Marsha Jacobs

Five architectural consortia have been short-listed to design Western Australia’s $42 million performing arts venue from 137 international and Australian registrations received.

The Accor Hotel Group is continuing its expansion into the Western Australian market with the four-star Sanctuary Golf Resort in Bunbury joining Accor’s All Seasons brand.

Western Australian company Wesbeam has officially launched its laminated veneer lumber product range onto the market with the opening of its $85 million operation at Neerabup Industrial Estate.

While government and private industry emphasise the importance of affordable housing, the best model for delivering affordability remains unclear.

West Australian Newspapers and The West Australian editor Paul Armstrong have been fined after pleading guilty to contempt of court charges.

The City of Albany has embarked on the initial phase of a market research campaign focused on developing a tourism brand for Albany.

A quirk of old shire boundaries has led to division in Albany over retail trading.

In its first year after listing on the Australian Stock Exchange, Western Australian-based developer Peet & Company has announced a profit of $31.6 million for the year to June 30.

Dr Neale Fong has recently overseen the training of 100 future leaders within the Health Department as part of a series of reforms he is implementing.

While the plantation timber industry is still in its early stages in Albany, existing infrastructure is already under pressure to deal with the volume of timber making its way to the port.

Albany's plantation timber industry has sparked a surge of investment and opportunity. A balance of traditional and emerging industries is creating a strong foundation for growth in the Great Southern centre.

Perth office users are squeezing the most out of their tenancies in a contracting office-leasing market, decreasing the average amount of space used per employee.

Pro Property has become the first Western Australian representative of the world’s eight largest franchise company, global real estate firm Coldwell Banker.

Former Multiplex deputy chairman and managing director, Geoff Allen, has been appointed to the board of Western Australian-based Jaxon Construction as a non-executive director

This time next year Western Australia will take the first steps towards becoming a world leader in genetic research

Western Australia’s property sector continues to outperform those of other states, boosted by the state’s continuing strong economic growth.

Developers in Western Australia have been warned that a High Court decision late last year, which calls into question the status of planning approvals as a right that attaches to land, has the potential to affect development approvals.

Perth has experienced a record take up of office space in the last six months, with vacancy rates in the CBD plummeting to 9.5 per cent, giving it the strongest vacancy decrease of any Australian CBD office market.

A shift in focus to resort-style developments was a major factor behind the decision to sell the Acacia Hotel in Robinson Avenue, Northbridge, announced last week.

BHP Billiton Iron Ore has won the Caliburn Corporate Strategy Award at the national Australia Business Arts Foundation Awards, making it the third year running a Western Australian-based company has won.

State Cabinet has endorsed a revised $27.8 million development proposal for Albany’s Princess Royal Harbour.

The East Perth Redevelopment Authority’s plans to redevelop 40 hectares of riverfront property on the eastern gateway to the CBD have suffered a double blow, with no tenders received for the first stage and industry players criticising the redevelopment p

Economic and industry forecaster BIS Shrapnel has released its annual report on building in Australia, with the outlook for Western Australia showing a strong increase in commercial building and a steadying for residential building.

The Master Builders Association of WA has established a Construction Council to deal with issues affecting the building industry’s commercial sector

An integral part of Bunbury’s City Vision Strategy is the inclusion of multi-storey developments on the foreshore.

The regional hub of Bunbury has embarked on a long-term development strategy to deal with its projected growth, as Marsha Jacobs reports.

The buoyant state of Perth’s leasing market may be good news for building owners and developers, but tenants are being warned of a shortage of space and increasing rents as vacancy rates continue to drop

As an integral part of Bunbury’s economy and driver of the mining industry in the South West, the Bunbury Port plays an important role in the region.

Australia's first litigation funder, Perth-founded IMF Australia, recently won a case in the Federal Court that confirms the much-questioned legitimacy of litigation funding.

Property analysts are predicting a significant rise in Perth’s residential apartment prices as supply falls on the back of rising construction costs and a subsequent reluctance on behalf of developers to build.

Construction on the CBD’s biggest retail development will begin in January by joint developers Pivot Group and the Industry Superannuation Property Trust Pty Ltd.

A busy Subiaco intersection is reaping the benefits of an increasingly tight CBD office market, which is driving smaller businesses into suburban locations and encouraging them to become owner-occupiers.