COMING ATTRACTIONS
The Palms building in Carpinteria is being turned into a hotel, with the ground-floor bar/restaurant operated by Good Lion Hospitality.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Riviera midcentury for $600,000 over ask; an impressive flip in Summerland; two-acre vacant lot across from Mount Carmel School; Hope Ranch renovation; Riviera Mediterranean; and it looks like Oprah offloaded some Montecito property. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Two local movie theaters are finally getting upgraded.
••• Work on the Santa Claus Lane bike path will start soon (above).
••• 36-unit apartment complex proposed for the Jiffy Lube site on De La Vina.
••• Construction imminent of big apartment project at State and Gutierrez.
••• Classic Santa Barbara commercial space for lease.
••• New show at Marcia Burtt Gallery.
••• My Pet Ram gallery in the Funk Zone.
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