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By Staff Report / Wednesday, July 9th, 2014 / Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / 1 Comment
Sandpiper Capital Partners has purchased the 37-room Leewood Hotel in downtown Ventura from its longtime owner and plans to convert it to an apartment complex. The firm purchased the property for just under $2.7 million, Justin Egerer, founder and managing member of Sandpiper Capital Partners, said in an email to the Business Times. The property is Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 / Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Ceres inks deal to sell plant genetics software
Shares of Thousand Oaks-based energy crop firm Ceres were up 8 percent in midday trading on news that the company inked a deal to monetize its genome viewing software through a deal with Bayer CropScience.
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By Austen Hufford / Friday, July 4th, 2014 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Home care job growth fuels wage debate
The rise of home care in a region that is one of the most expensive areas to live in the country has thrust the future of the occupation into the middle of high-profile battles over government spending, the cost of care, wage standards and the future of unions.
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By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, July 4th, 2014 / Restaurants, Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on American Dream, millennial edition: Young restaurateurs in Isla Vista
Daniel Dunietz and Sean Evans, both in their 20s, enjoy a friendly rivalry as neighboring small-business owners in the student-dominated community of Isla Vista, next to UC Santa Barbara.
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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, July 4th, 2014 / Columns, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Developers squabble over $8M RiverPark theater fund
As a new mixed-used housing project in downtown Oxnard lands on the table, the partners behind the development hope they can unlock a long-disputed $8 million that was once tied to the city’s redevelopment agency.
