Gold standard for green: Lynda.com efforts raise bar for sustainability
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Oxnard Marriott sold for $11.4M
Latest newsNearly two years after a court appointed a receiver to take control of the Courtyard by Marriott in Oxnard after it was foreclosed upon, the hotel has been sold for $11.4 million. HREC Investment Advisors, a hospitality real estate advisory firm based in Denver and Los Angeles, arranged the sale of the 166-room hotel. The Read More →
UTC unloads Clipper to private equity firm
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TOLD Corp. founder Jack Gilbert dies
Latest news, Real EstateVentura County business leader and philanthropist Jack Gilbert has died. He was 91. In 2010, Gilbert was an inaugural member of the Pacific Coast Business Times’ Business Hall of Fame, an honor which recognized him for his role as a developer in Ventura County and for his part in leading Thousand Oaks’ emergence as a Read More →
Mars rover taps regional firms
Central Coast, Features, TechnologyThe Mars rover Curiosity is set to touch down around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday with parts from several Central Coast companies. Next Intent of San Luis Obispo made parts that help attach the wheels to the chassis of the rover, named the Mars Science Laboratory. Santa Maria-based Helical Products Co. made flexible couplings and machined Read More →
K-Swiss profits fall as sales down 32%
Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public CompaniesAthletic shoemaker K-Swiss stumbled into another large loss in the second quarter as its worldwide sales plummeted by almost one-third. The Westlake Village-based company reported an $11.6 million loss, compared to a loss of $20 million in the same quarter a year earlier. Worldwide revenue fell 31.5 percent to $44.8 million during the quarter. U.S. Read More →
PacWest closes American Perspective deal
Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Central Coast, Latest news, Tri-County Public CompaniesPacWest Bancorp has wrapped up its $58.1 million acquisition of San Luis Obispo-based American Perspective Bank. The deal adds two branches, a loan production office and about $271 million in assets to Los Angeles-based PacWest’s portfolio and expands its reach up the Central Coast. The deal, first announced in April, trumped an earlier offer for Read More →
