Containment strategy: Steel structures get the nod for restaurants, offices
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, October 24th, 2014 / Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content, Top Stories / Comments Off on Containment strategy: Steel structures get the nod for restaurants, offices
With a few shipping container-based developments on the way in the region and several more in the planning stages, a handful of local firms are turning an already revolutionary item into a niche business that continues to gain popularity.
Casa Pacifica expansion nears goal
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, October 10th, 2014 / Latest news, Nonprofits, Top Stories / Comments Off on Casa Pacifica expansion nears goal
With about $13.8 million raised so far, Casa Pacifica, the Camarillo-based center that offers services and shelter for abused and neglected youth is just $3 million shy of a board-approved ground breaking to dramatically expand its facilities.
Lineage Logistics unveils new cold-storage facility in Santa Maria
By Elijah Brumback / Monday, September 29th, 2014 / Agribusiness, Central Coast, Real Estate, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Lineage Logistics unveils new cold-storage facility in Santa Maria
Lineage Logistics, owned and managed by Bay Grove Capital, has officially opened the doors of its new 216,000-square-foot cold storage and food-processing facility in Santa Maria. The company declined to share a dollar figure for the project, which is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified. The company has not provided a dollar figure associated with Read More →
Chumash award $112M hotel contract, eye October groundbreaking
By Elijah Brumback / Monday, September 29th, 2014 / Central Coast, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy / 1 Comment
Tutor Perini Corp. has been selected to head up construction of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ controversial hotel expansion project. The building contract for the property at 3400 E. Highway 246 in Santa Ynez is valued at $112 million, Sylmar-based Tutor Perini said in a statement. It’s the first time a dollar Read More →
The Mill hopes to bring Funk Zone style to Santa Barbara’s Haley Street corridor
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, September 12th, 2014 / Real Estate, Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on The Mill hopes to bring Funk Zone style to Santa Barbara’s Haley Street corridor
A much-wondered-about project at the corner of Laguna and Haley streets in Santa Barbara is poised to become the next big attraction to a corridor that area real estate insiders say is shaping up as the latest extension of the city’s Funk Zone.
Mixed-use project planned for midtown Santa Barbara corridor
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, July 18th, 2014 / Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Mixed-use project planned for midtown Santa Barbara corridor
A new mixed-use development on upper De La Vina Street in Santa Barbara is the latest in a series of locally driven projects in the midtown neighborhood in the last few years.
Procore to build out South Coast operations with $15M Bessemer raise
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 20th, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Procore to build out South Coast operations with $15M Bessemer raise
Carpinteria-based Procore Technologies, a maker of cloud-based construction management software, recently raised $15 million from the same Silicon Valley investors that have backed Yelp, LinkedIn and Skype, bringing its total funding to date to $20.5 million.