Port Bouvard has emerged from its financial strife and is now strongly positioned to commence work at its landmark project, Point Grey. Dan Wilkie reports.
THE Perth CBD office leasing market is heating up, with top-tier tenants beginning to hunt out new space and upgrade their premises after the recovery of business conditions.
AN industrial site in Canning Vale tenanted by supermarket giant Coles Group is set to become a record transaction for the Perth market, with an expected price tag upwards of $80 million.
It is the enormous sculpture inspired by the story of Saint George slaying the dragon that catches your eye when driving past Perth's newly renovated Saint George's Cathedral.
Walking through the foyer of Central Park this week surrounded by Pilbara art, it is easy to get lost in the colour and not realise the impact exhibitions like Colours of Our Country have on the artists involved.
The hardest thing about running an Indian restaurant in Fremantle is getting the word out that there is more to India than just curry. Dan Wilkie reports.
Gold explorer Alchemy Resources has intersected wide intervals of gold mineralisation during an eight-hole RC drilling program at its Magnus Copper-Gold project in the Murchison.
DESPITE the state government's best efforts to simplify the process, planning and environmental approvals remain a fundamental hurdle in satisfying demand for land.
ACCESS to finance for development projects in Western Australia has not yet recovered from the global financial crisis, according to prominent land developers and industry research.
WITH the state government pushing for nearly half of all new Western Australian houses to be constructed in infill areas, the reality of developing in higher densities is building on smaller blocks.
WESTERN Australia's share of the nation's top 20 largest builders slipped slightly over the past year, according to the Housing Industry Association's annual Housing 100 report.
A STATE government proposal to establish a register of retail shop leases will create security, competition and privacy concerns for established shopping centre tenants, the Retail Traders' Association says.
AN innovative ‘piggy-back' style construction technique at a St Georges Terrace apartment tower has taken out the top prize in the 2010 WA Engineering Excellence Awards.
Intricately crafting custom made engagement rings is how Stelios Palioudakis chose to make a crust after realising he had a love for dexterous work. Plus he received some encouragement from his collector father.
A ROW of Sidney Nolan portraits line the dark entry hall, while hand blown glass sculptures decorate the foyer and antique vases add colour to the wooden boardroom.
Developers say WA is headed for a land shortage, just as the state government launches its plans to guide residential development in the metropolitan area for the next two decades.
