As the City of Perth elections draw near, several lord mayoral candidates are hitting the campaign trail to claim the ceremonial chains, with teams launching websites and going door-to-door.
Perth interior design and architectural practice HBO + EMTB may have a strange name, but it has not stopped the five year-old business from stamping its name across some of the city’s most high profile office fit-outs.
Proponents and supporters of the $200 million Victoria Quay project have been encouraged by the results of a recent survey of residents and visitors to Fremantle.
Unique to the South West region of Western Australia, the western ringtail possum has found itself in the midst of a development boom in Busselton and Dunsborough which has government authorities and property developers chasing their tails.
Construction of one of Western Australia’s largest tourism resorts north of Perth, the Jurien Bay Beach Resort, has been delayed by 12 months because of dust management issues.
The board of Home Building Society Ltd has recommended its shareholders accept a takeover proposal from Bank of Queensland Ltd that values the Perth-based financial services player at $592 million.
Western Australian property developer Port Bouvard Ltd has forecast profit growth in excess of $40 million this financial year following a profit slump in the 12 months to June 30.
Several Perth-based listed property groups have announced solid profit results this month, with diversification across market sectors a common strategy underpinning their performance.
With public consultation on a proposed Human Rights Act for Western Australia in full swing, strong support is emerging for the protection of social, economic and cultural rights under the charter.
Watersun Property managing director Garry Garside’s only Melbourne syndicate, Clarke Street Pty Ltd, acquired its first asset last week, capping off a busy period for the Perth-based occupational physician.
Concerns are emerging about the implications of stage two of the state government’s Five Star Plus environmental initiative, even before the housing industry has implemented the first stage of the plan.
Now that Perth’s office space shortage has reached flash point, developers are pushing ahead with office developments on the city fringe to take advantage of soaring rents.
GE Real Estate has opened its cheque book in Perth once again, snapping up the RSM Bird Cameron building at 8 St Georges Terrace this week for $27.3 million.
Employers and employees in the real estate sector will have the right to agree on commission-only payment arrangements from October 1, when the Australian Fair Pay Commission’s new piece rate Australian pay and classification scale for the sector comes in
Roxby Architects has built a strong niche in the design sector by specialising in retail interiors, including the design of all McDonald’s restaurants and Betts shoe stores across Australia.
Two new communities, dubbed Haynes and Hilbert, will spring up in the green southern locale of Brookdale early next year, when developers begin subdividing up to 1,580 hectares of land around the Wungong Brook.
The City of Swan has recommended the Western Australian Planning Commission approve a 5.4 hectare expansion of Hanson Construction Materials’ Red Hill quarry North of Toodyay Road.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing according to Canal Rocks chairman David McKenzie, who has become the public face of a 22-year controversial campaign to develop land at Smiths Beach, South of Yallingup.
Macquarie Office Trust is set to capitalise on Perth's skyrocketing office rents with the acquisition today of prominent Adelaide Terrace office building, Eastpoint Plaza, for $56.8 million.
Its days of pioneering land sales in Western Australia on terms of a one-pound deposit and interest-free repayments of 10 shilling per month may be long gone, but property stalwart Peet Ltd has not lost any of its entrepreneurial spirit.
