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Developers plant Marriott flag in Goleta with $28M joint venture

By   /  Friday, November 11th, 2011  /  Columns, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on Developers plant Marriott flag in Goleta with $28M joint venture

By this time next year, the South Coast will have its first Marriott, a $28 million hotel in the heart of Goleta’s technology corridor.

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Procter Slaughter & Reagan splits into two Ventura County firms

By   /  Friday, November 11th, 2011  /  Columns, Law  /  Comments Off on Procter Slaughter & Reagan splits into two Ventura County firms

Ventura County has two new law firms, but the names are familiar.

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Investors buy Santa Rita Hills Wine Center, scale down plans

By   /  Friday, November 4th, 2011  /  Columns, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on Investors buy Santa Rita Hills Wine Center, scale down plans

The new owners of the Santa Rita Hills Wine Center in Lompoc are tossing approved plans to build a hotel and retail center at the property.

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Post-Madoff era still rife with schemes

By   /  Friday, November 4th, 2011  /  Columns, Opinion  /  1 Comment

Ponzi schemes, insider trading and mortgage fraud have sunk white collar crimes into their lowest nadir since the junk bond era.

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Santa Barbara Public Market close to signing tenants, starting construction

By   /  Friday, November 4th, 2011  /  Columns, Restaurants, Tourism  /  Comments Off on Santa Barbara Public Market close to signing tenants, starting construction

Over the last year, the developer has been doing indoor work on the old grocery story building and has “curated” tenants for what will be called the Santa Barbara Public Market.

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Rebooting South Coast tech, byte by byte

By   /  Friday, November 4th, 2011  /  Columns, Technology  /  Comments Off on Rebooting South Coast tech, byte by byte

Business and civic leaders across the region have started to recognize the South Coast’s bevy of software, hardware and ecommerce firms for the economic gems that they are.

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Area politics filets eatery’s big dreams

By   /  Friday, October 28th, 2011  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Area politics filets eatery’s big dreams

One of the most annoying things about local governments in the Tri-Counties is the widespread phenomenon I call “drive-thru phobia.”

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