History

For more than half a century, The Towbes Group has had a rich history of providing professional experience in all aspects of real estate, ranging from development and construction to property management. We have developed over 6,000 residential units and 1.8 million square feet of commercial properties. Nearly all of this development has been in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties. We currently manage more than 1.8 million square feet of commercial space, including offices, light industrial and retail space, and 2,500 residential units. We have an active and diverse project development pipeline.
Towbes History

Development History

2252 Mandeville Canyon Road

Custom Single Family Residence
Los Angeles, California
Completed 1956

Darlington Apartments

8 Unit Apartment
Los Angeles, California
Completed 1957

Londres Apartments

8 Unit Apartment
Los Angeles, California

Campesina Apartments

6 Unit Apartment
Palos Verdes, California
Completed 1958

Isla Vista Apartments

14 Unit Apartment
Hollywood Rivera, California
Completed 1958

Palm Tree Lane

4 Custom Single Family Homes
Montecito, California
Completed 1958

Malaga Cove Apartments

10 Unit Apartment
Palos Verdes, California
Completed 1959

Cliff House Apartments

34 Unit Apartment
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1959

Western Avenue Apartments

40 Unit Apartment
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1959

Virginia Park Homes

48 Single Family Homes
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1959

Sunset Crest Homes

4 Custom Single Family Homes
Los Angeles, California
Completed 1959

Ocean Avenue Apartments

36 Unit Apartment
Lompoc, California
Completed 1960

Oceano Apartments

16 Unit Apartment
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1961

Juno Park Homes

124 Single Family Homes
Lompoc, California
Completed 1959-62

928 Garden Street

2,000 sq. ft. Office Building
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1962

Trigo Road Duplexes

20 Unit Duplex
Goleta, California
Completed 1962

Westgate Apartments

41 Unit Apartment
Goleta, California
Completed 1963

609 De la Vina Street

42 Unit Apartment
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1964

Coast Village Square

10,074 sq. ft. Retail/Office
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1965

Sheffield Ranch Homes

10 Custom Single Family Residences
Montecito, California
Completed 1961-65

Calle Real Shops

5,000 sq. ft. Retail Center
Goleta, California
Completed 1965

Villa del Sol Apartments

14 Unit Apartment
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1965

Grande Vista Apartments

10 Unit Apartment
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1965

Fairview Village Shopping Center

15,000 sq. ft. Retail Center
Goleta, California
Completed 1967

San Remo Plaza

46 Unit Apartment
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1968

Villa Espana

33 Unit Condominium
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1968

Coast Village Circle

3,500 sq. ft. Office Building
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1968

Plaza Mariana Duplexes

212 Unit Multi-Family
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1966-69

Plaza Mariana Homes

5 Single Family Homes
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1969

El Paseo Homes

69 Single Family Homes
Goleta, California
Completed 1969

Mariana Village Duplexes

68 Unit Multi-family
Goleta, California
Completed 1969

Coast Village Circle

2,000 sq. ft. Office Building
Santa Barbara, CA
Completed 1970

Villa Esperanza

75 Unit Apartment
Goleta, California
Completed 1970

Andorra

54 Unit Condominium
Goleta, California
Completed 1970

Meadow Oaks Subdivision

39 Lot Residential
Santa Ynez, California
Completed 1970

Williams Brothers Market

20,000 sq. ft. Supermarket
Goleta, California
Completed 1971

Oakcrest Homes

26 Single Family Homes
Goleta, California
Completed 1971

Sesame Tree Apartments

79 Unit Apartment
Goleta, California
Completed 1971

Coast Village Circle

5,614 sq. ft. Office Building
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1972

Encina Meadows West

85 Unit Apartment
Goleta, California
Completed 1972

Cal Real Properties

55,110 sq. ft. Retail Center
Goleta, California
Completed 1973

Rivera Park Research and Communications Center

96,667 sq. ft. Office Complex
Santa Barbara, California
Acquired 1973

Villa San Simeon

18 Unit Apartment
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1973

Encina Meadows East

83 Unit Apartment
Goleta, California
Completed 1973

Meadowtree Townhomes

58 Unit Condominium
Goleta, California
Completed 1973

Patterson Place Apartments

168 Unit Apartment
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1974

Pacific Oaks Apartments

183 Unit Apartment
Goleta, California
Completed 1974

Shifco Community

104 Unit Apartment
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1975

DeKalb Motel 6

115 Unit Motel
DeKalb, Illinois
Completed 1975

Rockford Motel 6

122 Unit Motel
Rockford, Illinois
Completed 1975

La Salle Motel 6

90 Unit Motel
La Salle, Illinois
Completed 1975

Youngstown Motel 6

125 Unit Motel
Youngstown, Illinois
Completed 1975

New Philadelphia Motel 6

83 Unit Motel
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Completed 1975

Storke/Schauer Office Buildings

13,723 sq. ft. Office Center
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1977

