THE City of Nedlands has beaten some of Australia’s biggest businesses to win a major Australian Business Excellence award, in the process becoming the first Western Australian co
STATE Government plans to rezone coastal and riverfront land under the Greater Bunbury Region Scheme have prompted an angry response from affected landowners, a farm lobby group and the property sector.
PROPERTY development is moving into the realm of mum and dad investors with a joint venture between two BGC subsidiaries, Impressions the Homebuilder and J-Corp, pitching its serv
THE Real Estate Institute of Western Australia has appointed
Association of Mining and Exploration Companies CEO Anne Arnold as its new
executive head.
THE State’s two major brick producers say they are not
concerned by BGC’s planned brickworks operation, which could be up and running
in the next couple of years.
A UDIA study tour in the US will this week visit Seaside, Florida, which is considered not only to be a model for new urban planning, dubbed ‘new urbanism’, but was also the setting for Hollywood film, The Truman Show.
WHEN Brian Tikey was presented with a piece of satellite insulation material developed by NASA in 1996 he recognised more than just the technological achievement of the US’s space agency – he saw potential.
THE Tourism Council of WA announced its new board last week, electing six members to replace four whose terms had expired and two who were not seeking re-election.
THE decision in a Western Australian legal case about the nature of provision for children in wills, to be heard by the High Court in October, is expected to affect the laws of all States.
DEVELOPERS have been advised to engage in negotiations over Aboriginal heritage issues at an early stage in the development process to avoid the possibility of construction delays or prosecution.
FOLLOWING extensive community consultation, the master plan for the Fremantle Prison Heritage Precinct is awaiting formal approval before redevelopment of the site can get under way.
BILLED as Australia’s largest single level car park, the 1,500 bay lot below the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre is scheduled to open in mid to late June.
CAPITAL works projects announced in the State Budget are
expected to sustain the strong activity shown in the commercial building sector
over the past year.
CLAREMONT’S Bay View Terrace and Rokeby Road in Subiaco are Perth’s contribution to a new list of the 20 most expensive suburban shopping strips in Australia in which to operate.
THE WA Parliamentary Accounts Committee will head to Broome this week as it continues its examination of developer contributions to infrastructure costs associated with land development.
The Canning Vale Industrial Estate is an example of planning and vision at its best. Marsha Jacobs looks at the development nearly 30 years after conception.
THERE’S a touch of irony in the fact that Robert Halliday has worked as CEO of Market City since 1999, not so much for his role but rather the location.
SWAN Brewery’s move in 1978 from the city to Canning Vale marked a major shift in the company’s approach to brewing after almost 120 years at the site on Mounts Bay Road and in Spring Street.
LAST month’s State Government decision to abandon plans to sink the rail network was a blow to many proponents of increased residential development in Northbridge.
PROPERTY industry groups have been quick to criticise last week’s budget despite the State Government’s efforts to promote the benefits to property buyers as one of its major selling points.
THE success of the Canning Vale development over the past three decades has encouraged several other local councils to look at similar proposals for their area, among them Hope Valley/Wattelup.
MODERN building design, landscaped gardens, and a State Swim centre are not features usually associated with an industrial business area, but Canning Vale Business Park has them all.
