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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, November 25th, 2011 / Top Stories / 1 Comment
DenMat, the maker of Lumineers dental veneers and a major Santa Maria employer, has a new owner and a new chief executive. Centre Partners, a private equity firm, and Mill Street Partners, a firm founded this year by dentistry industry veterans, took control of the company on Nov. 15. The acquisition comes four years after Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, November 25th, 2011 / Real Estate, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on El Encanto gets $45M in financing, plans to open next year
The international hotel firm behind El Encanto Hotel in Santa Barbara has received $45 million in construction financing for the project and plans to open the luxury hilltop villas by late 2012. When all is said and done, Orient-Express Hotels will have spent more than $90 million to buy and renovate a project it’s not Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, November 18th, 2011 / Top Stories / 3 Comments
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was updated and corrected at 1:45 p.m. on Nov. 21. Scroll to the bottom for the correction.] The State Compensation Insurance Fund and the region’s biggest private company are taking off the gloves in a fight over a $50 million fraud judgment. At issue is whether an $80 million dividend paid Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, November 18th, 2011 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Former tri-county business leaders pass away
The Tri-Counties lost two formerly prominent CEOs in November. A. A. “Bud” Milligan, the longtime leader of the Bank of A. Levy, the largest community bank in Ventura County until it was sold to First Interstate Bank in 1994, died on Nov. 3 in Santa Barbara. He was 94. Chris Edgecomb, co-founder and CEO of Read More →
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, November 18th, 2011 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Schools expand master’s programs
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, November 11th, 2011 / Real Estate, Top Stories / 3 Comments
Melchiori Construction Co., the Santa Barbara-based general contractor known for taking on high-profile projects, faces more than 20 non-payment claims from subcontractors and suppliers on a $6.5 million construction project at UC Santa Barbara. The payment disputes mark the third Melchiori public project in which subcontractors alleged they were not paid. Thirty-eight claims were made on Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, November 11th, 2011 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / 2 Comments
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