Property

Developers in Fremantle are working to deliver multi-million-dollar projects, filling the port city’s development pipeline.

The liquidator for collapsed interior design company Habitat 1 is pursuing $1.25 million from one of the business’s former directors, Geoff Pritchard, and his wife.

Rebecca Moore will move on after three years in the role, citing personal reasons.

The $2.7 million acquisition paves the way for a 22-townhouse project.

Single homes will be able to be built and modified without the approval of councils under fresh measures introduced as part of the state government’s major planning shake-up.

Richard Pappas has stepped up to the helm of the organisation in WA as outgoing state president Col Dutton assumes a national role.

Murdoch University has outlined a plan to build a health-related mixed-use development on vacant land neighbouring Hesperia’s latest project near the Murdoch hospital precinct.

Rita Saffioti said planning reform was akin to cutting taxes, when drawn on whether the government would abolish the foreign buyer surcharge.

WA-headquartered national building and engineering group says market conditions are improving for the sector.