Woodside Park Homes

156 Single Family Homes
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1977

Oceanwood Apartments

125 Unit Apartment
Lompoc, California
Completed 1978

Las Positas Shopping Center

37,626 sq. ft. Retail/Office Center
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1979

Shepard Place Apartments

169 Unit Apartment
Carpinteria, California
Completed 1979

Running Springs Village

128 Unit Single Family Homes
Thousand Oaks, California
Completed 1978-79

Fairfield Estates

130 Unit Single Family Homes
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1978-79

Cal Real North

57,629 sq. ft. Retail Center
Goleta, California
Completed 1980

The Orchard Mobile Home Park

214 Space Mobile Home Park
Santa Rosa, California
Completed 1980

Shepard Place Professional Building

8,175 sq. ft. Office Center
Carpinteria, California
Completed 1980

Knollwood Village

195 Unit Mobilehome Park
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1980

Shepard Place Shops

26,927 sq. ft. Retail Center
Carpinteria, California
Completed 1981

222 East Carrillo Office Building

48,880 sq. ft. Office Building
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1981

Knollwood Office Building

8,830 sq. ft. Office Building
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1981

Knollwood Meadows

96 Unit Apartment
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1981

Donlon Plaza (now Michael's Plaza)

49,810 sq. ft. Retail Center
Ventura, California
Completed 1982

Sycamore Creek

80 Unit Condominium
Camarillo, California
Completed 1983

Knollwood Terrace Condominiums

136 Unit Condominium
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1982-84

Westlake Business Park

52,386 sq. ft. Office/Industrial Center
Westlake Village, California
Acquired 1984

La Cumbre Hills Homes

22 Single Family Homes
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1985

La Colina Village

50 Unit Condominium
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1985

River Ranch

27 Unit Condominium
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1985

Storke/Hollister Unocal

Service Station
Goleta, California
Acquired 1986

Rancho Verde Homes

25 Single Family Homes
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1987

Gateway Business Center Phase 1

25,725 sq. ft. Light Industrial Center
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1988

Oak Valley Homes

67 Single Family Homes
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1989

Cypress Point Apartments

268 Unit Apartment
Ventura, California
Completed 1989

Gateway Business Center Phase 2

35,776 sq. ft. Light Industrial Center
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1990

1000-1010 State Street

23,176 sq. ft. Bank & Office Building
Santa Barbara, California
Acquired 1991

21 East Victoria

11,390 sq. ft. Office Building
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1992

Fairways Condominiums

56 Unit Condominium
Goleta, California
Completed 1992

Hidden Village

38 Residential Lot Development
(Built 3 homes)
Arroyo Grande, California
Completed 1992

Montecito Sea Meadows

21 Luxury Homes
Montecito, California
Completed 1993

Gateway Business Center Phase 3

30,086 sq. ft. Office/Industrial Center
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1993

Bantz Building

5,698 sq. ft. Retail/Warehouse
Pismo Beach, California
Acquired 1993

Gateway Plaza Phase 1

25,000 sq. ft. Retail/Industrial Center
Santa Maria, California
Completed 1994

Pismo Outlet Center

152,733 sq. ft. Retail Center
Pismo Beach, California
Completed 1994

Cypress Meadows Apartments

104 Unit Apartment
Ventura, California
Completed 1995

Chase Building

3,459 sq. ft. Restaurant/Offices
Santa Barbara, California
Acquired 1995

Castilian Technical Center Phase I

64,465 sq. ft. Industrial Park
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1996

Montecito Bank & Trust Reconstruction

11,342 sq. ft. Bank & Office Building
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1996

La Cumbre Hills Homes

22 Single Family Homes
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1997

Castilian Technical Center Phase II

35,500 sq. ft. Industrial Park
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1997

Calle Real Shopping Center Remodel

12,000 sq. ft. Expansion and Renovation (North and South)
Goleta, California
Completed 1997

Rancho Franciscan Apartments

111 Unit Senior Apartments
Santa Barbara, California
Acquired 1997

Block Distribution Center

84,518 sq. ft. Industrial Park
Ventura, California
Acquired 1997

Santa Barbara Museum of Art Expansion

12,180 sq. ft. Museum Expansion/Renovation
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1998

Pacific Glen

60 Homes and Condominiums
Goleta, California
Completed 1999

Castilian Technical Center IV

43,000 sq. ft. Industrial Park
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 1999

