Dan Wilkie

Aldi, JB Hi-fi and Harris Scarfe will anchor a $100 million extension of Midland Gate Shopping Centre, with construction to begin later this month.

Construction will start on Sirona Capital’s $270 million Kings Square Fremantle revitalisation project in August, with national construction contractor Probuild signed to carry out the works.

A move towards larger holdings in well-serviced industrial estates is bringing optimism to the sector.

Prendiville Group has completed the fourth major redevelopment of a property in its portfolio in as many years, with East Fremantle’s historic Tradewinds Hotel having undergone a significant facelift.

Scarborough’s sand dunes have gotten an 11th hour reprieve after the state government honoured an election commitment to rework planned road extensions, while businesses disrupted by a $75 million redevelopment program along the beachfront have been given a lifeline.

Department store Harris Scarfe is back in Western Australia, ending more than 15 years’ absence from the state’s retail sector.

In this Business News podcast, Dan Wilkie and Mark Beyer discuss big changes to the public service, property developers, opportunities in defence, a new Qantas service, and our annual review of mining projects.

Brookfield Property Partners has used the vacant level four at 108 St Georges Terrace to showcase the latest in international office design.

SPECIAL REPORT: Two home-grown WA building companies are celebrating four decades in the business this year.