JUST LISTED
El Fureidis, famous for starring in Scarface, has been listed for a hair under $40 million. It’s a fascinating mix of the baroque and the modest, at least by Montecito standards. Take a look around….
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HOT PROPERTY
The Santa Barbara real estate market continues to run wild. What sold last week—and for how much: a Butterfly Beach time capsule on the market forever; Jeff Shelton’s Pistachio House; 1931 Edwards & Plunkett on a Lower Riviera cul-de-sac; the San Marcos Pass house with the massive boulder; several profitable flips; and more. (Photo: Eric Foote/Elevated Horizon.)
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Indian Pink brings a blast of color to State Street.
••• Town hall regarding the proposed SBPD building.
••• Design tweaks to a 34-unit apartment complex in the Haley Street Corridor.
••• Santa Claus Lane art gallery is closing.
••• Corinne Bailey Rae at the Lobero Theatre.
••• New cruelty-free beauty store in Paseo Nuevo.
••• Rooster nuisance.
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