Limoneira refinances its loans on planned Paso Robles project
Limoneira Co. has refinanced debt on Windfall Farms, its large San Luis Obispo County real estate development. The Santa Paula-based citrus and avocado grower increased its Windfall Farms debt held with Farm Credit West to $13 million, from $10.5 million outstanding, and extended the maturity date to May 1, 2013, according to filings with the U.S. Read More →
A mid-year update from the newsroom
In just a few weeks, June 30 will roll around on the calendar and the second half of the year will begin. That’s why I’m going to take a bit of a timeout this week and give you an update from the newsroom on developments for the rest of 2010. As you can tell from Read More →
Fielding Graduate University outgrows its mansion home
The decision to forge into the future or honor history can be a tough one, especially for a higher education institution. For Fielding Graduate University, it means the decision to stay in a historic Santa Barbara mansion — the university’s home for more than two decades — or to move to a larger, more modern Read More →
Has Amgen solved its conundrum?
For the past decade, the world’s biggest biotechnology company has faced what I have come to call the Amgen conundrum. The company’s revenue and profits keep rising, along with new ways of delivering its core drugs Epogen and Aranesp. But big one ingredient has been missing — a rising share price. After a spectacular rise Read More →
Ten years down the road, Palms center in Oxnard turning around
The very first issue of the Business Times 10 years ago took a hard look at the ailing Oxnard Factory Outlet along Highway 101. At the time, the shopping center looked like a ghost town. It was losing the fight against the newly opened Camarillo Premium Outlets and had struggled for years with declining profits, Read More →
Omaha, land of Buffett and jobs aplenty
Imagine a state where the unemployment rate is 5 percent. Where large corporations are not contemplating moving out because of high taxes. Where housing prices are affordable and stable. Where public universities promote their famous graduates at tourist destinations. Such a state doesn’t need to be imagined. It actually exists. The full version of this Read More →
Another stop on the Green Coast tour
When German solar panel manufacturer SolarWorld took over the former Shell Solar plant in Camarillo in 2006, the early signals were not exactly encouraging. First, SolarWorld planted its North American headquarters flag not in Ventura County but in Hillsboro, Ore., where it acquired an empty computer chip factory and built a solar panel plant that Read More →
