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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, April 22nd, 2011 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on SLO investors band together, save historic hotel property
The Granada Hotel building in downtown San Luis Obispo has been purchasedby a group of local investors.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, April 15th, 2011 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Deal in the works for smaller anchor at SLO’s Prefumo Creek
A deal is in the works for the 36,000-square-foot junior anchor spot at San Luis Obispo’s Prefumo Creek Commons shopping center. The San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce said the retailer filling that space is Dick’s Sporting Goods, a national chain. Lee & Associates Central Coast broker Clarice Clark — who represents the landlord — Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, March 25th, 2011 / Banking & Finance, Top Stories / Comments Off on Final withdrawal: Behind the scenes of San Luis Trust seizure
A team of about 60 FDIC staff members worked late into the night and through the weekend to wind San Luis Trust down and transfer its assets to First California.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, March 21st, 2011 / Features / Comments Off on Fresh crush: Terravant launches wine for Tesco chain
A Buellton wine startup has teamed up with fast-growing grocery chain Fresh & Easy to put a taste of Santa Barbara County in 169 stores across the U.S. Terravant Wine Co. and Fresh & Easy are launching three brands of custom-made wine, sourced largely from the Santa Ynez Valley. “Santa Barbara County has an amazing Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, January 21st, 2011 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Ventura real estate investor is thinking big in Texas market
Dick Fausset is partying in Texas like it’s 1999. The California real estate investor and his Ventura-based firm, Fausset Neely, recently sold a 104,500-square-foot shopping center in Amarillo, Texas, for $4.4 million — twice as much as they paid for the property in 1998. The sale follows a year of scooping up more than 300,000 Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, January 21st, 2011 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Oxnard firm lands $93M defense contract
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, January 21st, 2011 / Features / Comments Off on Reagan’s legacy drives Simi Valley, Santa Barbara tourism
Between the presidential library in Simi Valley and the Reagan Ranch near Santa Barbara, the coastal hills and wide open skies of the Tri-Counties have become the backdrop for Ronald Reagan’s legacy. The 40th U.S. president put a mark on the region, drawing media and visitors from around the world to the area as he Read More →
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