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| Monday, October 15th, 2012

Santa Barbara’s El Prado hotel sold

Latest news, Real Estate, Tourism

The 68-room El Prado and Days Inn hotel on mid-State Street in Santa Barbara has changed hands. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the property was listed at $15.3 million, according to Radius Commercial Real Estate & Investments. A group of South Coast investors purchased the 1601 State St. property with the intention Read More →

| Thursday, October 11th, 2012

Madonna Road apartments sell for $10.5M

Latest news, Real Estate

A 120-unit affordable housing apartment complex in San Luis Obispo has changed hands for $10.5 million. Seattle-based Vitus Group, an affordable housing developer, purchased the property at 1550 Madonna Road, which is on the west side of San Luis Obispo off Tank Farm Road. The seller was a local affiliate of the United Brotherhood of Read More →

| Thursday, October 11th, 2012

Move buys Relocation.com for $11.5M

Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

Online real estate company Move has purchased Relocation.com, a marketplace for homebuyers, renters and moving and storage professionals, for $11.5 million in cash. Move, which also operates Realtor.com and Move.com, said the deal represents another step towards its ultimate goal of creating a one-stop online shop for home buyers and renters. “Our goal is to Read More →

| Wednesday, October 10th, 2012

Oxnard Residence Inn by Marriott sold for $23.6M

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Capping a spree of hotel real estate deals in Ventura County, the Residence Inn by Marriott in Oxnard has changed hands for $23.6 million. Pasadena-based investment company Cavort Properties bought the Residence Inn on Vineyard Avenue next to the River Ridge golf course in a deal that closed on Oct. 1. The hotel, along with Read More →

| Friday, October 5th, 2012

So. Cal gas spike hammers independent stations

Latest news, Tri-County Economy

Independent gas stations in Southern California may experience price spikes and even shortages this weekend as problems at several Golden State refineries culminate to produce a supply pinch. “My wholesale prices went from $3.98 a gallon to $5.08 a gallon, and we are now selling at $4.39 a gallon,” Sam Seng, owner of Fred’s Gas Read More →

| Thursday, October 4th, 2012

Venoco founder closes deal to take firm private

Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies

With $471 million in financing, Venoco founder Tim Marquez is taking the oil and gas company he founded private more than a year after his bid to buy up the 49 percent of the company he doesn’t already own. Venoco, which is based in Denver but has significant operations on the South Coast, announced the Read More →

| Monday, October 1st, 2012

Transphorm’s funding tops $104M

Green Coast, Latest news, Technology

Transphorm, the Goleta-based company focused on energy efficiency in electronics, has raised $35 million from a group backed by the Japanese government and has secured a mass manufacturing agreement with a Japanese firm. The South Coast company, founded by UC Santa Barbara professor Umesh Mishra and longtime business partner Primit Parikh, has raised $104 million Read More →