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By Dana Olsen / Friday, January 13th, 2012 / Features, Real Estate, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Cottage Hospital 2.0 — $700M rebuild makes public debut
One of the priciest construction projects in the history of Santa Barbara County, the new Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is almost complete.
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By Staff Report / Friday, January 6th, 2012 / Latest news / Comments Off on Cottage Hospital showcases new building
Six years after breaking ground, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is hosting an open house this weekend to show off one of the most expensive construction projects in the history of Santa Barbara County. The 370,000 square-foot building is the latest addition to a $700 million construction project to rebuild the entire hospital. Hospital officials say 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 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 Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, September 30th, 2011 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Deardorff Family Farms builds $10M green building in Oxnard
Deardorff Family Farms in Oxnard is spending more than $10 million on a new 115,000-square-foot facility designed to become green-building certified.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 26th, 2011 / Law, Real Estate, Top Stories / 3 Comments
General contractor Melchiori Construction Co. has faced 31 claims from subcontractors and suppliers that it did not pay them for their work on Santa Barbara County’s $4.5 million Emergency Operations Center. Melchiori’s subcontractors and suppliers filed 31 so-called “stop notices” with county officials for $1.5 million worth of work. In public works projects, a subcontractor Read More →
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