Top-floor transformation: Wedding and banquet chain giving Tower Club a facelift
By pacbiztimes / Friday, May 8th, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Top-floor transformation: Wedding and banquet chain giving Tower Club a facelift
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Global advisory firm invests with SB mixed-use project
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, May 8th, 2015 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Global advisory firm invests with SB mixed-use project
SG, a Santa Barbara-based wealth adviser that lays claim to the largest insurance policy ever sold — $201 million to the unnamed CEO of a Silicon Valley public company — is investing its own capital at its current address. The company, working through agent John Donaldson, wants to demolish its current office building at 800 Read More →
Nepal quake doesn’t stop area dentist
By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, May 8th, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Nepal quake doesn’t stop area dentist
It was around noontime and Camarillo dentist Dr. Mark Lisagor was 8,000 miles from Ventura County, lying on his back receiving acupuncture treatments at a clinic in Kathmandu, Nepal. “I was on the ground floor in an old building. Everything was shaking and people started to just run out the door,” he said. A few Read More →
Chinese pharma firm snags former Amgen site
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, May 8th, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Chinese pharma firm snags former Amgen site
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The knives come out at the Santa Barbara Public Market
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, May 1st, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate / Comments Off on The knives come out at the Santa Barbara Public Market
In an update to the Business Times’ April 3 story on the trials and tribulations of the Santa Barbara Public Market, some tenant angst is starting to spill over. While a few tenants, including Rori’s Artisanal Ice Cream and Empty Bowl, are exceeding revenue expectations, at least one merchant feels misled by claims project developer Read More →
South Coast Biz Tech Awards: 2015 winners include Nobel winner, startups and a zoo
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, May 1st, 2015 / Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on South Coast Biz Tech Awards: 2015 winners include Nobel winner, startups and a zoo
A Nobel Prize winner, two recent IPOs, a cultural icon who knows how to innovate and a startup entrepreneur will be honored this year at the South Coast Business and Technology Awards. The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara has announced that Nobel Laureate Shuji Nakamura, the founders of device makers Inogen and Sientra, the Santa Read More →
The sudden awakening of antitrust regulators may be temporary
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, May 1st, 2015 / Columns, Latest news / Comments Off on The sudden awakening of antitrust regulators may be temporary
Just a few weeks ago, it looked like some of the crown jewels of tri-county commerce were about to change hands. Simon Property Group was mounting a hostile takeover of Macerich, looking to add The Oaks, Pacific View and La Cumbre to holdings that already include the Camarillo and Pismo Beach shopping outlet complexes. And Read More →