News Articles for City of Perth

The City of Perth and IBM will meet with businesses and agencies over the next three weeks as the council seeks to improve the city's infrastructure and planning, as well as create a 3D portal for investors.

The City of Perth development assessment panel has approved two major office projects in the CBD – one at the Melbourne Hotel on Milligan Street and the other at 374-396 Murray Street – but it is unclear whether market demand will support the proposals.

An iconic fixture at many sporting and cultural events, food vans are going gourmet, with pies and chips giving way to more sophisticated cuisine that, increasingly, is competing with the bricks and mortar hospitality sector.

Perth's hotel development boom is continuing to gather steam, with plans submitted for a $30 million, 15-storey hotel to be built at 100 James Street in Northbridge.

FJM Property has begun the leasing campaign for the retail and hospitality component of the State Buildings, part of the $580 million Cathedral and Treasury Precinct.

Major redevelopment projects are transforming Perth's CBD, but only one precinct seems to be attracting anchor tenants.

St Andrew's Church on St Georges Terrace will remain closed for the foreseeable future due to structural issues, unless the Uniting Church can secure an anchor tenant for a planned 22-storey office tower.

How does a visit by the mayor of US oil capital Houston link to Western Australia's local council amalgamations?

Perth's sister city Houston has some interesting insights on public transport, economic diversification and other challenges faced by both cities.

SPECIAL REPORT: Falling government support and fewer funding deals are having a pincer effect on Perth's emerging start-up sector.

The City of Subiaco has rebuffed a proposal from the City of Perth to incorporate its key commercial landmarks into the capital city borders while avoiding low-density residential areas.

SPECIAL REPORT: The state's major builders appear unfazed to be operating in what's considered among Western Australia's most competitive and closely monitored business sectors.

Rather than a disaster, Troy Buswell's political exit ought to be an opportunity.

A back-to-the-future approach won't work for council mergers.

Retail supply is at a premium in the CBD, and several overseas names are set to add to the space race this year.

New hotel developments in Perth and Fremantle will add up to 2,500 rooms during the next five years, with this number potentially growing to more than 4,000 if several proposed projects go ahead.

The City of Subiaco has thrown two new proposals into the discussion surrounding local government reform, flagging a merger with the City of Perth or extending its boundaries to claim a portion of

The City of Perth is poised to give the green light to plans for a $280 million, 40-level luxury hotel development in East Perth.

Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi has renewed her push to include the complete Burswood peninsula within the City of Perth, arguing the Barnett government's preferred local government boundary changes dimish the city's importance.

Mobile technology is providing businesses with an inexpensive but significant marketing tool, but many fail to recognise it.

The City of Perth has lashed out at the Development Assessment Panel system, saying it creates, rather than reduces, red tape in the planning approvals process.

The state government's $609 million City Link project is progressing faster than expected, with the project's $360 million rail component completed six months ahead of schedule.

Plans for a six-storey, $4.5 million office development at the old Stockade Building on the corner of Barrack and Wellington streets have been approved by the City of Perth.

The City of Perth has launched a free wireless internet service in the central business district - but it comes a year after a local technology company did the same.

Perth is well behind world-leading cities when it comes to supporting tech start-ups.

The social costs of Perth's sprawling new suburbs is there for all to see, but little is being done to address the problems.

THE Perth Cultural Centre has been transformed this week with tents, decorations and various spectacles as part of the Awesome International Arts Festival for Bright Young Things.

The City of Perth says Premier Colin Barnett is yet to meet with the council to discuss light rail route options, with key stakeholders in the CBD split on the best option for the proposed project.

Brookfield Multiplex and BG&E have been selected to build a new $249 million underground bus station as part of the Perth City Link project.

Tourism operators at Barrack Square have launched a walking tour with a difference – you don't actually have to walk.

A moderation in the growth of China's economy has sharpened the focus on trade opportunities beyond the mining and resources sector.

Advocates for local council mergers are in danger of over-reaching when they talk up the anticipated benefits.

For all the political grandstanding over new rail or road projects, politicians need to remember it's the taxpayers' money they're spending.

Apartment developer Finbar Group is reassessing plans for a $175 million, 31-storey residential tower on Adelaide Terrace after being told it could not demolish a heritage-listed former ABC buildin

The City of Perth is set to introduce tighter performance measures for infrastructure projects in a bid to ensure they are delivered on time and on budget.

The City of Perth has slammed the federal government's infrastructure grants program after being allocated $57,209 from a national funding pool of $150 million.

Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi's personal war on poor customer service has culminated in a City of Perth awards program, with businesses offered the chance to meet with Ms Scaffidi as part of a monthly p

We need to get over our blinkered opposition to high-density living in Perth.

WHILE the recent period of engagement with China goes back 40 years in diplomatic terms, and well into the 1980s at a trade level, there are plenty of cautionary tales from those doing regular busi

Developer and syndicator Primewest has announced plans to build a four-level premium office development at the top of the Terrace after acquiring three adjoining properties at 253 St Georges.