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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, December 13th, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on A speed bump on the way to creating a chamber-led vitality group
The most concentrated effort to date to create a Santa Barbara County economic vitality organization has hit a roadblock. And that roadblock appears to be the Board of Supervisors’ bitterly divided vote on the Santa Maria Energy project, where South County supervisors banded together to impose severe carbon emissions limits on an innovative onshore oil and gas development that had broad support in North County.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, December 13th, 2013 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Camarillo retail center’s new owners plot big improvements
The 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.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, December 6th, 2013 / Columns, Technology / Comments Off on Cal Poly startups tackle roommate relations and the textbook market
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo continues to pump out student startups at a steady rate, with a new expense-splitting app for roommates and textbook reselling service both gaining traction on launch.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, November 22nd, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Hedge funds circle Foley’s flagship as Fed enables leveraged deals
What’s happening here is part of a bigger drama about ultra-low interest rates, the stock market and the prospect for a new credit bubble.
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By Tom Bronzini / Friday, November 15th, 2013 / Central Coast, Columns, Tourism, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Shale Oak Winery turns heads with design and green focus
Shale Oak Winery’s tasting room in Paso Robles is one of the more eye-catching in the area with its colorful, angular facade of stained glass in a geometric pattern.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, November 15th, 2013 / Columns, Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on $17.8M sale positions Camarillo shopping center for turnaround
The bankrupt Camarillo Plaza community shopping center has been sold to an undisclosed Beverly Hills buyer for $17.8 million after receiving 20 separate offers. The 74,072-square-foot mall is located on Daily Drive at the intersection of Brently Avenue, across Highway 101 from the Camarillo Premium Outlets.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, November 8th, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Nusil and Lynda.com are the king and queen of Carpinteria
During one very short year, the small, coastal city of Carpinteria has gone from an also-ran to the hottest market around when it comes to new job growth and filling commercial space. Research by the Business Times and Mark Schniepp’s California Economic Forecast shows that just two companies — Nusil and Lynda.com are mainly responsible for gobbling up thousands of square feet in Carp, which now is just about as fully leased up as at anytime since the dot-com era.