Ventura County hotel efforts appear to be paying big dividends
Hotels in the western part of Ventura County are on track to have one of their best occupancy years ever.
Santa Barbara food market and condo project is ripening
The Alma del Pueblo condo and food market project on Victoria and Chapala streets in downtown Santa Barbara is moving closer to completion.
Buyers bag big grocery store deals
The long-vacant former Home Depot site in Oxnard has been sold for $7.1 million.
Bank profits pay Community Dividends as $1M event salutes 10 years
More than a decade ago, banker and developer Michael Towbes came up with the idea of turning Montecito Bank & Trust into an S Corporation.
Amgen case before SCOTUS could stymie new class-action suits
On Nov. 5, Thousand Oaks-based Amgen argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could make it much harder for shareholders to form a class when suing a company for making misleading statements that distort its stock price. The outcome, which is likely to be decided by the politics of the individual justices, could Read More →
Obamacare stays, California taxes rise and gridlock returns to D.C.
The votes have been counted and now California and the U.S. face a slightly changed political landscape but a series of new realities. Obamacare will not be repealed, Proposition 30 passed despite a furious advertising assault and Latino voters helped put a Democrat into a congressional seat that represents most of Ventura County. Some further Read More →
Retail leads South Coast CRE recovery as office market lags
The lackluster office space market could throw a wrench in the recovery.