Castilian Technical Center III

83,700 sq. ft. Industrial Park
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 2000

Storke/Hollister Research Center

56,790 sq. ft. Office/Industrial Center
Goleta, California
Completed 2000

Santa Barbara Business Park

192,632 sq. ft. Office/Industrial Park
Goleta, California
Acquired 2000

San Remo Condo Conversion

46 Condominiums
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 2001

Temple B'nai B'rith

Classrooms and Caretaker Home
Goleta, California
Completed 2001

Knollwood at Black Lake (MFH Joint Venture)

55 Lots - Sold
Nipomo, California
Completed 2003

Willow Springs Apartments

235 Unit Apartments
Goleta, California
Completed 2003

21 East Victoria Street

3383 sq. ft. Addition
Santa Barbara, Calfiornia
Completed 2004

Lanes End (MFH Joint Venture)

42 Single Family Homes
Lompoc, California
Competed 2004

Mesa Verde (MFH Joint Venture)

64 Lots - Sold
Orcutt, California
Completed 2004

Oceanwood Addition

8 Unit Apartments
Lompoc, California
Completed 2005

The Bluffs at Mesa Oaks

77 Single Family Homes
Lompoc, California
Completed 2006

Brooks Hall

13,881 sq. ft. Office Building
Santa Barbara, California
Completed 2006

Knollwood Meadows Addition

32 Unit Apartments
Orcutt, California
Completed 2008

Fairview Business Center

73,208 sq.ft. Office Building
Goleta, California
Completed 2008

Sumida Gardens

200 Unit Apartments
Goleta, California
Completed 2009

Ralston Courtyards

108 Unit Apartments
Ventura, California
Completed 2010

600 Pine Avenue

25,000 sq. ft. Industrial Building
Goleta, California
Completed 2010

6900 Hollister

6,000 sq. ft. Office Building
Goleta, California
Completed 2011

La Vigna Homes

1420 Single Family Homes
Santa Maria, California
2012 Development
(22 units Completed 2008)
(21 units Completed 2011)

Siena at Westgate Ranch

211 Unit Apartments
Santa Maria, California
2012 Development
(3 Models Completed 2008)

Foothill Centre

67,000 sq. ft. Ofice Building
Santa Barbara, California
2012 Development

Willow Springs II

100 Unit Apartments
Goleta, California
2012 Development

Westgate Market Place

132,380 sq. ft Shopping Center
Santa Maria, California
2012 Development

Hancock Apartments

232 Unit Apartments
Santa Maria, California
2013 Development

Mattei's Landing

300 Single Family Homes
Santa Maria, California
2013 Development

Vintage Ranch (MFH Joint Venture)

53 Single Family Homes
Orcutt, California
Future Development

Burton Ranch

210 Single Family Homes
Lompoc, California
Future Development

North Willow Springs

300 Unit Apartments
Goleta, California
Future Development

San Marcos Growers

400 Units
Goleta, California
Future Development

Recent News

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WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD!

We are excited to announce the grand opening of Calle Real Shopping Center’s newest tenant, MACHER. Pronounced M-A-K-E-R. MACHER is a modern general store, thoughtfully curated with home goods, personal care, and more - rooted in sustainability and zero waste efforts. Welcome Alexis, JosM Ā C H E Rmacher family to the Goleta communi#LiveLifeLocale#gogreeno#goletacal#callerealshoppingcenterc#localbusinesss#towbesgroups#creatingcommunitieswherepeoplethrivethrive
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WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD! 

We are excited to announce the grand opening of Calle Real Shopping Center’s newest tenant, MACHER. Pronounced M-A-K-E-R. MACHER is a modern general store, thoughtfully curated with home goods, personal care, and more - rooted in sustainability and zero waste efforts. Welcome Alexis, Josh and @shop.macher family to the Goleta community! 

#livelifelocal #gogreen #goletaca #callerealshoppingcenter #localbusiness #towbesgroup #creatingcommunitieswherepeoplethrive

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Absolutely stunning! I want to purchase it all! Love that this beautiful store is on our neighborhood!!

Cute shop!! Popped in there today to buy some goodies!

OMG gorge! 🤍

Goleta is known as 'The Goodland' for a reason! Beautiful coastlines 🌊, parks, restaurants, and miles of biking paths 🚲. What's your favorite part of this community? 🌴
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3 years ago
Goleta is known as The Goodland for a reason! Beautiful coastlines 🌊, parks, restaurants, and miles of biking paths 🚲. Whats your favorite part of this community? 🌴
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#GoletatheGoodland #bikefriendly #GoletaStateBeach #beachlife #bikelife #santabarbara #coastalliving
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