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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, December 21st, 2012 / Columns, Tourism / Comments Off on Santa Barbara’s El Encanto leads new wave of luxury hotels
The South Coast quietly ushered in a new era of luxury hotel construction on Dec. 18 when Orient-Express took the wraps off the rebuilt and remodeled El Encanto, a once-faded gem located on Santa Barbara’s Riviera. With a few dozen media types, movers and shakers, and Mayor Helene Schneider looking on, Orient-Express Regional Managing Director Read More →
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, November 30th, 2012 / Features, Real Estate, Tourism / Comments Off on The bulldozers are coming: Derelict Miramar cottages to be leveled in December
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By Editorial Board / Friday, June 29th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Moving dirt on Miramar should be top priority
Santa Barbara County’s Board of Supervisors has narrowly approved a new tax rebate for hotel mega-projects. Now it will be up to Los Angeles developer Rick Caruso to walk the walk and start moving dirt at the much debated, long-delayed Miramar Hotel and Cottages in Montecito. And it will be up to the Board of Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 11th, 2012 / Law & Goverment, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tourism / 2 Comments
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 13th, 2012 / Columns, Law & Goverment / Comments Off on Caruso’s tourism tax break could sidestep prevailing wage laws
The L.A. builder might avoid the prospect of having to pay high-ticket wages while revamping the Miramar.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, March 9th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Hotel tax break puts politics ahead of policy
The proposed decade-long bed-tax rebate is loaded with unintended consequences.
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, March 9th, 2012 / Top Stories / 2 Comments
Los Angeles-based Caruso Affiliated is one step closer to breaking ground on Miramar Beach Resort & Bungalows in Montecito after the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted to move forward on an ordinance that would give hotel developers a 10-year tourism tax break. Rick Caruso’s development company, which is at the helm of the Read More →
