Loan secured to help refinance Simi Valley retail center
The Civic Center Plaza retail center, a 145,000-square-foot property sitting on 11.5 acres, in Simi Valley has secured a $26.05 million loan to refinance its maturing debt. Secured by Gantry, the largest independent commercial mortgage banking firm in the U.S., and announced July 31, the retail center offers nearly 1,000 parking spaces and is home Read More →
Innovation is key for UCSB’s new chancellor
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Cottage Health, Livingston nursing credited for quality of care
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CEQA rollbacks face stiff reality test
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Arroyo Grande escrow firm alleges former manager stole $546k
An Arroyo Grande escrow firm is suing its former escrow manager for allegedly embezzling $545,557 from it. Opus Escrow’s suit also names a second defendant, Qualia Labs, a digital real estate closing platform. Qualia had a contract to provide Opus with accounting, reconciliations, fraud protection, and more, according to the civil complaint filed in San Read More →
Dubroff: UCSB names engineering school for former dean
When I met Teledyne executive chairman Robert Mehrabian at his office in Thousand Oaks earlier this year, I came away thinking I had just been introduced to a multi-talented scientist-entrepreneur. So, it was not entirely surprising to learn that UC Santa Barbara’s world-class engineering school will now be called the Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering, Read More →
Tri-county unemployment rate down from April, up year-over-year
The unemployment rate in each of the tri-counties saw continued declines in May from April, but the jobless rate is still higher than at this time a year ago. According to the latest data provided by the California Employment Development Department on June 20, the unemployment rate for the Central Coast was 3.8% in May, down below 4% for the Read More →
