from Janet Garufis, CEO and president of Santa Barbara-based Montecito Bank & Trust, in Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, September 6th, 2013

								
Building a legacy: Boys & Girls Clubs honor Cal Johnston

								Features, Nonprofits, Real Estate								
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley will honor Cal Johnston, an orphan turned successful Southern California commercial real estate developer, with a building dedication later this month that recognizes his vision in setting up after-school programs for at-risk kids. Johnston, chairman and founder of The Johnston Group in Agoura Hills, started the Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, September 6th, 2013

								
Small-business groups can match banks, borrowers

								Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Small Business, Top Stories								
 Business is as much about who you know as what you know.


Long-time art gallery owner Sylvia White came to realize that as she struggled to get financing to purchase a building in downtown Ventura. She had purchased the gallery space with owner financing several years earlier. But now the five-year period on that high-interest loan was coming up, and White needed a bank to take over. She was turned down by lenders again and again.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, September 6th, 2013

								
Pacifica Commercial uncorks new wine properties division

								Columns, Real Estate								
Pacifica Commercial Realty has launched a new winery division and website aimed at being a one-stop platform for multimillion-dollar winery and vineyard transactions in the region.