The international hotel firm behind El Encanto Hotel in Santa Barbara has received $45 million in construction financing for the project and plans to open the luxury hilltop villas by late 2012. When all is said and done, Orient-Express Hotels will have spent more than $90 million to buy and renovate a project it’s not Read More →
By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, November 18th, 2011 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Large lease could bring up to 125 manufacturing jobs to Oxnard
The largest industrial lease deal in Oxnard this year will fill 94,000 square feet of space and bring as create as many as 125 manufacturing jobs in the city.
Melchiori Construction Co., the Santa Barbara-based general contractor known for taking on high-profile projects, faces more than 20 non-payment claims from subcontractors and suppliers on a $6.5 million construction project at UC Santa Barbara. The payment disputes mark the third Melchiori public project in which subcontractors alleged they were not paid. Thirty-eight claims were made on Read More →
By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, November 11th, 2011 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Developers plant Marriott flag in Goleta with $28M joint venture
By this time next year, the South Coast will have its first Marriott, a $28 million hotel in the heart of Goleta’s technology corridor.
By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, November 4th, 2011 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Investors buy Santa Rita Hills Wine Center, scale down plans
The new owners of the Santa Rita Hills Wine Center in Lompoc are tossing approved plans to build a hotel and retail center at the property.
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