Tag: 505 E. Los Olivos Street

November 30, 2021

Hot Property

Former Mount Calvary Monastery Sells for Half Off the Original Ask

Last week's notable sales also include an impressive price on the Mesa; Spanish Colonial Revival on Palomino Road; recent remodel in Hope Ranch; and a relative bargain on the back of Eucalyptus Hill.

June 4, 2021

Odds & Ends

Anyone Want to Open a Bar in Montecito?

Plus: First look at the revamped Butterfly Lane pedestrian undercrossing; new tenant coming to Coast Village strip mall; a visit to the Mount Calvary Monastery & Retreat House, on the market for $10.9 million; a mineral named after Santa Barbara.

April 22, 2021

Odds & Ends

The Santa Barbara Bowl Has Resumed Announcing New Shows

Plus: Laundromat building on De La Vina to receive a fancy renovation; a new local news-and-opinion outlet; the former Mount Calvary Monastery & Retreat House got another price cut; petition for a better aquatics center at the revamped Ortega Park.

November 20, 2020

Price Cuts

Former Monastery Gets Price-Chopped by $3 Million

Also newly reduced: A pair of beachfront properties, misbegotten architecture on the Riviera, a Birnam Wood house with two personalities, and a tile lover's dream. 1

September 3, 2020

Just Listed

The Mount Calvary Monastery & Retreat House Is for Sale

On five acres next to the Mission, the property has 21 bedrooms, a chapel, a meditation hut, and lush gardens. It's closing because there aren't enough monks to staff it.