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 →
SBA competition to help women business owners find capital
A nationwide business competition led by the U.S. Small Business Administration aims to assist women business owners in finding capital. Participants in the 2017 InnovateHER business challenge will compete for $70,000 provided by the Sara Blakely Foundation to promote products and services that increase quality and length of life. “Women represent half of the U.S. Read More →
Santa Maria’s Abel Maldonado potential Trump nominee for agriculture secretary
Story updated at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 29 Santa Maria farmer and former mayor Abel Maldonado met with President-elect Donald Trump at his Palm Beach Mar-A-Lago resort Dec. 28 to discuss Maldonado’s potential nomination as agriculture secretary, according to newspaper reports. Maldonado was lieutenant governor to Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2010 to 2011 after being elected to Read More →
