PROPERTY industry groups have been repositioning themselves in the marketplace, with the latest move by the Urban Development Institute of Australia to the old Perth Property Council headquarters at the National Mutual Centre, 111 St George’s Terrace....
A NUMBER of advertised homes have dropped their prices by up to 10 per cent in the last two weeks just to find a buyer, Hegney Property Valuations managing director Gavin Hegney said.He said the real estate market was in a lull.“We have an abnorma...
THE perceived threat of the Internet to shopping centres often mooted by industry players is not warranted, Woolworths CEO and managing director Roger Corbett told a recent Securities Institute luncheon.“There’s lots of talk about there being clicks...
Four things make a wine investment scheme more attractive to investors, according to Watershed project manager and Garton Smith & Barrett partner Geoff Barrett.
WA-BASED computer games retailer Games ’R’ Us Australia has launched a public share offer to raise $3.5 million to fund the next stage of its expansion program.
PROPERTY developer Australand Holdings Limited will continue to be a major investor in the WA property market, according to WA general manager Nick Perrignon.
PLANS by Monteath Properties to build residential apartments on its Northbank property in Fremantle following the collapse of the proposed Ramada hotel complex could hold up development at the site for months, according to City of Fremantle urban mana...
PERTH architectural firm Cox Howlett & Bailey Woodland has been awarded a $100 million urban renewal project in Darwin following a national design competition involving five of Australia’s leading architecture firms.
WALPOLE has found it easier to communicate with the outside world after the local community and the South West Development Commission obtained funds for the construction of a communications mast.
East Perth releaseTHE first mixed-use lots at Royal Street in East Perth will be released to the market by tender in September. The lots are located within East Perth’s Foundry development
LANDOWNERS who believe they will be treated unfairly by the State Government’s proposed Bushplan may have to resort to common law for compensation, according to Minter Ellison partner Glen McLeod.
TAX-loss selling and ‘window dressing’ have contributed to the recent strong performance of the listed property trust sector, according to a monthly report by Property Investment Research into the industry.
A SOUTH West Transport Advisory Group has been established by the South West Development Commission Board to review progress towards providing better transport links to the region.
MINISTER for Small Business Hendy Cowan has announced the appointment of Maureen McDaniell to the board of the Small Business Development Corporation for a two-year term.
TAKINGS from South West accommodation providers increased more than $2 million in the March quarter, compared with the corresponding quarter in 1999, according to a survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
THE proposed Derby Tidal Power scheme has received a setback with an independent report supporting the State Government’s decision to back a gas proposal for power supply to the West Kimberley.
RESOURCES Development Minister Colin Barnett has congratulated Worsley Alumina on the completion of the billion dollar expansion of its alumina refinery at Worsley in the South West.
WA’S booming wine industry has led to what is believed to the biggest leasing deal executed in Perth’s industrial market over the past two years, according to Chesterton International director of industrial sales and leasing Ben Davies.
