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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Recent Comments
The old Victor the Florist shop at corner of Santa Barbara & Anapamu streets? — Peter
They can't even get the metro link linked! — Christine!A
Exactly this. I haven't heard any realistic alternatives yet. — BrR
The land is privately owned and zoned for development. What operates on it today exists at the discretion of the owners, and that can change… — BrR
Those tract homes are tacky and not good enough for precious Carpinteria. Carp deserves much better than those eye sores. — KK
It’s not vacant parcel: it’s a beautiful co-op organic farm, Farm Cart Organics, that feeds our community, and a farm school, Carpinteria Children’s Farm, and… — Sarah
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