The City of Fremantle is ramping up its heritage restoration efforts, making progress at three separate historic sites, which have been in varying states of disrepair for a number of years.
Construction contracts worth $17.2 million have been awarded to four Broome businesses for a West Kimberley housing project that aims to benefit Aboriginal families.
Population growth is slowing, but Perth is still expanding and the challenges of a maturing city mean land developers are in for another busy year. The annual Special Report also includes an updated list of WA's biggest land developers.
Perth-based building and construction company JAXON has added a pair of affordable housing projects to its portfolio of works, comprising an $18.6 million apartment project for the Department of Housing and a $22 million complex for Foundation Housing.
The state government has committed to pay $7.3 million per year in fees to the manager of an accommodation village in South Hedland, irrespective of occupancy levels, after tipping in $53 million to support the original development.
One of the state's residential building hotspots, the northern corridor village of Ellenbrook, is entering its final phases, coinciding with its 20th year of development.
Belmont-based property developer and construction company Diploma Group plans to build a $35 million, nine-storey residential apartment building in Scarborough, after buying two adjoining blocks of land along West Coast Highway.
Perth land developer Peet says it will seek to raise $47 million to help fund $95 million worth of acquisition interests in six residential development projects across Australia.
Construction company JAXON's newly established multi-residential division has inked its first contract – a $17 million, 86-unit design and construct deal in Queens Park for the Department of Housin
A 430-student primary school for Ellenbrook has won regulatory approval today, as the last stage of residential development, Annie's Landing, enters its final phases.
A southern region MP has lashed out at state government bureaucracy due to the scrapping of the Department of Housing's 3,000-hectare Keralup land development.
Construction and building services firm CPD Group has finished building a $4 million dual-purpose health centre in Carnarvon, seven weeks ahead of schedule.
Housing Minister Bill Marmion has marked the construction of the 150th home under its community housing growth strategy by announcing the government is well ahead of schedule on its plan to deliver 20,000 affordable housing opportunities by 2020.
Property development and construction company Diploma Group has recorded a 194 per cent lift in net profit compared with the previous financial year, continuing its run of recovery.
UPDATE: The state government says it will not consider privatising low-deposit home loan scheme Keystart, despite the recommendation to do so by the Economic Regulation Authority.
BGC Residential has launched 10 modular homes in Peet's Shorehaven estate in Alkimos as a demonstration of what it can achieve through alternative building techniques.
Listed developer Peet and the state's second-biggest homebuilder, ABN Group, will develop more than 600 housing lots in Midvale after purchasing a parcel of land from the Department of Housing for
National residential developer Stockland has added to its Western Australian portfolio, acquiring two parcels of land totalling 65.7 hectares in two transactions worth a combined $58.1 million.
Regional Development Minister Terry Redman has appointed Paul Whyte to the position of acting director general at the Department of Regional Development.
Developer Sirona Capital says it will press on with plans to redevelop Kings Square in Fremantle, despite the state government seemingly backing out of a commitment to relocate the Department of Ho
Western Australia's leading property industry groups have warned the government not to abolish its Keystart shared equity home loan scheme, arguing it could push thousands of low-income earners into public housing.
Four significant apartment projects and a $27 million shopping centre revamp are stimulating major urban renewal at Bassendean's historic Old Perth Road.
Demountables and recreational vehicles manufacturer Fleetwood Corporation has posted a half year profit loss of $4.2 million, down 18 per cent on the prior corresponding period.
The $30.6 million, seven-storey Lime Street development has won a major prize from the Urban Development Institute of Australia, taking home the President's Award on Saturday night.
The Department of Housing has spent more than $80 million buying land from major developers at the northern limits of metropolitan Perth in the past nine months, adding as many as 1,200 lots at the
Information technology services firm ASG Group has announced its third significant contract win in less than a month, this time an $11.3 million deal with the Department of Housing.
Fremantle, Stirling and Murdoch are set to receive an economic boost, with the state government announcing plans to relocate 80,000 square metres of office space from the CBD to suburban locations.
SUBCONTRACTORS working under one of the new head maintenance contractors for Department of Housing, Transfield Services, have had their fears of long billing periods and low local content levels allayed.
