Dan Wilkie

SPECIAL REPORT: The state’s premium fishing operations are scrambling to adapt in an industry that no longer has a clear path to market.

Seven West Media has found a buyer in Primewest for its Osborne Park headquarters and production facilities, with the ASX-listed syndicator launching a $75 million new trust to acquire the properties.

Western Australia’s rock lobster fishers have been given a temporary lifeline after the federal government brokered a deal to ship 500 tonnes of the local catch to China.

Fremantle institution The Chart & Map Shop has been given 30 days’ notice to vacate the Collie Street property it has called home for 25 years, despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison last month calling for a moratorium on evictions.

Fini Group has lodged a development application to build a new $200 million medical and commercial precinct at Murdoch, highlighted by the state's first medihotel, but the project is at least a year behind its original schedule.

Edge Visionary Living has received the green light from planning authorities for its long-awaited Lumiere development in South Perth, nearly five years after it first sought to build it and following two Supreme Court challenges that were successful in overturning approval of previous designs.

A mandatory code of conduct for commercial leases is expected to be finalised by next week, as federal and state governments continue to work towards a mutually-beneficial solution for landlords and tenants affected by COVID-19.

One of Western Australia’s biggest residential property managers has called for more clarity around how tenants impacted by COVID-19 renegotiate rental agreements and how landlords can continue to service debt under the federal government’s moratorium on evictions.

Planning is again under way to determine the best use of Cape Peron, two years after Planning Minister Rita Saffioti put the kibosh on DevelopmentWA and Cedar Woods Properties’ contentious Mangles Bay Marina joint venture proposal.