April 19, 2025

		

Jorge Mercado

Jorge Mercado is a staff writer with the Business Times. His beats include technology, agriculture, cannabis, energy and the environment, and higher education.


| Friday, January 3rd, 2025

CRE: Santa Maria’s La Vista Apartments sell for record $116M

Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy

By Staff Report La Vista Apartments, a 460-unit multifamily property in Santa Maria, sold for $116 million, according to Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, who brokered the sale on Dec. 30. The $116 million sales price equates to $252,174 per unit. According to a press release, the sale also became the Read More →

| Friday, January 3rd, 2025

George Leis, Montecito Bank’s president and COO, retires

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County, Tri-County Economy

George Leis, the president and chief operating officer at Montecito Bank & Trust, announced that he would be retiring effective immediately, according to a Jan. 3 press release from the bank. Leis, who first joined Montecito Bank & Trust in those roles in 2016, said that during his time at the bank, he was able Read More →

| Friday, January 3rd, 2025

Portfolio watch

Central Coast, Columns, Economy, Latest news, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy

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| Monday, December 30th, 2024

Inogen’s newest respiratory device gains FDA clearance

Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

Goleta-based Inogen, a medical technology specializing in the manufacturing of portable oxygen containers, announced Dec. 30 that it had received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for the Simeox 200 Airway Clearance Device. The clearance helps expand the company’s ability to market and meet the various needs of patients with chronic respiratory diseases in the Read More →

| Monday, December 30th, 2024

Teledyne completes $58M takeover of Micropac

Latest news, middle, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies completed its acquisition of Micropac Industries on Dec. 30. The all-cash transaction valued Micropac at approximately $57.3 million, taking into account Micropac’s net debt as of Aug. 24. Under the merger agreement’s terms, Micropac stockholders received $20 per share in cash. “We are delighted to welcome Micropac and its employees to Read More →

| Friday, December 20th, 2024

Wayside Energy wins $200K grant for battery energy solution

East Ventura County, Energy, Latest news, middle, Subscriber content, Technology

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| Friday, December 20th, 2024

Street smarts: Awards spottings at the Ventura County Chamber’s Poinsettia Awards

Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Subscriber content

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