Rich Loyd

Orange County, CA

Production Director at Orange County Business Journal

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Santa Ana High-Rise Targeted for Housing

4 days ago | ocbj.com | Rich Loyd

The owner of a nine-floor office building in Santa Ana recently filed an application with City Hall to convert the high-rise into a mixed-use project with 184 residential units and ground-floor retail. It is the latest proposal in Orange County to convert an existing office building into residential property with commercial uses. The “1200 Building” at 1200 N.
657 Apartments Planned at Boomers

4 days ago | ocbj.com | Rich Loyd

A former miniature golf site in Central Orange County might soon be the home of a mixed-use development with more than 650 apartment complexes with rooftop pools and ground floor retail. Fountain Valley planning documents show Boomers, a local amusement center that shut down permanently in 2020, could be razed to make way for 657 apartments and 4,460 square feet of retail space within two seven-floor buildings.
OC Leader Board: The Heartburn of Esophageal Cancer

4 days ago | ocbj.com | Rich Loyd

Editor’s Note: Dr. Kenneth Chang is the James & Pamela Muzzy executive medical director endowed chair in GI Cancer at the Hoag Digestive Health Institute. Dr. Chang was previously at the University of California, Irvine, where he practiced for 30 years and built UCI’s Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center and Digestive Health Institute.
A Ranch Made for Instagram

Nov 23, 2024 | ocbj.com | Rich Loyd

A dilapidated shopping center under the path of John Wayne Airport’s departing flights needed an upgrade. That overhaul came in the form of a Costa Mesa retail center fostering social media engagements and catering to health and wellness themes. Corona del Mar-based Space Investment Partners in 2019 took over ownership of the center, a 60,000-square-foot shopping center at Irvine Avenue and Mesa Drive in Costa Mesa.
OC Insider: Hagar’s Hits

Nov 23, 2024 | ocbj.com | Rich Loyd

Former Van Halen front man and OC resident Sammy Hagar counts plenty of interests: the Red Rocker is also a tequila and spirits entrepreneur as well as a restaurateur, with his Cabo Wabo Beach Club at Huntington Beach’s Waterfront Beach Resort doing brisk business since opening last year. Add bread maker to that list. As part of the Nov.
Jeffrey Plumer: Defending a ‘Whole New World’

Nov 23, 2024 | ocbj.com | Rich Loyd

Jeffrey Plumer, general counsel of Evolus Inc., believes the medical aesthetics firm is transitioning from its startup roots to a more mature phase as a well-established public company (Nasdaq: EOLS) in Orange County. Plumer, a 2024 winner at the Business Journal’s General Counsel Awards, has witnessed the Newport Beach company’s evolution.
Ziggurat Developers Seeking Investors

Nov 23, 2024 | ocbj.com | Rich Loyd

A clock worth $17.7 million is now ticking for a 33-year-old Long Beach developer and a residential real estate company in San Juan Capistrano. Cameron Hildreth, founder of Hilco Development, and his partner, Pintar Investment Co., have less than six months to come up with another $160 million to complete the purchase of the 92-acre Ziggurat complex in Laguna Niguel. “We’re searching for strategic partners,” Hildreth told the Business Journal.
Anduril Gets $200M Contract in Latest Win

Nov 23, 2024 | ocbj.com | Rich Loyd

Defense tech company Anduril Industries has been awarded a five-year contract worth up to $200 million to develop and supply a drone defense system to the U.S. Marine Corps, in the latest win for the Orange County startup. The announcement came just two weeks after Donald Trump recaptured the White House, an election victory that Anduril Co-Founder Palmer Luckey said will be good for his business.
Boston Sci. Completes $3.7B Axonics Buy

Nov 23, 2024 | ocbj.com | Rich Loyd

Raymond Cohen, co-founder of Axonics, can now breathe a sigh of relief. After a long delay tied to a federal probe of the Axonics sale, Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) announced Nov. 15 the closure of its $3.7 billion acquisition of the medical device maker less than a year after the deal was announced in January.
$100M Facility Underway at JWA

Nov 23, 2024 | ocbj.com | Rich Loyd

A provider of private jet charters is expanding its operations at John Wayne Airport (JWA), allowing it to both continue its passenger operations and house Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s Air Support Unit. Clay Lacy Aviation broke ground on what it hails as the largest private infrastructure investment in John Wayne Airport’s history.