Investors plan to boost apartment portfolios despite GSE cutback
Columns, Real EstateEven as the Obama administration reins in the massive government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, tri-county real estate investors say the shift will likely have a nominal effect on the region’s robust apartment investment market.
Deckers cozies up to Ugg retail store strategy
South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomyAs Deckers Outdoor Corp. makes the move to its new campus headquarters in Goleta, the billion-dollar-a-year Ugg firm says it has smoothed out its business model and is on track for a stellar 2013.
In the Zone: Investors cash out on redevelopment projects
Real Estate, Restaurants, South Coast, Tri-County EconomyThree recent commercial property sales totaling $20 million cap several years of investment and a burst of development in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone area.
An advocate for women in business: Attorney elected president of NAWBO California
Features, Small Business, Women Inc.An attorney with Santa Barbara-based law firm Buynak, Fauver, Archbald & Spray is the new president of the state-level chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, a group that advocates for the more than 1.3 million female entrepreneurs in the Golden State.
Camarillo retail center’s new owners plot big improvements
Columns, Real EstateThe buyer of the Camarillo Plaza shopping center was a joint venture between Peter Cohen of Cardinal Equities LLC and a Beverly Hills-based family partnership.
Nichols duo opens third Brothers restaurant in the valley
Restaurants, Tourism, Wine & ViticultureMatt and Jeff Nichols have opened their new wine country restaurant, Brothers at the Red Barn, following a year renovating a historic property in Santa Ynez.
