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By Staff Report / Monday, September 22nd, 2014 / Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Schaff buys Goleta offices from Towbes for $26.4M
South Coast real estate investor Victor Schaff has purchased a 120,000-square-foot-property in Goleta for $26.4 million. The property, which includes two 60,000-square-foot office buildings on a 10-acre parcel at 75 Coromar Drive in the Raytheon Business Park, was sold by Santa Barbara-based Towbes Capital Partners, the private-equity real estate affiliate of The Towbes Group. Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, September 19th, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Sientra to go public, raise up to $86.2M
Santa Barbara-based breast implant maker Sientra filed papers Sept. 19 to raise up to $86.2 million in an initial public stock offering.
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By Staff Report / Friday, September 19th, 2014 / Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Nonprofits, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Stollmeyer family gives $1M to French Hospital
Mindbody CEO Rick Stollmeyer and his ex-wife are making a $1 million gift to French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo. Rick Stollmeyer, co-founder and chief executive of SLO-based software firm Mindbody, and Lori Stollmeyer Ryan made the gift to support the hospital’s “Well into the Future” campaign, which includes the expansion and remodel Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, September 19th, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Adornetto named TMP entrepreneurship director at UCSB
Longtime South Coast technology executive Dave Adornetto has been picked to lead UC Santa Barbara’s successful startup contest. The entrepreneurship program is the largest collegiate business-pitch contest in the region and is part of UCSB’s Technology Management Program. The flagship event of the entrepreneurship program, the annual New Venture Competition, is a major on-campus happening. Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, September 19th, 2014 / East Ventura County, Nonprofits, West Ventura County / Comments Off on United Way honors Ventura County, energy executive
United Way of Ventura County honored area energy executive Scott Corby and the county of Ventura with two of its top awards at its annual Spirit of Community Partnership Awards. Corby received the Milton M. Teague Award and county employees received the Roy Pinkerton award. More than 1,000 county employees contributed more than $100,000 to Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, September 19th, 2014 / East Ventura County, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Ad tracking strategy pays off in $2.3B Conversant deal
It took him two years, but John Giuliani is the man who finally made Conversant ready for a sale. And even though his stake in the Westlake Village-based advertising technology firm’s $2.3 billion cash-and-stock merger with Alliance Data Systems announced Sept. 11 will be worth about $96 million, Giuliani has no plans to cash Read More →
