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What to know about the State Farm site The 30-acre property at 6400 State Farm Drive used to be a regional office for State Farm Insurance. The insurance company vacated the property in 2011 after relocating employees around the state. Real estate developer SunCal bought the property in 2013 with plans for a project called Rohnert Crossings. In 2017, Laulima Development, a San Francisco-based firm, bought the property for $13.5 million from SunCal, who decided not to move forward with its project. The city already owns a 2-acre lot on the southeast corner where the city’s Public Works Department is housed. Laulima proposed building 460 apartment units, a luxury hotel and 270,000-square-feet of office, retail and restaurant space. But the project never got off the ground, with developers blaming delays on rising labor and materials cost related to the 2017 North Bay fires and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company notified Rohnert Park in late 2021 that it was putting the property up for sale.

A year since purchasing future downtown site, when will Rohnert Park’s vision come together?

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JW Hanson Heating & Air is taking a big step up from being a garage-sized business. Since the Santa Rosa-based heating, ventilation and air-conditioning service, repair, retrofit and installation contractor started in 2005, it has been operating from a 930-square-foot industrial condominium at 3200 Dutton Ave., Unit 225. Then on...

Sonoma County HVAC contractor plans sizable expansion

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Simple Labs, which produces a device to monitor wine barrels, has announced plans to move its company headquarters from Southern California to Calistoga. “With an initial regional focus upon the Napa and Sonoma regions for the release of the Cogni barrel monitor this year, Calistoga was a natural and fitting choice for Simple Labs,” said Simple Labs founder and CEO Mike Slone. “In addition, my family has also moved, and we are grateful for the warm welcome of the upper Napa Valley, as well as the many winemakers and vintners who have shown deep interest in our technology, some even joining our company as investors, directors and advisors.”

Wine barrel tech maker moving to Napa Valley

Brent Beazor has been appointed senior principal at Brelje & Race Consulting Engineers based in Santa Rosa. The announcement was one of several for the firm that was founded in 1954. In addition, Benjamin Bryant has joined management with a promotion to associate principal while Tyson Robertson has been appointed...

Santa Rosa engineering firm Brelje & Race announces leadership changes

Baby boomers, Generation X, millennials and Generation Z can thrive together in a multi-generational workplace and managing them for success was the subject of a business symposium held Tuesday at Flamingo Resort & Spa in Santa Rosa. Keynote speaker Jeff Butler delivered insights into the motivations and communication styles of...

Photos: North Bay Business Journal’s business symposium on tools for building a multi-generational workforce

Oregon State

Dick Colombini, a widely beloved Santa Rosa native and owner of a landmark construction company, cherished the game of football — and his special connection to it. Colombini, who died March 23 at the age of 91, for 70 years delighted in retelling the story of the 1951 Dons of the University of San Francisco, one of the most extraordinary teams in the history of football. Colombini, earlier a standout athlete at Santa Rosa High School, was among the 33 players on the ’51 Dons undefeated varsity team.

Dick Colombini, Sonoma County contractor, member of famed USF football team, dies at 91

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1st Napa Pipe housing subdivision to go before city planners

The first phase of residential development at the Napa Pipe property, representing 79 homes across three blocks, is moving into the city of Napa's public approval...

1st Napa Pipe housing subdivision to go before city planners

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