Can’t wait for Na Na Thai to open……
"Personally, I’m delighted it’s not more Spanish Colonial architecture, although the elegant simplicity will undoubtedly be affected by signage for the various businesses."
A thousand times yes to this!!!! The way in which Spanish Colonial has become this default look for new construction in Santa Barbara drives me nuts. It feels like ANYTHING with white stucco and a red tile roof can get approved in this town, and frankly it can. It feels cheap and theme park-ey to me at this point.
I think it's Pacific Premier Bank at Figueroa and State.
I’m so excited to hear that Amy is taking over Sacred Space. Plum Good was one of my favorite shops on State and I’ve missed it so much!
I am for development in this industrial area and think it is a nice design, but I have some questions. A new shopping mall in Santa Barbara? Like Paseo Nuevo? Or La Cumbre Plaza? For more shops like on State Street?
On a 3-acre property that could be a mixed-use development like Neil Dipaola’s 2-acre 150-unit SOMAFunk project? Or the 4-acre site proposal for a 250-room Wright Family Garden Street hotel that is getting pushback from the planning commission? All within blocks of each other, within walking distance to downtown/beach/train, etc., designed by acclaimed local architects at Cearnal Collective? During a housing crisis where environmentally friendly Santa Barbara is designating high-density building sites in locations whereby the residents will be car dependent? The lack of residential/mixed-use in this plan seems tone deaf to the needs of Santa Barbara. It seems like all of these sites could house many people and still include mixed-use plans, making the area an ideal place to live a car-free lifestyle.
(FYI Under current Santa Barbara rules, the max housing units per acre is 63 per acre, yet last year, the council stated support for adaptive reuse to increase this to 147 per acre… this property could house over 440 units … the three of them could accommodate around 1,300 units and put a dent in the states housing mandates.)
$4.25 feels unneighborly for San Roque, or maybe I'm just mad that I've been priced out of my old neighborhood. Closet looks nice, though.
Nope (although of course it’s possible there a similar sign there).
montecito bank and trust cvr
Autocorrect is not my friend. First sentence should read “kind of development” not mind.
This is the mind of development I would expect to see from Runyon here, and one I welcome. It looks great and hopefully we’ll get some nice new shops and dining establishments to look forward to.
I’m somewhat skeptical this project will engage with anything “local” but whatever. I like stuff that isn’t local, too. When they brought Platform to LA it was largely populated with stuff like: an outpost of Roberta’s from Brooklyn, Blue Bottle Coffee, Sweetgreen, Saturdays from NYC, etc. I’m not opposed to any of that, in fact I’d love a Blue Bottle and a previous comment thread here has people clamoring for a Sweetgreen. Just pointing out the claims of working with local businesses may or may not be legit.
This is very different from what is going on at Las Aves which still irks me to my core.
It’s a big, and questionable, play to go for adding so much premium retail in such a small geographic area. I’m skeptical both projects will be successful long term as far as the retail components go. I think this might fare better than Las Aves.
Runyon have partnered with Caruso on previous projects. I’ve got to wonder whether he’s involved as a backer, especially with the Las Aves redevelopment.
Afraid not!
Bank of America?
From a reliable source, I was told that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued written consent for the rock wall to be repaired/replaced as that agency takes the lead for waterways . Additional forms have been filed with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Bif,
Thank you for your comments. Buffy and those who support her are Karens and worst. If not, why would they include Harry and Meghan when the issue is concerning Oprah.
Bif, don’t be mean to Buffy!
Oh Buffy.
What in life has made you so bitter?
Perhaps you should leave Montecito so the rest of us can enjoy living here without Karen's like you.....
Take down that wall. She is relying on "better to ask forgiveness than permission ". She will not let it happen. You will not be able to take down the wall. She thinks she is God almost. Take down the wall. While you're at it, take out the trash, the commoner, and the fake royal.
$2k per ft for 12x12 bedrooms, 7'6" ceilings, mini-closets sans view... Seems low :-
When is delta bringing back the direct SB to Salt Lake City?!?!
Me too!!!!
Thanks for sharing the Bettina pavlova recipe! My wife has been talking about making this since we ordered it. Guess you know your audience.
Wow
Very Sad
Hollywood Go Away
Please bring back Read & Post. It was a wonderful, place run by great people and you could often see you local friends there too.
Go poke around Funk Zone between Garden & 100 blk SB st...it's all wetlands. Doesn't Dario own 112 SB street? Is this project a Wright Family Project, a follow-up to the rejected aquarium idea?
This DryBar news makes my hair happy!
