Santa Barbara, Ventura to keep streets closed, outdoor dining open through at least 2024
Lower State Street will remain closed to vehicle traffic for at least two more years, and restaurants will likely start paying for their outdoor dining “parklets,” according to new requirements recently adopted by the Santa Barbara City Council. In the tri-county area, only the cities of Santa Barbara and Ventura have left their main downtown Read More →
Our View: Will keeping State Street closed to cars help prompt the area’s latest rebirth?
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Businesses adapt as cities end pandemic policies that allowed free use of public spaces
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New owners have plans to transform Nordstrom building in downtown Santa Barbara
Three out-of-area firms have acquired the now-vacant building formerly occupied by Nordstrom in downtown Santa Barbara, the companies announced Nov. 4. Shopoff Realty Investments and Praelium Commercial Real Estate, both based in Orange County, bought the property in partnership with an affiliate of New York City-based Dune Real Estate Partners. Shopoff Realty Investments representatives declined Read More →
Cars might never return to State Street, other downtown areas
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Amazon’s Santa Barbara office sold in one of downtown’s biggest commercial deals ever
Amazon’s downtown Santa Barbara building got a new landlord when the property was sold in early December to an international investor. Global Mutual, a London-based investment firm, bought the three-story building for close to its listed price of $38.4 million, making it one of the largest sales ever of commercial property in the downtown Santa Read More →
Trio of developers to bring 300 new homes to San Luis Obispo
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