Dan Wilkie

OFFSHORE investors are targeting the assets of distressed property investment funds, while listed developers have restructured their debt and are ready to chase bargains in Perth’s residential development land market, new research shows.

THE developer behind a proposed inland marina development at Rockingham says it will attempt to emulate the success of the Mandurah Ocean Marina as it transforms the Rockingham foreshore near Cape Peron.

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BOUTIQUE architecture and design firm Baltinas Architects says its commitment to original, modern design is not an attempt just to be noticed in the market, but is instead reflective of the opportunities on offer throughout the metropolitan area.

Time is money, but research takes time. It’s the paradox facing innovative entrepreneurs across the state attempting to source capital to commercialise their ideas.

A RECENT industry analysis of the apartment development market in Western Australia has found finance and construction constraints will reduce the current supply of apartments by 85 per cent by 2013.

PERTH’S CBD office market could soon return to a state of extremely low or zero vacancy rates, as increasing demand from the resources sector combines with a lack of new office construction, the Property Council of Australia has warned.

SARACEN Properties and Probuild have finalised negotiations over the completion of Raine Square, six weeks after WA Business News revealed that Probuild had been selected as the preferred builder.