Local shopkeepers challenge the chains on State Street
Changes are afoot along the region’s main retail corridor, and for the most part its mom-and-pop shops that are giving downtown Santa Barbara a new lease on life. Let’s take a closer look.
Funk Zone the new ‘700 Club’ as CRE investors pay premiums
Four properties in the area fetched a whopping $700 per square foot when they recently changed hands.
Marshalls building on State Street sells for $14.3M
The Marshalls-occupied building at 900 State St. in downtown Santa Barbara has been sold for $14.3 million in an all-cash off-market deal, marking a 43 percent premium over the last time the property changed hands.
A baked-in model for success: Keyshawn Johnson parlays football success into Panera franchise
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Editorial: The drone debate continues
State Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Pacoima, weighed in on the debate about drone activity over California with a bill to regulate the airspace above the Golden State.
Middle-class retailers are being squeezed out of the shopping scene
A pre-holiday walk up and down State Street in Santa Barbara gives a pretty good cross section of what’s happening in retail stores across the nation.
State Street shopping scene heats up with boom in leases
The region’s version of Rodeo Drive has seen a number of new leases, expansions and moves this summer, including the lease of one of the largest vacant spaces downtown.
