Sharif Elseify is a licensed California Real Estate Agent, specializing in Industrial, Retail and Multi-family Brokerage. Sharif joins Lee & Associates as a licensed associate after more than two years of work for the company as an analyst and transaction coordinator. During that time Sharif provided valuable advisory and transaction services for his sales team on a multitude of lease and sale transactions throughout Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. His work included escrow…
Lee & Associates Completes Office Lease in the historic Lyon Building
Santa Barbara Calif. – February 7, 2018 – Lee & Associates has completed lease of the 2,183 square-foot office property located in one of Santa Barbara’s tallest buildings. Steve Leider and Sharif Elseify with the Santa Barbara office represented the Tenant. This unique loft-style Penthouse office has a beautifully tiled lobby entrance, new windows and skylights, open floor plan with exposed concrete and custom design features. Lyon Building is located at the intersection of Cota…
Lee & Associates Completes Restaurant Lease in Downtown Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, Calif. – February 15, 2018 – Lee & Associates has completed a 2,931-square-foot lease of prime restaurant space in Downtown Santa Barbara. Christi Vior with the Santa Barbara office represented the Landlord in the transaction. The restaurant and bar space is located in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara, across from the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Mall, with a patio backing to De La Guerra Plaza. The prime retail space was leased to Bibi Ji Restaurant, owned by chef Jessi…
Tom Davidson Guest Speaker at upcoming Market Trends Seminar
VENTURA, Calif.—February 6, 2018 The Appraisal Institute has invited our Senior Associate, Tom Davidson from the Los Olivos Lee & Associates office to speak at their upcoming Market Trends Seminar on Thursday, February 15th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ventura Beach. Tom Davidson has over 20 years experience in real estate brokerage, investment, and development. This includes 10 years as a commercial real estate broker in the Los Angeles area, where he specialized in the development,…
Lee & Associates Negotiates Industrial Sale in Buellton
BUELLTON, Calif.—January 23, 2018—Lee & Associates has completed a $1,700,000 sale of a 10,611 square-foot Industrial building located at 35 Easy Street in Buellton. Tom Davidson with the Los Olivos office represented the buyer and the seller in the purchase of the Industrial complex consisting of two (2) buildings. The property is located on the corner of Easy Street and McMurray Road with excellent access to Highway 101. Front building offers 1,800 square of first…
Passion Project – Making Great Pinot Noir Without Going Sideways
To certain wine lovers, the thought of planting vineyards and producing wine along California’s Central Coast is hardly an extravagant idea, and it may account for the fact that wineries in these parts seldom change hands. So, what’s it take to get in on the fun? To keep costs down, most people start making wine in leased space or in space shared with another winery and using grapes purchased locally. Others plant vineyards on leased…
Welcome to Brick-and-Mortar Retail 2.0
By Geoffery Metz Retail has gone from big-box real estate, offering everything for everyone, to smaller footprints targeting customers through data-driven marketing. Thanks, Amazon! SANTA BARBARA, CA November 21, 2017 – Clarice Clarke sees a lot of irony in the current retail real estate dynamic. “When Amazon was starting in the book business,” the president of Lee & Associates Central Coast explains, “there were some powerful big-box, category-killer retailers in that space. Amazon came along and…
Lee & Associates Negotiates 25.49 Acres Land Sale in Sta. Rita Hills
LOMPOC, Calif.—September 28, 2017—A 25.49-acre land property located at 1040 Drum Canyon was sold for $1,125,000. Senior Associate, Tom Davidson with the Los Olivos office represented the seller in the sale of the 25.49-acre parcels. This prime Santa Rita Hills vineyard is located east of Buellton on Highway 246 and Drum Canyon Road. The sale features two separate parcels, both with flat useable land, ideal for vineyard development. About the Santa Rita Hills AVA THE APPELLATION…
Lee & Associates Completes Industrial Lease in Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – October 30, 2017 – Lee & Associates has completed a 3,096 square-foot lease industrial property located at 126 Haley Street in Santa Barbara. President, Clarice Clarke, and Principal, Steve Leider with the Santa Barbara office represented the tenant, Renegade Wines in the transaction. Renegade Wines is a one-stop shop for quality wines in Santa Barbara. With an assortment of fine wines from around the world, there is sure to be something to suit…