Sage advice from Miller McCune
Count Sara Miller McCune as one expert who thinks a byproduct of The Great Recession will be a new era of entrepreneurship. And she thinks a large number of these businesses will be started by women. In case you have not heard of her, Miller McCune is one of the most successful business owners in Read More →
Firms move forward on housing project at Wagon Wheel property
The fate of Oxnard’s famed Wagon Wheel Motel is still up in the air, but the prolonged approval process for its demolition hasn’t stopped development on other parts of the property. The Daly Group and Oxnard Village Investments LLC are moving forward with their plans for the Oxnard Village affordable housing development, a project that Read More →
Recession lessons will guide future
You can tell a lot about what’s happening in the economy by taking a walk around the block. Or, in my case, across the alley. That’s because, as I am sad to report, the economy has taken its toll on Tuttini’s, Susan and Winston Sullivan’s popular bakery and café located in the building just a Read More →
Moshe Silagi looks beyond state to build his post-recession portfolio
Moshe Silagi, the real estate developer at the helm of Thousand Oaks-based Silagi Development & Management, is lucky enough to be one of the few cash buyers in today’s market. The Hungarian-born investor played his cards just right, selling millions of square footage in 2007 before the market collapsed. Now he’s using that cash to Read More →
Yardi Systems buys resident screening service software firm
Santa Barbara-based real estate software developer Yardi Systems just purchased RentGrow, a Massachusetts-based company that offers Web-based resident screening for multifamily property managers. Yardi said it acquired the company so it could offer the screening service as part of its Yardi Multifamily Suite, a program that includes payment processing and utility billing. “Yardi acquired RentGrow Read More →
Sorting out the recovery: which city is first?
Here’s the million-dollar question every business owner in the Tri-Counties should be asking: Which communities are in the best position to capitalize on a recovery? Businesses in relatively healthy cities will have brighter growth prospects, while those in communities that are behind the curve will struggle much longer. Guessing right about the pace of recovery Read More →
Controversial Oxnard smelting plant is on the market again
The former Halaco smelting plant in Oxnard is on the market again. The 10.7-acre site at 6200 Perkins Road is being marketed by Ventura County’s Troop Commercial Brokerage, which is hoping a buyer converts the controversial property to a clean job site. The property served as a smelting plant for Halaco Engineering from August 1965 Read More →
