Amgen sells Colorado facility to AstraZeneca for $64.5 million
Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Real EstateThousand Oaks biotech giant Amgen continued its Colorado exit plans recently as it sold a Longmont, Colo., facility to London-based pharmaceutical and biotech company AstraZeneca for $64.5 million. Amgen built the 692,000-square-foot facility in the 1990s to make ingredients for its blockbuster anti-anemia drug Epogen. The site used large vats to produce lines of cell Read More →
Invoca’s new CEO former Salesforce.com executive
Latest news, TechnologyA Salesforce.com executive is the new CEO of Santa Barbara call intelligence company Invoca, the company announced Oct. 11. Greg Johnson took over at the beginning of October for former CEO Mark Woodward, who stepped aside after 15 months as Invoca CEO because of personal matters. Johnson, formerly a senior vice president of product management Read More →
Avis Rent a Car property in Funk Zone purchased for $2.5 million
Latest news, Real EstateThe Avis Rent A Car location in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone was purchased in a sale-leaseback transaction for more than $2.5 million, Lee & Associates announced on Oct. 11. The transaction of the 1,350-square-foot property at 34 E. Montecito St. marked a record-setting price per square foot at $1,866, said Lee & Associates’ Rob Adams, Read More →
Lure Fish House property in Westlake Village sold
East Ventura County, Latest news, Real EstateStory updated Oct. 13 at 10 p.m.: The Lure Fish House property in Westlake Village was sold for $6 million to private investor Lucrit LLC, Westcord Commercial Group announced on Oct. 10. The 7,470-square-foot property sits on a 1.76-acre parcel at 30970 Russell Ranch Road. Tony Principe of Westcord and Kamal Banki represented the buyer Read More →
Lloyd Properties donates 860 acres on Ventura hillsides to conservation trust
Agribusiness, Latest news, Real EstateOwners of the Lloyd Ranch in Ventura donated 860 acres of agricultural and open space to the Rancho San Buenaventura Conservation Trust. Gary Brummett, president of Lloyd Properties, said he is proud to partner with the conservation trust to preserve part of the Ventura hillsides, an area that has been eyed by developers for many Read More →
Caruso breaks ground on Miramar resort
Latest news, TourismWhat a difference a decade makes. After 10 years of community wrangling and delays obtaining financing, Los Angeles developer Rick Caruso turned a ceremonial shovelful of dirt on Oct. 10 to launch construction of the Rosewood Miramar Beach Montecito. Under a blue sky broken by a few puffy white clouds, Caruso, Rosewood CEO Radha Read More →
Vandenberg satellite launch delayed again
Latest news, Technology, TourismDigitalGlobe, which owns the WorldView-4 earth imaging satellite sitting atop an Atlas V rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base, said launch of the satellite will now probably take place sometime in late October and early November. Originally scheduled for Sept. 16, the launch was initially delayed at the last minute because of a minor leak Read More →
