Real Estate
Set on slightly more than five acres, this Mediterranean-style home is among the largest estates in Fairbanks Ranch, the guard-gated community in Rancho Santa Fe named for silver screen icon Douglas Fairbanks.
Sept. 4, 2015
The five-acre estate in Rancho Santa Fe’s Fairbanks Ranch community will be auctioned on Oct. 3 with a minimum reserve price of $5 million.
California
Caught between the competing interests of Rancho Santa Fe and Fairbanks Ranch, the Board of Supervisors delayed deciding the issue Wednesday that divides the two wealthy communities: What to do with increasing traffic in the San Dieguito River Valley.
Oct. 15, 1987
Business
Big-time builder/developer Ray Watt leaned over, took a turkey sandwich from a deli platter and surveyed the countryside from his nine-passenger turboprop Beechcraft, which had left minutes earlier from Santa Monica.
Jan. 10, 1988
Record-breaking home sales activity is reported at Fairbanks Ranch in the Rancho Santa Fe area, reflecting a growing demand for million-dollar homes in San Diego County, according to Joseph D.
Sept. 6, 1987
When Ray Watt set out to develop San Diego County’s newest land of gentry, he had at least two things going for him.
April 1, 1990
A developer’s unpopular plan to close a stretch of San Dieguito Road for three months evaporated yesterday after the developer agreed with Fairbanks Ranch residents to cut the closing to only two weeks.
July 10, 1985
Travel & Experiences
Fairbanks Farms and Santa Fe Farms have opened 65 acres of equestrian zoned home sites at Fairbanks Ranch in Rancho Santa Fe.
Sept. 28, 1986
Fairbanks Ranch, in the northwestern reaches of this city and adjacent county areas, should be a constant reminder of how inexact the art of real estate marketing really is.
April 27, 1986
Escrows with a total value of $2,152,800 have closed on seven custom home sites in Phase 4 of Fairbanks Ranch, the 1,240-acre ranch on San Dieguito Road, Rancho Santa Fe, that belonged to the late actor Douglas Fairbanks.
March 3, 1985