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Move-in day at Cal Poly Tech Park, ATA waits for roommates

By   /  Monday, April 26th, 2010  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Move-in day at Cal Poly Tech Park, ATA waits for roommates

The Cal Poly Technology Park officially has its first tenant.   Applied Technologies Associates, an Albuquerque-based firm that designs and manufactures products for the oil industry, signed a lease for 3,000 square feet in the on-campus park at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The firm, which has major technical operations in Paso Robles, will maintain Read More →

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Goldman mess spotlights crisis in executive suite

By   /  Monday, April 26th, 2010  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Goldman mess spotlights crisis in executive suite

Look around at the economic wreckage of the past couple of years and one thing is obvious — we have witnessed the most colossal failure of management in the history of the modern corporation. For all the talk about government intervention, TARP and the need to rewrite financial regulation to prevent another meltdown, the actual Read More →

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Ambitious Evergreen Village project takes root in Santa Maria

By   /  Monday, April 19th, 2010  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Ambitious Evergreen Village project takes root in Santa Maria

Evergreen Village is the latest addition to Santa Maria’s portfolio of ambitious projects. The 52,421-square-foot center, which will be located along Highway 135 between Santa Maria and Orcutt, will replace the 50-year-old Evergreen Center with five new office and retail buildings. The development broke ground on its first phase in November and is well under Read More →

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Arnold rushes to salvage his eco-devo legacy

By   /  Monday, April 19th, 2010  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Arnold rushes to salvage his eco-devo legacy

As a person who’s only seen Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from behind the ropes at press conferences up and down the Tri-Counties, I’ve lost my ability to connect with his charm. He now strikes me as a particularly hollow political figure. He’s pretending to ride off into the sunset in a blaze of glory. But what Read More →

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$10M State Street Borders deal is a bright spot in a dull market

By   /  Monday, April 12th, 2010  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on $10M State Street Borders deal is a bright spot in a dull market

The $10 million sale of 900 State St. in Santa Barbara makes for the largest retail real estate deal in the city in more than two years, but the outlook for the South Coast’s commercial real estate market remains shaky. The 38,000-square-foot retail space where Borders bookstore is housed was sold on April 5 to Read More →

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Novel plan may speed green building

By   /  Monday, April 12th, 2010  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Novel plan may speed green building

A new way of financing energy efficiency upgrades in buildings is gathering steam across Santa Barbara County and headed for a vote by supervisors on April 13. Called emPowerSBC, the program allows property owners to borrow money from a funding pool set up by the county, install upgrades such as solar and pay off the Read More →

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Recovery may mean the old is new again

By   /  Monday, April 5th, 2010  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Recovery may mean the old is new again

Meet the new economy. Same as the old economy.   It may just be that the rest of the country looks a lot more like the Tri-Counties as we bid farewell to the Great Recession. By that I mean slow growth, more government, a wider gap between haves and have-nots and a financial system that Read More →