TIRED of waiting for a determination on its application for a $35 million shopping centre redevelopment, Kelmscott Central Development Trust has lodged an appeal with the Town Planning Appeal Tribunal.
THE recent approval for the demolition of the historic Court Hotel and two nearby double-storey brick and iron commercial buildings by the City of Perth has sparked complaints that council is not doing enough to protect its heritage buildings.
A PROPOSED $25 million dollar international hotel resort development north of Margaret River will be one step closer to receiving the green light if the local council agrees to put the development application out for public comment.
MOST of Perth’s top real estate agents held their ground in the WA Business News Book of Lists 2003, with little change recorded among the top 20 agents from the previous year.
Home-based businesses account for 66 per cent of all small business operations in Australia, fast outgrowing its cottage industry image, as Tracey Cook reports.
FROM a simple sprout production set-up in a Bullsbrook backyard, Leanne Wesche has expanded her home-based business into a multi-million dollar export company.
AUSTRALIA’S architectural firms are earning about 30 per cent of their annual turnover in export dollars, according to a national survey conducted by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
THE creation of a vibrant village atmosphere is the impetus behind the waterfront piazza-style development for Port Bouvard’s Northport precinct approved last year.
WITH three direct flights each week to Broome from the eastern States soon to be launched, the north-west tourist haven is becoming an alluring honey pot for business – fast tracking the town’s path to becoming the regional centre of the Kimberley.
AFTER months of negotiations with the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, Australand will finally enter the construction phase on its controversial $9.5 million development opposite the Post Office Nightclub in May.
DELAYS in progress on the proposed $100 million expansion of the Midland Gate Shopping Centre appear to be nearing an end with new owners, Gandel Retail Management, making moves towards the constructi