Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA historic radio station building on Portola Drive in Santa Cruz is now up for sale after its previous owner, Michael Zwerling, decided to sell it following decades of ownership.”That opportunity came 24 years after January 4, 1967, on January 31, 1991, when I became the owner of this property,” Zwerling said.Once Zwerling became the owner, KSCO also became his radio station, and at 74 years old, he is finally ready to retire.”Still love the place, still love the idea of being a voice for everyone who chooses to use it, but it’s time to pass the baton,” Zwerling said.The property includes several amenities, such as a lagoon and a crashing surf, which Zwerling affectionately calls KSCO beach, though it is technically known as Cochrane Beach or Santa Maria Beach. Additionally, there is a bomb shelter built in the mid-1950s to early 60s.”It’s so unique, it has coastal character, it has coastal convenience, and it has amazing architectural design so bit century, nearly 5,000 square feet of building, nearly 7 acres of lagoon and ocean front obstructed views,” Zwerling said.According to the listing agent, the property offers a unique opportunity for various uses, including business or residential.”It’s a real unique opportunity for someone to come in whether it’s residential or business. This property can be separated to sell just the business or just the property and the building,” the listing agent said.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
A historic radio station building on Portola Drive in Santa Cruz is now up for sale after its previous owner, Michael Zwerling, decided to sell it following decades of ownership.<\/p>\n
“That opportunity came 24 years after January 4, 1967, on January 31, 1991, when I became the owner of this property,” Zwerling said.<\/p>\n
Once Zwerling became the owner, KSCO also became his radio station, and at 74 years old, he is finally ready to retire.<\/p>\n
“Still love the place, still love the idea of being a voice for everyone who chooses to use it, but it’s time to pass the baton,” Zwerling said.<\/p>\n
The property includes several amenities, such as a lagoon and a crashing surf, which Zwerling affectionately calls KSCO beach, though it is technically known as Cochrane Beach or Santa Maria Beach. Additionally, there is a bomb shelter built in the mid-1950s to early 60s.<\/p>\n
“It’s so unique, it has coastal character, it has coastal convenience, and it has amazing architectural design so bit century, nearly 5,000 square feet of building, nearly 7 acres of lagoon and ocean front obstructed views,” Zwerling said.<\/p>\n
According to the listing agent, the property offers a unique opportunity for various uses, including business or residential.<\/p>\n
“It’s a real unique opportunity for someone to come in whether it’s residential or business. This property can be separated to sell just the business or just the property and the building,” the listing agent said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Historic Santa Cruz radio station building for sale with lagoon and bomb shelter A historic radio station building…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[27344,79,18,117,19,17,8735,181484,181483,1082,181481,337,181485,16587,181486,181482,1658,155491,12160,3257],"class_list":["post-399558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-agent","tag-business","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-january","tag-ksco","tag-lagoon","tag-market","tag-michael-zwerling","tag-music","tag-ocean-front","tag-opportunity","tag-portola-drive","tag-previous-owner","tag-property","tag-square-foot","tag-view","tag-year"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116278108105227700","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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