Hoka One One names athletes helping to design, test shoes
Hoka One One, a division of Goleta footwear and apparel maker Deckers Brands, launched a new team that will help design and test its new running and racing shoes. The Evo Time to Fly team features Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc champion Ludovic Pommeret; Olympic marathoner and ultra-runner Magdalena Boulet; Olympic silver medalist in the Read More →
Australian firm using Yardi Systems software
Melbourne, Australia-based property investment and management firm DBR Property Services has adopted the Yardi Voyager property management software developed by Goleta-based Yardi Systems, Yardi announced on Jan. 4. DBR, which manages and advises high net worth families in Australia, will also implement Yardi’s Advanced Budgeting and Forecasting software that is integrated with Yardi Voyager’s tenant Read More →
Oak Park Shopping Center in Thousand Oaks sells for $28.3 million
The Oak Park Shopping Center in Thousand Oaks was sold for $28.3 million, CBRE Group announced on Jan. 5. New Oak Park LLC, represented by CBRE’s Alex Kozakov, Patrick Wade, Larry Tanji and Scott Siegel, sold the 74,300-square-foot center to a private investor, who was represented by Paley Commercial Real Estate. The center on Lindero Read More →
Teledyne gets contract for underwater vehicles that remove explosives
A subsidiary of Thousand Oaks industrial conglomerate Teledyne Technologies secured a multi-million dollar contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to deploy underwater vehicles to disable and remove explosives, the company announced Jan. 3. The amount of the contract was not disclosed. Teledyne SeaBotix, a manufacturer of underwater observation class remotely-operated vehicles, will deliver 60 Read More →
Macy’s closing stores in Simi Valley, Santa Barbara
Macy’s will close its Paseo Nuevo store in downtown Santa Barbara in early spring and a Simi Valley Town Center location mid-year, Macy’s announced on Jan. 4. The two tri-county locations are among 68 stores that will shutter in 2017 as part of a planned 100-store downsizing. The women’s store, one of two Macy’s Read More →
Vandenberg AFB to launch Iridium communications satellites Jan. 8
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. plans to launch several Iridium communications satellites Jan. 8 from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, signaling a rebound from the failed Falcon 9 rocket launch in Florida in September. An accident investigation team determined that the September launch failure was likely due to an accumulation of oxygen or a void in Read More →
Software developer MindBody partners with Google
San Luis Obispo-based software developer MindBody announced a partnership with Google on Jan. 3 that aims to help people book fitness classes via a new platform called Reserve with Google. People will be able to schedule fitness and wellness classes directly from Google Maps, Google Search and a new standalone website. In this pilot stage, Read More →
