GET OUT OF TOWN
Sleeping in style at Ojai’s new Hotel El Roblar: The town finally has a cool hotel—one that manages to feel both completely fresh and like it’s been there forever. Read the review.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: 1883 farmhouse on East Valley Road for $5.05 million; Park Highlands for over ask; renovation below Westmont College; Ashley Road vacant lot; fixer above Hendry’s Beach for $2.6 million off initial price; Hollister Ranch cabin; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Another departure on Coast Village Road.
••• The rumored tenant of a prime space on Los Patos Way (above).
••• The Montecito Club would like to tear down the 1918 house next door.
••• Outdoor furniture for the Central Library plaza.
••• Ghirardelli is proposing giant sundae mosaics visible on State Street.
••• The Ritz-Carlton Bacara ended its spa deal for locals.
••• Return of the Cat Video Fest.
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Recent Comments
Respectfully, there was never a version of development on this site that Carpinteria was going to welcome with open arms. That's the problem. Even if… — EM
My comment on your post here last June: https://www.sitelinesb.com/nearly-200-housing-units-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ “the developer is saying it’ll use the density bonus to accommodate the housing instead—and retain the… — SkyG
I’d definitely prefer a hotel with restaurant, farm, grounds, etc. than Orange County tract homes. — BW
For anyone curious, the "farm resort" initially proposed—and intensely resisted by Carpinteria residents—is described in this post: https://www.sitelinesb.com/99-room-farm-resort-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ — Erik Torkells
The state is going to force housing on communities that don't plan for it. Carpinteria can either shape what gets built here or wait for… — BrR
Genuinely curious what outcome you'd prefer. The land is privately owned and zoned for development. If not this, then what? Leaving it vacant forever isn't… — EM
The big black pipe has never bothered me. Maybe because I've loved the SB harbor since the first time I saw it, that was the… — Dan O.
Fully agree! I thought the hotel/farm/housing concept was a much better fit for that land. But when people oppose everything, something eventually gets crammed through. — SkyG
Hotel concept was better than this — JB
Bit of trivia about Trinity Church (at State and Micheltorena): Richard Diebenkorn, the abstract expressionist painter, was married there, in 1943 I think. — patrick