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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, December 13th, 2010 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Carriage Square in Oxnard improves its future with Lowe
Oxnard’s Carriage Square’s developers secured $17.2 million in financing and said a Lowe’s and several smaller retailers will open at the project
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By Henry Dubroff / Monday, December 13th, 2010 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on A speed bump in Oxnard’s road to recovery
Oxnard’s seemingly bright future has hit a few rough spots
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, December 6th, 2010 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Seagate deal shows what it takes to get tenants in a tough market
Ventura County’s industrial vacancy rate spiked to a 10-year high during the third quarter despite its highest leasing activity in more than a year. Now, one Oxnard landlord has shown that even in a difficult market, clever negotiating can snag a large, quality tenant. Rexford Industrial recently signed warehouse distributor Worldwide Plastics to 28,815 square Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Monday, December 6th, 2010 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Suddenly, deficit is talk of the town
WASHINGTON, D.C. — All of a sudden, deficit reduction is the name of the game. It is as though someone flipped a switch on Nov. 2 and suddenly the one-trick pony that is politics in the nation’s capital is obsessed with the idea of balancing the federal budget. Not that I am complaining. As I Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, November 29th, 2010 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on State Street goes from books to bargains in a flurry of deals
Santa Barbara’s downtown retail scene is trading its literary aspirations for bargain-priced fashion, signaling a possible new trend in State Street retail.
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By Henry Dubroff / Monday, November 29th, 2010 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Jobless data may portend broad recovery
The tri-county region is showing signs of digging itself out of a deep hole.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, November 22nd, 2010 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Victoria Street marketplace may reshape downtown foodie scene
Urban Developments is building an anchor for South Coast culture right in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara. The San Francisco-based development firm has grand plans to build a 23,000-square-foot public market and adjoining residential project at Chapala and Victoria streets, in the spot formerly occupied by a Vons grocery store. Urban Developments Principle Marge Read More →