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  • Lucasfilm moves forward with affordable housing at Grady Ranch

    May 8th, 2012

    NOVATO — Lucasfilm has partnered with the Marin Community Foundation to explore options for building affordable housing on the Grady Ranch property near San Rafael that George Lucas originally planned for a sizable digital-movie studio.

  • St. Helena Hospital gets $1 million donation

    May 8th, 2012

    ST. HELENA — St. Helena Hospital today announced that Joseph Phelps, founder of the Napa Valley winery that bears his name, donated $1 million to a hospital capital campaign called Project Transform.

  • Santa Rosa said to be home for reborn Aptera electric roadster

    May 7th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — A Chinese vehicle manufacturer recently purchased the Aptera electric roadster project, which underwent a highly visible shutdown in December amid a cash crunch, and has moved it to Santa Rosa with plans to start assembling thousands of the futuristic-looking vehicles locally by year-end.

  • Sonoma Valley Hospital to break ground on $39 million upgrade

    May 7th, 2012

    SONOMA — Sonoma Valley Hospital will break ground this week on a $39 million upgrade that will bring the hospital in line with state-mandated seismic standards while significantly improving the 83-bed facility’s emergency department along with other improvements, officials said

  • Psych hospital opening pushed to August

    May 5th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — The long-awaited opening of a 93-bed psychiatric hospital in Santa Rosa has been pushed back until August due to construction delays, according to the forthcoming hospital’s chief executive officer.

  • May 15 event: Contractor rules, regulations and today’s projects

    May 5th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — State regulators are cracking down on contractors trying to cut corners on employment and licensing law to win jobs amid the steep contraction in the building industry in the past six years, while local governments increasingly have been actively looking for ways to speed projects that will revive the economy and tax base, according to experts set to speak at the Business Journal’s 2012 Construction Conference next week.

  • Developer buys Napa Town Center after council OKs downtown plan

    May 2nd, 2012

    NAPA — A major proposed redevelopment of 156,000-square-foot shopping center in the heart of downtown Napa will now go forward, after the Napa City Council unanimously approved a 20-year plan to guide the area’s development and the months-long suitor for the property purchased it.

  • SMART completes $199 million bond sale

    May 2nd, 2012

    NORTH BAY – The Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit District announced that it has successfully sold more than $199 million in bonds, securing an overall 3.3 percent interest rate that the agency said will net $171 million to fund construction.

  • Calix reports 10 percent revenue boost in first quarter

    May 1st, 2012

    PETALUMA – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX), a Petaluma-based provider of broadband communications equipment and software, announced that company revenue rose 10 percent during the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year, according to a regulatory filing from the company.

  • North Bay health centers get $11.8 million in construction grants

    May 1st, 2012

    A handful of health centers in and near the North Bay received grants totaling $11.8 million as part of a national program under the health care reform law, it was announced today.

  • Share your thoughts on the proposed Rohnert Park casino

    May 1st, 2012

    ROHNERT PARK — A Las Vegas-style Indian casino has been proposed — and is nearing approval — for the outskirts of Rohnert Park, prompting a high-pitched debate on whether the city and the county are properly suited for the project.

  • Enphase widens European expansion with new testing lab

    April 30th, 2012

    PETALUMA — Enphase Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENPH), today said it is setting up a new laboratory in Lyon, France, for local testing of the company’s European products.

  • Summit State Bank declares dividend as income rises 30 percent

    April 30th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Summit State Bank (NASDAQ: SSBI) today reported net income increased 30 percent in the first three months of 2012 than during the same period in 2011, and the bank’s board of directors approved a 9 cent dividend.

  • Investor buys Hess winery building

    April 30th, 2012

    AMERICAN CANYON — A Rochester, N.Y.-based private real estate investment trust today said it acquired The Hess Collection winery, warehouse and distribution building for $27.8 million.

  • Direct Flow Medical names new chief medical officer

    April 30th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Direct Flow Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company focused on minimally invasive implant to treat patients with heart valve disease, announced the appointment of Charles Davidson, MD, as chief medical officer.

  • Marin-Sonoma IPA expands into new space

    April 30th, 2012

    NOVATO — Responding to continuous growth over the last two years, the Marin-Sonoma IPA is moving into a larger space at Hamilton Landing in Novato, from about 12,000 square feet to more than 20,000 square feet.

  • Commercial property shopping rises

    April 30th, 2012

    Businesses are out in greater numbers shopping for real estate to buy and lease, but local commercial property experts are quick to note that it’s not the surge of activity seen in recent months in other parts of the Bay Area.

  • Loss of Lucas project could reverberate for years

    April 30th, 2012

    SAN RAFAEL – The decision by Lucasfilm to withdraw advanced plans for a new digital movie studio in San Rafael’s Lucas Valley will reverberate throughout the Marin County economy for many years and result in the loss of hundreds of jobs and tens of millions of dollars to the regional economy.

  • Winners of the Forty Under 40 of 2012

    April 30th, 2012

    Forty professionals younger than 40 who have made a significant contribution to the business community of the north San Francisco Bay Area.

  • North Coast water board names new executive officer

    April 27th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board announced the appointment of Matthew St. John, an 11-year staff member and head of logging and erosion regulation, as executive officer.

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