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The residential market remains on fire, with notable sales including Hope Ranch oceanfront for $25 million, a Mediterranean sprawler that went for nearly $6 million off the initial ask, a midcentury fixer that sold for $1 million over the listing price, a Birnam Wood chateau, the Park Lane conundrum, and many more.
“My fiancée and I think that it would be wonderful to see Franceschi House restored,” emailed N., “but it seems that efforts over the last 20 years have been unsuccessful. We’d love to understand in more detail what has caused the house to get stuck.”
Plus: Abercrombie & Fitch on State Street is closing, to be replaced by Hollister; aquarium shop opening in Montecito; one of Santa Barbara’s two Game Stop stores is closing; new Montecito bridge almost completed.
More food news: Jeanine’s outpost in La Arcada has closed; La Paloma is now serving lunch; chicken-wing chain opening at La Cumbre; Panera Bread closed; Bell’s confirmed its expansion into the vacant lot next door; Mosby Vineyard and Winery is for sale.
Other recent news: Who’ll get vaccinated after healthcare workers; the buyer of Ellen DeGeneres’s East Valley Road house; a new group hopes to revitalize downtown; the Pea Soup Andersen’s building in Buellton is for sale; Democratic Party of Santa Barbara County chair will step down; school district votes to pause failing grades; the tree of the month.
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Noteworthy new listings also include a 1936 house rich with period detail on a hidden downtown street, a Coast Village project, “not your typical Westside offering,” and a Neoclassical-Mediterranean hybrid.
Burning Questions
- Why Are the Railroad Tracks Being Expanded Along Padaro Lane?
- Will You Explain the Plan to Adapt the Waterfront for Climate Change?
- Why Did the Rosewood Miramar Beach Install Gates?
- How Long Will This Big Pipe Be at East Beach?
- Is Cabrillo Boulevard Going to Be Widened Under Highway 101?
- Was There a Fisherman Inn in Downtown Santa Barbara?
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
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