Developers who have secured large commercial sites around Perth are wasting no time transforming them into business parks, with at least five new developments recently announced.
With less than four months until the first train rolls in to Cockburn Central, the local council is planning some significant development projects to inject new life into the city.
A public swimming pool and more supermarkets are high on the wish list of the City of Perth community, as revealed this month in the first survey of residents undertaken by Perth council and the Property Council of Australia WA.
Increased activity among first-home buyers has helped provide some price relief in the June quarter, with the median house price falling $7,000, or 1.5 per cent, during the period.
Financial support from the corporate sector is becoming increasingly important for many organisations in Western Australia as government funding to the not-for-profit sector tightens.
Germany-based on-line learning course provider oncampus GbmH will use HarvestRoad Ltd's Hive digital repository system for its distance education programs, the Perth-based company has announced.
Perth-based asset management company PearlStreet Ltd will acquire Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd subsidiaries Metlabs and ITS for $32 million, the company has announced.
As Western Australia enjoys one of the most prosperous economic periods in its history, some in the advertising industry are paying close attention to the perceptions being created by the boom.
Synergy's efforts to position itself as a leading consumer brand following the break-up of state-government controlled Western Power in early 2006 has been applauded by the advertising industry in WA Business News' annual branding survey.
The RAC's brand reinvention, and the West Coast Eagles' uncanny ability to overcome significant negative sentiment, has propelled the two brands into the top three most improved brands of the past year.
The children of Multiplex Group Ltd founder John Roberts opted to take the cash and run this year, while Wesfarmers Ltd managing director Richard Goyder decided to embark on Australia's biggest corporate shopping trip – a $22 billion takeover of Coles.
Perth's industrial sector has moved into top gear in the past 12 months, posting rental growth close to 50 per cent in secondary markets and sparking high levels of development activity.
The developers behind a new industrial warehouse project in Welshpool are hoping to break the ‘big shed' look common to the sector by incorporating a new curved roof system from Spain in the design.
Rooftop water tanks, wind turbines, solar panels and even waterless woks in food courts are some of the initiatives shopping centre owners are implementing to reduce their environmental footprint.
The Urban Development Institute of Western Australia is calling for an urgent study of housing affordability, following the release of a state government report on WA's land supply crisis.
Recognising Western Australia's brands has become something of an institution here at WA Business News, with the paper having held our survey for the past six years.
Developers Satterley Property Group and Lester Group are introducing fresh initiatives to help end the reliance on mains water in their residential estates.
Rick Allert and Dick Carter ought to swap notes, because if they did, Mr Allert might learn something about organising a competitive takeover bid, and Mr Carter might learn someth
Volunteers may be the backbone of many Western Australian not-for-profit groups, but according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the state has the lowest volunteering participation rate in the nation.
Virginia Willcock's new job got a little more difficult midway through last year's vintage.
Just five months into her role as Vasse Felix group winemaker, she lost the services of one of the winery's most experienced operators – David Dowden.
