Dan Wilkie

Fresh research shows apartment residents are increasingly moving towards larger dwellings, but one of the city’s top sales executives says there remains a market for all apartment types.

The evolution of The Western Australian Club’s former premises at 101 St Georges Terrace is continuing, with Guylian Belgian Chocolates to open a cafe in the historic building next month.

In this Business News podcast, Dan Wilkie and Mark Beyer discuss house prices, training and apprentices, iron ore prices, apartment projects and student housing.

The potential to create iconic developments at Elizabeth Quay may be proving a lure too attractive to resist for Malaysian developer Victor Goh.

Two student accommodation projects in Northbridge have moved closer to being built, after Devwest Group applied for approval to repurpose Telstra’s headquarters, and Stirling Capital lodged paperwork for early works at its Stirling Street proposal.

The potential axing of the Margaret River Pro from the World Surfing League’s Championship Tour has done little to dampen the outlook for the region’s surfing economy.

Georgiou Group will build Tianqi Lithium’s new Australian headquarters, under a deal worth $17 million with the Chinese lithium miner’s head contractor, for its $400 million processing plant in Kwinan

The offshore owners of Hyatt Regency Perth are planning a mammoth redevelopment of the East Perth hotel, with plans lodged for approval for the first stage of a three-tower residential and commercial precinct.

Office tenants are favouring properties owned by listed trusts and superannuation funds over private owners, as competition to fill vacant buildings along the terrace intensifies.