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.
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
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