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The Loop in I.V. closes in on final retailer, tenants for summer debut
April 6, 2012 -
Student housing/retail project nearing completion in Isla Vista
April 4, 2012 -
Milpas businesses hoping new Fresh & Easy Market will be boon for neighborhood
March 27, 2012 -
Small(er) Markets, Big Opportunities
March 19, 2012 -
SBA loan program boosts businesses by building an ownership stake
March 11, 2012 -
Real estate magazine recognizes Hayes Commercial Group
March 9, 2012 -
MultiProbe purchases local headquarters
March 1, 2012 -
Resizing or Right-Sizing?
February 10, 2012 -
2012 Forecast
January 6, 2012 -
Twenty Four 7 Moving Specialists leases warehouse space on Castilian Drive in Goleta
December 12, 2011 -
REI opens new Santa Barbara store
November 10, 2011 -
Economist speaking at Montecito Bank & Trust’s B2B Event warns of slow growth ahead
September 28, 2011 -
For Techtonic Games of Santa Barbara, video game development Is serious fun
July 7, 2011 -
70,000-SF Building Sale Ranks Top in Market
June 24, 2011 -
East Coast Investors buy $20M property in Goleta
June 23, 2011 -
AppFolio, Control Point Make the Move to Castilian Tech Center in Goleta
June 16, 2011 -
Retail Revival?
June 11, 2011 -
Clothing retailer plans State Street store
June 8, 2011 -
NHR leases 98,000 sf in Goleta
May 13, 2011 -
RightScale stays downtown with biggest lease in years
May 11, 2011 -
RightScale to take over Santa Barbara tech incubator
May 5, 2011
April 6, 2012
The Loop in I.V. closes in on final retailer, tenants for summer debut
he Loop, a $12.5 million mixed-use project in downtown Isla Vista, is opening this summer, in time for the new school year. The four-story infiII project is being developed by…
April 4, 2012
Student housing/retail project nearing completion in Isla Vista
Neil Dipaola described Isla Vista’s newest student housing facility as the box seats at a concert. The UCSB alumnus used to live in the “front row.” He and 16 of…
March 27, 2012
Milpas businesses hoping new Fresh & Easy Market will be boon for neighborhood
As Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market prepares to open on Milpas Street in Santa Barbara, businesses along the corridor hope the new storefront brings new traffic. The 11,680-square-foot international grocery…
March 19, 2012
Small(er) Markets, Big Opportunities
Commercial real estate investors are ready for a bit of risk. According to a 2011 Colliers survey, more than half of U.S. investors surveyed are prepared to move out of…
March 11, 2012
SBA loan program boosts businesses by building an ownership stake
Evolutions Medical Spa’s lease at 1309 State St. expires next week. The Santa Barbara business entertained renewing the lease or moving but didn’t think about purchasing a building, co-owner Brian…
March 9, 2012
Real estate magazine recognizes Hayes Commercial Group
Real Estate Forum magazine recognized Hayes Commercial Group as one of Southern California’s top brokerage houses in its December 2011 issue. Hayes Commercial earned a spot as the only Santa…
March 1, 2012
MultiProbe purchases local headquarters
Multiprobe previously leased 819 Reddick St and 425 N. Milpas St. An unknown seller listed the buildings in an office/industrial sale for $3,950,000. Using the Small Business Administration (SBA) financing,…
February 10, 2012
Resizing or Right-Sizing?
Corporations around the globe have been holding on to office space in anticipation of a market rebound, but that’s about to change. “A growing number of corporate property owners say…
January 6, 2012
2012 Forecast
Office leasing was a bright spot in South Santa Barbara County in 2011, the brokers at Hayes Commercial Group note, and office vacancy remains tight in the downtown business corridor….
December 12, 2011
Twenty Four 7 Moving Specialists leases warehouse space on Castilian Drive in Goleta
The Santa Barbara-based business specializes in moving and storing valuable furniture, art, antiques and classic automobiles. Owner Brett Menth said he needed additional storage space to accommodate requests for classic…
November 10, 2011
REI opens new Santa Barbara store
The 24,500-square-foot store at 321 Anacapa St. has filled all of its 62 positions but is still accepting applications, according to REI spokeswoman Beth Hawley. “I look at what this…
September 28, 2011
Economist speaking at Montecito Bank & Trust’s B2B Event warns of slow growth ahead
Watkins shared his insights on the local and national economies with about 300 people who attended Montecito Bank &Trust’s first Business-to-Business (B2B) event Tuesday night at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort….
July 7, 2011
For Techtonic Games of Santa Barbara, video game development Is serious fun
“It’s pretty amazing,” said Dahl, producer and art director for Techtonic Games. “I always wanted to be in this exact position I’m in now.” Techtonic Games is a new video…
June 24, 2011
70,000-SF Building Sale Ranks Top in Market
An East Coast-based investment group acquired the building, which is at 301 Mentor Dr. and is a two-story structure that is fully leased by Mentor Worldwide and Tetra Tech. In…
June 23, 2011
East Coast Investors buy $20M property in Goleta
The two-story property at 301 Mentor Drive, near Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, is fully leased by Mentor Worldwide and Tetra Tech. “It’s not often that a fully leased investment property…
June 16, 2011
AppFolio, Control Point Make the Move to Castilian Tech Center in Goleta
Goleta startup AppFolio creates easy-to-use software for the property management industry. To make room for its growth, it nearly doubled its 8,000-square-foot home at 55 Castilian Drive — across the…
June 11, 2011
Retail Revival?
The store will occupy the 15,262-square foot space at 833 State St. the site of the bookstore chain, until it closed late last year. “We think it’s going to be…
June 8, 2011
Clothing retailer plans State Street store
Savvy on State is the name of the newest retailer that plans to open its doors in one of Santa Barbara’s premier shopping corridors, joining marquee brands like Marshalls and…
May 13, 2011
NHR leases 98,000 sf in Goleta
Mike Sheldon, CEO of Network Hardware, told me his firm has hired 20 or 30 people so far this year, and plans to hire that many more before the end…
May 11, 2011
RightScale stays downtown with biggest lease in years
The four-year-old cloud computing company’s CEO said Tuesday that the staff has cause to be upbeat, thanks to his inking the largest new lease of office space in the downtown…
May 5, 2011
RightScale to take over Santa Barbara tech incubator
RightScale makes software that lets companies use remote servers for big computing tasks. It has raised $47.2 million in venture capital since it was incorporated in 2007. CEO Michael Crandell…