Dan Wilkie

ASX-listed funds manager and retail landlord Primewest has offered to cover the cost of professional advice for its retail and commercial tenants affected by COVID-19, in a partnership with multinational accounting firm RSM.

El Caballo Resort and Lifestyle Village will be repurposed to become a social housing facility for indigenous Australians under a new joint venture established by the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council.

Halls Head Shopping Centre has sold for $6.3 million to an unnamed interstate investor, continuing a recent trend of east coast players acquiring Western Australian retail assets.

A long-running campaign to gain approval for an Applecross apartments project has highlighted planning inconsistencies.

Global mechanical drive systems supplier Flender is establishing a manufacturing base in Western Australia, becoming the latest tenant at the Linc Property-led Tonkin Highway Industrial Estate.

Real estate agents and new homebuilders have roundly welcomed the lifting of restrictions that shut display villages and prevented home opens, with the shift expected to help the sector rebound from record low transaction levels.

Pilbara Ports Authority is shifting its Perth office from West Perth to the CBD, continuing the tenant exodus from the near-city suburb as it moves its premises to a full floor at 999 Hay Street.

A $154 million package to support tenants and landlords and boost the construction industry has been unveiled by the state government, in its latest effort to reduce the economic carnage of COVID-19.

Premier Investments’ rent standoff with its landlords will continue at least until May 11, with the retail giant to continue not paying any rent until it can open its network of shops safely.