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Property 02 Dec 2014

CBD office sold for $35m

The office building at 220 St Georges Terrace has been sold for $35 million, with a local private buyer purchasing the building in a deal brokered by commercial agency Knight Frank.

Food & Drink 17 Nov 2014

Coffee Club, Monza Imports, EnduraClad making moves

The Coffee Club will open in Fremantle, motorcyle retailer Monza Imports in Bibra Lake, and Rockingham-based building products firm EnduraClad will move to Henderson, under three separate leasing d

Property 12 Nov 2014

Waterfront marina site hits market

A waterfront commercial development site, including 37 boat pens, at Mandurah's Mariner's Cove has been listed for sale, with Knight Frank appointed to undertake the sales campaign.

Government 10 Nov 2014

Developers deny apartment oversupply - SPECIAL REPORT

Our annual Apartment Developers feature discusses the oversupply debate of apartments in Perth's inner city, the government's proposed changes to strata titles, and the next wave of demand for apartment projects.

Property 20 Oct 2014

CBD stock shortage

Offshore buyers are increasingly interested in Perth office stock, but limited assets for sale and the city's rising vacancy rate are stifling opportunities.

Property 14 Oct 2014

Cockburn coast coming of age

Perth's newest marina and beachside estate is entering its final stages of development.

Property 10 Sep 2014

Variety sells Vic Park office property

Children's charity Variety WA has sold a Victoria Park office property leased to Optus for $950,000, in a deal brokered by CBRE.

Property 29 Aug 2014

Aspen nears end of commercial sell-off

Aspen Group has just one major asset remaining in its commercial property portfolio, after completing the sale of its Noble Park warehouse property in Victoria for $20.8 million.

Property 21 Aug 2014

Chinese group to make $100m splash in South Perth

Chinese developer JiaHe Jian Group has launched its first Western Australian project – a $100 million, two-tower office and residential development overlooking the zoo in South Perth.

Property 07 Aug 2014

CBD office vacancy rises to 12%

Rents are down and incentives are up as Perth's office market swings in favour of tenants.

Property 06 Aug 2014

Matilda Bay Brewery site sold for $36m

The former Matilda Bay Brewery site in North Fremantle has been sold to a Chinese development group for $36 million.

Mining 15 Jul 2014

Woodside deal puts AAIG in spotlight

Woodside Petroleum quashed weeks of speculation this month when it revealed it would call Capital Square home from 2018.

Property 10 Jul 2014

47 Ord Street hits the market

Knight Frank has been appointed to sell the office building at 47 Ord Street, with the property expected to appeal to owner-occupiers as well as investors.

Property 25 Jun 2014

Welshpool industrial block sells for $6.5m

Commercial real estate agency Knight Frank has brokered the sale of a 1.6-hectare industrial property in Welshpool for $6.5 million.

Property 19 Jun 2014

Ascot signs Probuild for East Perth apartments

Developer Ascot Capital has appointed national construction company Probuild to build its apartment development at 108 Bennett Street in East Perth, with construction expected to kick off in coming

Property 04 Apr 2014

Aspen sells Septimus Roe for $91m

Aspen Group has made more progress in selling off its commercial portfolio, offloading its highest value asset - the Septimus Roe office tower on Adelaide Terrace - to Singaporean development giant

Property 24 Feb 2014

Tenants, buyers win in sluggish CBD

Rising vacancies and falling rents in Perth's CBD office market are putting tenants in prime position to score favourable deals, while the conditions could also result in potential bargains for institutional investors.

Property 28 Nov 2013

Industrial rents threat

An ample supply of industrial land coupled with softening conditions in the resources sector could lead to downwards pressure on rents, new research has found.

Property 13 Nov 2013

Pre-commitments absorb bulk of 2015 office boom

After a record-breaking 2012, the past 12 months have been pretty quiet for new office construction in Perth, with little significant space to be added until 2015.

Property 24 Sep 2013

$16m office building for South Perth

Developer GM Property Group has received planning approval for a $16 million office building in South Perth.

Property 10 Jul 2013

Aspen moves to sell Dunsborough estate

Developer and fund manager Aspen Group has put its 70-hectare Dunsborough Lakes Estate up for sale.

Property 06 May 2013

Institutional investors target new city office projects

The purchase by Dexus of the first three towers in the Kings Square precinct caps a stellar month for city office sales as the major property groups home in on the new opportunities in Perth's expanding

Property 02 Apr 2013

Office developments redraw city boundaries

The lure of strong rental returns and WA's busy resources sector has triggered a number of new boutique office projects at the outer edge of the CBD.

Property 19 Feb 2013

Coffee couple loses Vic Park lease fight

A Perth couple with a struggling coffee franchise has learnt a tough business lesson after they took legal action that involved property developer Finbar Group, listed engineering company Monadelph

Property 17 Oct 2012

Government starts search in Stirling

THE state government has made its first overtures to the market in the search for 35,000 square metres of office space in the City of Stirling, predominantly to house the Department of Commerce.

Property 12 Sep 2012

Joint plan to develop big Innaloo site

Property developers FJM Property and Ascot Capital have formed a joint venture to develop a 2.3-hectare site in Innaloo, next door to the site where Georgiou Capital is about to start construction

Property 14 Dec 2011

Shell sounds out city leasing market

GLOBAL energy behemoth Shell plans to more than double its office footprint in the city as it ramps up its operation to support projects such as the $12.5 billion Prelude floating LNG plant.

Property 29 Sep 2011

GDI to spend $50m on the Terrace

GDI Property Group says it will undertake one of the largest refurbishment projects in the Perth CBD's history, with its $50 million revamp of the former Governor Stirling Tower complex at 197 St G

Property 31 Aug 2011

Hot CBD market drives smaller projects

Perth's pressure-cooker office market is driving the development of a number of smaller projects on the edge of the CBD as city tenants seek space to consolidate their operations and take advantage

21 Jul 2011

Tight city leasing market puts spotlight on development sites in the CBD

Perth's leasing market is the tightest in Australia, and with talk of a major new office tower, property analysts are warning tenants need to move now to take advantage of the city's next major construction cycle.

Property 13 Aug 2009

Office vacancies up through ’11

With record increases in CBD office vacancies, major resources projects are tipped to prop up the market.

29 Jun 2004

CBD tenancy positive

24 Jul 2001

Facing the ultimate challenge

EMPLOYEES who reach for the sky and have formidable drive and motivation are hard to come by, but Knight Frank has been lucky enough to recapture the services of mountaineer Tim Robathan, who returns to the firm after leaving to climb Mount Everest.

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