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Costar: Curvature Deal Named Lease of the Year for Santa Barbara
March 31, 2023 -
Santa Barbara Talks: Francois DeJohn Says Remote Work Forcing Software Tech Companies to Sublease Space
March 7, 2023 -
SF Business Times: New CA Bill to Ease Office-to-Housing Conversions
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Noozhawk: Five Points Shopping Center Getting Mattress Firm Takeover
February 24, 2023 -
PacBiz Times: Technology Forecast: Innovation will be the theme for 2023
January 6, 2023 -
2022 Q4 Report
January 1, 2023 -
2022 Q3 Report
October 1, 2022 -
WSJ: U.S. Return-to-Office Rates Hit Pandemic High as More Employers Get Tougher
September 20, 2022 -
PacBiz Times: As working from home becomes the new norm, big companies look to sublease surplus space
September 3, 2022 -
PacBiz Times: Procore to sublease blufftop building in Carpinteria
August 24, 2022 -
PacBiz Times: Yardi family buys landmark Santa Barbara Riviera property
July 28, 2022 -
Noozhawk: SB Council Votes to Hire $780,000 Consultant to Come Up with Plan for State Street
July 27, 2022 -
2022 Q2 Report
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PacBiz Times: Raytheon’s hiring spree takes flight with 200 new Goleta jobs
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Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Council Discusses Commercial Vacancy Tax
May 29, 2022 -
AppFolio office building in Goleta sold for $13.9 million
May 24, 2022 -
PacBiz Times: Region’s unemployment rates hit new post-pandemic lows
April 15, 2022 -
2022 Q1 Report
April 1, 2022 -
PacBiz Times: New arrival on Santa Barbara tech scene starts biz-tech group
March 28, 2022 -
PacBiz Times: Goleta industrial park sells in one of area’s biggest recent deals
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The Santa Barbara Public Market evolves under new ownership as Shalhoob’s opens for business
March 24, 2022
March 31, 2023
Costar: Curvature Deal Named Lease of the Year for Santa Barbara
Tech Firm Plugging Into Building Marks Positive Sign for This Southern California Market One of the largest leases signed in California’s coastal Santa Barbara County was a nod to the…
March 7, 2023
Santa Barbara Talks: Francois DeJohn Says Remote Work Forcing Software Tech Companies to Sublease Space
Software technology companies on the South Coast are looking to sublease significant portions of the properties because of the rise in remote work that began even before the start of…
March 1, 2023
SF Business Times: New CA Bill to Ease Office-to-Housing Conversions
Many California downtowns have yet to see empty office buildings converted into homes, at least at any large scale. Assemblymember Matt Haney has introduced a new proposal to change that….
February 24, 2023
Noozhawk: Five Points Shopping Center Getting Mattress Firm Takeover
Mattress Firm is coming to the Five Points Shopping Center in Santa Barbara. The Houston-based company has leased the spaces formerly occupied by Saigon Restaurant and La Salsa, according to…
January 6, 2023
PacBiz Times: Technology Forecast: Innovation will be the theme for 2023
The Central Coast might never be Silicon Valley, but the technology scene that exists in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties is strong and consistent. That isn’t going…
January 1, 2023
2022 Q4 Report
Quarterly review and forecast covering leasing and sales of commercial real estate – including office, industrial, and retail – for the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. Highlights: Commercial sales…
October 1, 2022
2022 Q3 Report
Quarterly review and forecast covering leasing and sales of commercial real estate – including office, industrial, and retail – for the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. Highlights: Commercial sales…
September 20, 2022
WSJ: U.S. Return-to-Office Rates Hit Pandemic High as More Employers Get Tougher
Workers are returning to U.S. offices at the highest rate since the pandemic forced most workplaces to temporarily close in 2020, as infection rates continue to fall and more companies intensify efforts to bring…
September 3, 2022
PacBiz Times: As working from home becomes the new norm, big companies look to sublease surplus space
The COVID-19 pandemic brought home the fact that for many companies, it’s viable to have a workforce that works almost entirely from home, and that’s prompted some tough decisions about…
August 24, 2022
PacBiz Times: Procore to sublease blufftop building in Carpinteria
Procore is subleasing one of the buildings at its campus overlooking the ocean in Carpinteria, according to a listing with Hayes Commercial Group. The 50,000-square-foot building, located at 6267 Carpinteria…
July 28, 2022
PacBiz Times: Yardi family buys landmark Santa Barbara Riviera property
One of the crown jewels of Santa Barbara commercial real estate has changed ownership from one prominent South Coast family to another. Riviera Park, which housed the original buildings of…
July 27, 2022
Noozhawk: SB Council Votes to Hire $780,000 Consultant to Come Up with Plan for State Street
A $780,000 consultant from Seattle will try to come up with a plan to fix Santa Barbara’s State Street. The City Council voted unanimously, 7-0, to hire MIG Inc., but…
July 1, 2022
2022 Q2 Report
Quarterly review and forecast covering leasing and sales of commercial real estate – including office, industrial, and retail – for the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. Highlights: Record year-to-date…
June 24, 2022
PacBiz Times: Raytheon’s hiring spree takes flight with 200 new Goleta jobs
Raytheon Technologies is greatly expanding its presence in Southern California, including filling 200 new jobs in at its Goleta operation. In total, Raytheon will be adding 1,000 jobs the Southern…
May 29, 2022
Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Council Discusses Commercial Vacancy Tax
Santa Barbara is leaning toward a possible commercial vacancy tax on property owners who neglect their buildings. It was one of the several proposals and ideas that came out of the…
May 24, 2022
AppFolio office building in Goleta sold for $13.9 million
GOLETA, California — One of the three buildings in the Appfolio headquarters campus, 50 Castilian Drive, was purchased by an investor for $13.9 million. The leasehold interest sale was of…
April 15, 2022
PacBiz Times: Region’s unemployment rates hit new post-pandemic lows
The unemployment rate in the tri-county region dipped to 3.4% in March, its lowest by a comfortable margin since before the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to data released April 15…
April 1, 2022
2022 Q1 Report
Quarterly review and forecast covering leasing and sales of commercial real estate – including office, industrial, and retail – for the South Coast of Santa Barbara County.
March 28, 2022
PacBiz Times: New arrival on Santa Barbara tech scene starts biz-tech group
Peter Sullivan and his wife had dreamt of moving to Santa Barbara for a decade. Last year, that dream became a reality, when Sullivan and wife — along with his…
March 26, 2022
PacBiz Times: Goleta industrial park sells in one of area’s biggest recent deals
An Agoura Hills-based real estate investment company purchased a six-building industrial/research and development campus in Goleta in an off-market transaction for $50.7 million. In a news release, Hayes Commercial Group…
March 24, 2022
The Santa Barbara Public Market evolves under new ownership as Shalhoob’s opens for business
In December 2021, Marge Cafarelli, the owner and founder of the Santa Barbara Public Market sold the building and the business to a local team led by Travis Twining. As…