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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, January 10th, 2014 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Investors plan to boost apartment portfolios despite GSE cutback
Even as the Obama administration reins in the massive government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, tri-county real estate investors say the shift will likely have a nominal effect on the region’s robust apartment investment market.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, January 3rd, 2014 / Columns, Real Estate, Technology / Comments Off on Sonos snags 100K square feet in Santa Barbara’s downtown
The company signed leases collectively valued at more than $21 million in 2013, according to Hayes Commercial Group, and is now downtown Santa Barbara’s largest private-sector tenant.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, December 20th, 2013 / South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Deckers cozies up to Ugg retail store strategy
As Deckers Outdoor Corp. makes the move to its new campus headquarters in Goleta, the billion-dollar-a-year Ugg firm says it has smoothed out its business model and is on track for a stellar 2013.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, December 13th, 2013 / Features, Small Business, Women Inc. / Comments Off on An advocate for women in business: Attorney elected president of NAWBO California
An attorney with Santa Barbara-based law firm Buynak, Fauver, Archbald & Spray is the new president of the state-level chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, a group that advocates for the more than 1.3 million female entrepreneurs in the Golden State.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, December 13th, 2013 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Camarillo retail center’s new owners plot big improvements
The buyer of the Camarillo Plaza shopping center was a joint venture between Peter Cohen of Cardinal Equities LLC and a Beverly Hills-based family partnership.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, December 6th, 2013 / Restaurants, Tourism, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Nichols duo opens third Brothers restaurant in the valley
Matt and Jeff Nichols have opened their new wine country restaurant, Brothers at the Red Barn, following a year renovating a historic property in Santa Ynez.
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