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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, January 17th, 2014 / Columns, Real Estate, South Coast, Tourism / Comments Off on Armstrong lands construction contract for Children’s Museum
Construction on a 17,000-square-foot Children’s Museum in Santa Barbara kicks off this summer. Area general contractor Armstrong Associates has been tapped to build the new museum at 125 State St., adjacent to the train station.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, January 17th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on The region returns as a battlefield for hotly contested political races
The intersection between business and politics continues to be one of the more fascinating locations on the planet. And so it is in the Tri-Counties, where business, jobs and the economy are going to play a role in three political races worth watching this year.
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By Tom Bronzini / Friday, January 17th, 2014 / Columns, Top Stories, Tourism, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Dry farming in Paso Robles: vintners’ tough love for the vines
With so much attention focused lately on water issues in Paso Robles, I was curious about the vintners who direct a kind of tough love to their vines known as dry farming.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, January 10th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Sohn is bullish on U.S. and region’s prospects for the New Year
For 2014, emerging markets, once the darling of economists, will take a back seat to industrialized nations. And the U.S. will be at the head of the pack — at least temporarily — with Southern California turning in a surprisingly strong performance.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, January 10th, 2014 / Columns, Law / Comments Off on Cohen, Cohen and Begun’s move to JDTP could spark growth
Three of Ventura County’s best-known development attorneys have found a new home and are looking to expand up the coast.
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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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