RESIDENTIAL and commercial valuers are looking towards next year for a recovery in the property sector, as the industry endures criticism that overly optimistic valuations contributed to the global financial crisis.
PERTH'S residential high-rise construction market remains flat, lagging behind other states where the sector shows more promise for recovery than other parts of the construction industry, new research says.
PLANNING policy changes due to be released this month will give shopping centre owners in Perth the impetus to invest in centre expansions, an area which has been constrained for over ten years, according to the Shopping Centre Council of Australia.
AS an arts education institute, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University is widely recognised for its elite courses and well-credentialed alumni.
Moonlight Cinema, owner of the popular Perth outdoor cinema in Kings Park, has been purchased by Amalgamated Holdings Limited in a deal worth $1.75 million.
A $40 BILLION liquefied natural gas supply contract has crowned a sustained investment push into Western Australia by South Korean companies determined to shore up their long term supplies of key commodities.
A WESTERN Australian intellectual property lawyer has warned that almost half of the brands belonging to the state's top 100 companies are unprotected and vulnerable.
WESTERN Australia's best personal brands have remained largely the same during the past year, with Fiona Stanley again coming out on top of WA Business News' branding survey for her list of achievements and opinions, and high public profile.
With a boom on the horizon and associated skills and labour shortages looming in Western Australia, branding becomes an integral part of attracting and retaining staff for many companies.
THE level of branding and corporate naming rights sponsorships at Western Australia's various sporting stadiums is driving debate between avid sports fans and bean-counting corporate leaders.
SINCE its establishment in the early 1990s, Primewest Management has built one of Western Australia's largest property investment firms on the back of finding value where others don't.
THE decade-long saga surrounding the proposed development of a parcel of bushland in Shenton Park has highlighted issues with the environmental approvals process in Western Australia and has sparked calls for further review.
FOR some not-for-profit organisations, choosing a demographic for fundraising is not difficult – they'll search as far and wide as possible to collect money for the cause.
Booragoon's Norma Road will become home to a 24-warehouse bulky goods centre under plans announced by WA-based property syndicator and developer Primewest Management.
Sandfire Resources has defied today's market trend to record a modest increase in its share price after announcing a substantial increase in the size of its DeGrussa copper deposit.
KARRATHA'S growing reputation as a property investment hotspot has been strengthened by investors showing strong interest in the region's first private sector-funded resort-style apartment complex.
