Kavli sues former employee of real estate firm
UncategorizedInternational science icon and real estate mogul Fred Kavli is suing a much smaller competitor. In a lawsuit filed in Ventura County Superior Court in late August, Kavli alleges that a former employee of his Oxnard-based real estate firm Sunbelt Enterprises misappropriated trade secrets, breached fiduciary duties and is unfairly competing with him. Defendant David Read More →
A greener cleaner: eLabor.com founder now heads Camarillo startup
UncategorizedMichael Edell has gone from software to soap. He is hoping the touch that helped him expand and sell his firms to the likes of Microsoft and ADP will make GrabGreen, a Camarillo-based line of eco-friendly cleaning products, into a household name. Founded by Patricia Spencer, a mother who was concerned about the chemicals in Read More →
Apartments a bright spot in South Coast real estate market
ColumnsThe South Coast apartment market has seen more than $77 million in property sales this year, according to commercial real estate brokers at Radius Group’s Santa Barbara County Real Estate and Economic Outlook on Sept. 16. The largest sale was the $37.4 million purchase of the Fontainebleu apartments in Isla Vista. Chicago-based Blue Vista Capital Read More →
40 Under 40: Class of 2010
UNKNOWN40 Under 40: The Class of 2010 Evan Asher (TechEase, Santa Barbara) Donna Beal (Donna Beal Consulting, Santa Maria) Joshua Best (Nordman Cormany, Oxnard) Ashley Bautista (Paladin Principle, Ventura) Marni Brook (Montecito Bank & Trust, Ventutra) Shawn Carson (TWIW Insurance Services, Ventura) Christos Celmayster (Hayes Commercial Group, Santa Barbara) Nikki Chairez (Oxnard Chamber of Commerce, Read More →
Editorial: Time for UCSB to engineer a new dean
OpinionFor more than a year there’s been a looming gap in the leadership structure of the region’s technology sector. The departure of Matt Tirrell from UC Santa Barbara, after a decade of exemplary performance as dean at the UCSB College of Engineering, created a void that’s yet to be filled. Tirrell’s term was extraordinary for Read More →
High-wireless acts: Row 44, Sonos capitalize on move toward WiFi
UncategorizedThe world is going wireless, and two tri-county firms have raised $62 million as proof. Westlake Village-based Row 44 and Santa Barbara-based Sonos are building businesses around consumers’ burgeoning demand to stay connected to their digital lives wherever they are. Row 44 operates an in-flight wireless Internet service and is installing it on Southwest Airlines’ Read More →
Carpinteria
UncategorizedCarpinteria is home to some of the largest private and public companies on the South Coast, including Clipper Windpower, CKE Restaurants and Lynda.com. But the small seaside city has seen its commercial real estate market stagnate over the past year, jumping up to a 14.6 percent industrial vacancy rate. Online software training firm Lynda.com started Read More →
