A new smokehouse restaurant has agreed to open in Indio. Babe’s Smokehouse and Tavern will occupy 2,300 square feet at Canopy at Citrus, a 25,000-square-foot neighborhood shopping center at 49730 Jefferson St., according to a statement. Terms of the lease were not disclosed. The restaurant, near Highway 111, is expected …
Read More »Riverside fund will help create affordable housing
Riverside has established a Local Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the 42nd such fund created in California. The city council voted recently to create the fund and apply for $1.5 million in state and federal funds set aside for municipalities that have been designated “pro-housing,” according to a statement on Riverside’s …
Read More »SoCal housing market stays solid
Home sales in Southern California rose 6.6 percent year-over-year in January, with Riverside and San Bernardino counties recording gains, according to data released March 18. Orange County posted the region’s largest annual increase in home sales, at 12.9 percent, followed by Riverside (8.7 percent), Los Angeles (8.0 percent), San Bernardino …
Read More »San Bernardino retail parcel changes hands
A property in San Bernardino occupied by a 7-Eleven convenience store has been sold for $7.7 million. The 1.2-acre parcel at 171 E. Redlands Blvd. was sold by Chase Partners Ltd. in Glendale, the project’s developer, to a private investor in Bakersfield whose name was not released, according to Hanley …
Read More »Financing obtained for major industrial project
Financing has been arranged for the first phase of 6.6 million-square-foot industrial project that is being built in Fontana. CBRE Investment Management and Dallas-based Hillwood Investment Properties have secured approximately $756 million through Eastdil Secured to help finance construction of Speedway Commerce Center, according to a statement. The first two …
Read More »Morongo tribe makes $5 million hospital donation
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians has donated $5 million to the San Gorgonio Hospital Foundation to help establish a women’s health program. Most of the donation will be used to help improve the hospitals obstetrics, gynecology, breast health, and women’s wellness programs, according to a statement released by the …
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