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Independent: If Deltopia Is Play Hard, TechTopia Is Work Hard
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PacBiz Times: Majestic sells Tech Park portfolio for South Coast record $235M, according to public records
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WSJ: America Now Has More Spas and Gyms Than Stores Selling Actual Stuff
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UCSB ranks #1 among public universities for scientific impact
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The UCSB Current: UCSB physics professors win 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
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Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Moves Forward with Housing Ordinance for Converting Commercial Sites
September 10, 2025 -
The UCSB Current: Goleta R&D Hub Positions UCSB as National Model for Tech Transfer
September 9, 2025 -
Voice Magazine: Music Academy of the West To Open Education Center in Downtown Santa Barbara
June 5, 2025 -
Noozhawk: UCSB Purchases Vacant Lot From Friendship Manor to Build Housing
April 22, 2025 -
Noozhawk: Sephora Moving to New Space with State Street Storefront
February 21, 2025 -
PacBiz Times: Google’s breaththrough “Willow” quantum chip developed in Goleta
December 16, 2024 -
Noozhawk: TechTopia Shows Off Innovation and Research of Industry, UCSB Labs
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The Current: UCSB to lead $22M NSF-funded “BioFoundry” on exceptional microbes
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PacBiz Times: Commercial real estate legend Steve Hayes retires
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Santa Barbara Talks: Business Leaders Say Downtown Assessment District Could Fix ‘Broken’ State Street
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Noozhawk: Validation Ale to expand
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Noozhawk: New Tenant Replaces Zoom in downtown Santa Barbara
September 8, 2023 -
Noozhawk: Inogen, Umbra Space On the Move in Commercial Real Estate Shakeup
September 1, 2023 -
Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Public Market Booming with New Restaurants, Art Exhibits
July 28, 2023 -
Independent: UC Santa Barbara’s Materials Research Laboratory Awarded $18 Million over Six Years
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NoozHawk: Sonoma Fit to Move In; Vacant Storefronts Still Plague Santa Barbara’s State Street
June 9, 2023
March 20, 2026
Independent: If Deltopia Is Play Hard, TechTopia Is Work Hard
Business Leaders, Researchers, and Global Tech Firms Gather in Goleta to Highlight Region’s Expanding Science and Technology Footprint If Deltopia was Santa Barbara’s annual monument to playing hard, then TechTopia…
March 19, 2026
PacBiz Times: Majestic sells Tech Park portfolio for South Coast record $235M, according to public records
Majestic Asset Management sold 17 buildings related to its Tech Park at Goleta portfolio to Praelium Commercial Real Estate, according to Hayes Commercial Group, which represented the transaction. Though the…
March 18, 2026
WSJ: America Now Has More Spas and Gyms Than Stores Selling Actual Stuff
When Americans are out shopping these days, they are more likely to be buying Botox or boxing lessons than shoes or shampoo. Retail leasing by service-oriented tenants outpaced goods-based retail…
February 3, 2026
UCSB ranks #1 among public universities for scientific impact
UC Santa Barbara ranks first among U.S. public universities, third among all U.S. institutions, and seventh worldwide for scientific impact in engineering and the physical sciences, according to the 2025…
October 8, 2025
The UCSB Current: UCSB physics professors win 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
UC Santa Barbara physicists John Martinis and Michel Devoret have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. Selected for the honor alongside UC Berkeley physicist and former advisor John…
September 10, 2025
Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Moves Forward with Housing Ordinance for Converting Commercial Sites
Santa Barbara is moving forward with a plan to create more housing downtown, but it won’t include requiring below-market-rate units. The City Council voted 5-2 on Tuesday to move forward…
September 9, 2025
The UCSB Current: Goleta R&D Hub Positions UCSB as National Model for Tech Transfer
A Launchpad for Cutting-Edge Technologies, the New Facility Helps Power UCSB’s Impact on Innovation and U.S. Economic Growth In a major step toward accelerating the real-world impact of academic innovation,…
June 5, 2025
Voice Magazine: Music Academy of the West To Open Education Center in Downtown Santa Barbara
A high note for downtown, the Music Academy of the West has purchased one of the largest buildings on State Street and announced plans to develop a music education center…
April 22, 2025
Noozhawk: UCSB Purchases Vacant Lot From Friendship Manor to Build Housing
The university’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics will build housing for researchers and visiting graduate fellows [Note: Hayes Commercial Group represented both buyer and seller in the off-market transaction. Francois…
February 21, 2025
Noozhawk: Sephora Moving to New Space with State Street Storefront
Beauty store Sephora is bringing its popular, high-quality brand to a State Street storefront. The large, national retail store is moving soon from Santa Barbara’s Paseo Nuevo to 733 State…
December 16, 2024
PacBiz Times: Google’s breaththrough “Willow” quantum chip developed in Goleta
Quantum scientists at Google made quite a splash this week with reports that described how its new chip, Willow, made a breakthrough in problem-solving that sent parent Alphabet’s stock soaring….
September 5, 2024
Noozhawk: TechTopia Shows Off Innovation and Research of Industry, UCSB Labs
Walking through UC Santa Barbara’s campus, one wouldn’t realize that inside the very buildings they pass by, students and entrepreneurs are inside labs making diamonds and microchips and analyzing data…
August 29, 2024
The Current: UCSB to lead $22M NSF-funded “BioFoundry” on exceptional microbes
This week, the National Science Foundation announced the award of a six-year, $22M grant to UC Santa Barbara under its biofoundries program for the establishment of the BioFoundry for Extreme…
June 24, 2024
PacBiz Times: Commercial real estate legend Steve Hayes retires
After graduating from the University of Southern California, Steve Hayes knew he wanted to be in some form of sales work. After all, it was something he had been doing…
February 13, 2024
Santa Barbara Talks: Business Leaders Say Downtown Assessment District Could Fix ‘Broken’ State Street
Three downtown business leaders talked about the benefits of the proposed Community Benefit Assessment District for State Street in the latest episode of Santa Barbara Talks with Josh Molina. Francois…
September 8, 2023
Noozhawk: Validation Ale to expand
Funk Zone business Validation Ale has signed a lease for a second location at 2840 De la Vina St. in Santa Barbara. Validation Annex will move into a building that…
September 8, 2023
Noozhawk: New Tenant Replaces Zoom in downtown Santa Barbara
Caitlin Hensel has been busy sealing deals. In addition to the Validation Ale lease, Hensel represented the incoming tenant to 420 E. Carrillo St. The building was previously occupied by…
September 1, 2023
Noozhawk: Inogen, Umbra Space On the Move in Commercial Real Estate Shakeup
A commercial real estate shakeup is underway. Goleta-based Inogen, which makes oxygen therapy products, has leased 17,900 square feet at 859 Ward Drive, near Highway 217. Inogen is right-sizing its…
July 28, 2023
Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Public Market Booming with New Restaurants, Art Exhibits
It’s Wednesday night at the Santa Barbara Public Market, and there’s not a seat easily to be found. About 100 people are packed into the common dining area toward the…
July 14, 2023
Independent: UC Santa Barbara’s Materials Research Laboratory Awarded $18 Million over Six Years
UC Santa Barbara’s Material Research Laboratory has been chosen as one of the nine universities awarded an $18 million grant from the National Science Institute, to be distributed over a…
June 9, 2023
NoozHawk: Sonoma Fit to Move In; Vacant Storefronts Still Plague Santa Barbara’s State Street
Santa Barbara’s State Street continues its struggles. Between the 400 and 1300 blocks, the rate of vacant storefronts inched up to 14.1% from the prior year, according to Hayes Commercial…