Dan Wilkie

New rules will soon apply to high-density developments across the Perth metropolitan area, including minimum apartment sizes, guidelines around tree retention and natural light, and how projects integrate with the wider neighbourhood.

Insurance giant HBF has placed its headquarters at Kings Square on the market, appointing JLL to handle the sale of the asset in an improving Perth CBD office market.

ADAMS Group founder Adam Barnard has sold his stake in Western Australia’s biggest tour operator and will step down as a director on March 1, but will remain involved with the company as a consultant to guide it through an expected phase of rapid expansion in the state’s tourism sector.

With the recent acquisitions of The Breakwater and the Newport, Perth-based hospitality group Capitol Corp is continuing to diversify its offering.

A raft of high-value commercial property assets has hit the market this week, including a shopping centre in the northern suburbs, a two-level office on Stirling Highway in Claremont and a large parcel of land in Muchea.

Curtin University will soon embark on the first phase of its $500 million Greater Curtin plan, which includes more than 900 new student accommodation rooms, a hotel and serviced apartments alongside new educational space.

Construction robotics group FBR has signed a deal that lays the foundation to launch a joint venture with building products manufacturer Brickworks, to produce bricks optimised for use with its Hadrian X robot bricklaying system.

Perth’s median house price fell by 1.1 per cent in January, contributing to a 5.6 per cent fall in the last 12 months according to the latest data from market analysts CoreLogic.

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