Marsha Jacobs

The Property Council of Australia’s Western Australian chapter has raised concerns with the State Government regarding overcrowding in the city office market.

Sixty-five Western Australian legal practices have become incorporated following legislation allowing for law firms to convert from a partnership to a company structure, which came into effect last year.

The 106-year-old Royal Kings Park Tennis Club, which faced closure only a few years ago, will undergo a $16 million refurbishment.

Compulsory continuing legal education for lawyers will be introduced in April 2006 in a drive to reduce insurance premiums and help lawyers remain aware of changes in their profession.

One of the founders of the Ray White franchise in Western Australia, Spiro Mallis, is leaving the franchise and setting up his own boutique agency, Mallison Partners.

More than one in three Western Australian workers believe that bullying exists in their workplace, and two in three perceive their workplace to have significant pockets of negativity.

The Perth residential property market is experiencing stock shortages, according to The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA) research.

Developer Luke Saraceni is preparing to lodge a development approval for Raine Square, the latest addition in the race to get a new office building out of the ground in the CBD.

Architects HASSELL have won the commercial building award for their involvement in the design and construction of a high technology pharmaceutical production plant for Chemeq Ltd in Rockingham.

This was the third project Hillam Architects has completed for the clients. The original traditional Subiaco Federation style house had fallen into disrepair and was well overdue for redevelopment.

Celebrating their 74th year in 2005, the WA Chapter Architecture Awards provide an annual showcase for the skills of Western Australian members of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA). See Special Reports for related articles.

The Fiona Hogg-designed Coco Eco house in Broome is located in a pristine natural habitat and is totally ecologically sustainable.

Office tenants have been warned to expect significant increases in rent in the next 18 months as Perth’s vacancy rate tightens and developers await anchor tenants to begin construction on new buildings.

An innovative design for St Brigid at Mercy College Koondoola by Murray Slavin has won the top award for interior design at this year’s awards.

The Margaret River Education Campus caters for regional educational needs and is a unique joint venture between the South West Regional College of TAFE, Curtin and Edith Cowan universities, and the Margaret River Senior High School.

Gary Baverstock from Ecotect-Architects, who has been designing and promoting ecologically sustainable design for more than 20 years, says it has taken consumers too long to realise the benefits of sustainable design.

Specialists in master planning and the design of institutional and commercial premises, Jurg Hunziker and Michael Spight from TAG architects took on a challenge of a different kind

Awarded for its work in the multiple dwelling category, the ‘Fremantle Cold Storage Ltd’ site (now named Fletcher Mews) is a 101-apartment Homeswest housing precinct with a strong link to the history of the Fremantle site on which it stands.

Highlighting a renewed enthusiasm for the tourism industry, the State Government last week announced that up to 60 priority tourism sites across the state would be fast-tracked for development.

Having worked on the Perth Town Hall refurbishment for nearly a decade, conservation award winner, Cox Howlett and Bailey Woodland’s Bret White, is delighted that the recently completed four stages of refurbishment will allow the building to be better ut

Quay West Resort Bunker Bay is a five-star resort consisting of 150 luxury villas located adjacent to the sheltered Bunker Bay beach in the Margaret River region.

Based in the Faculty of Architecture at UWA, Simon Anderson was asked to design a light, warm, open and low-maintenance house addition that made use of the whole site while preserving garden space for the children.

A major partnership between BHP Billiton Iron Ore and Western Australian craft and design association FORM expected to be worth several million dollars is in the final stages of negotiation.

Multiplex and the Griffin Group have lodged a development application for a $450 million commercial development at 125 St Georges Terrace, despite the current lack of an anchor tenant.

Two recent purchases by international hotel chain Accor may signify a change of fortune for the state’s hotel sector.

The State Government is undoubtedly leading the charge when it comes to sustainability, insisting that any commercial building it is considering tenanting have at least a three and a half green star rating

Messages on Hold managing director Kym Illman attributes the growth of his business to a total focus on customer service.

As the only architect in Western Australia with professional indemnity insurance to cover work on sites with fuel related activities and fuel storage and dispensing installations, Brian Wright has carved a niche in the market

By seizing on opportunities in the market and focusing on becoming a wholesale distribution business, Australian Gypsum Industries (AGI) has cemented a place as one of this year’s Rising Stars.

With Western Australia’s strong economy continuing to drive demand for industrial land, owner occupiers and investors are securing industrial land as fast as it is being supplied.

Although LandCorp is charged with supplying industrial land, purchasers are making substantial profits through sales, subdivision and increasing rents.

Western Australia’s status as the state where business contributes the most to arts has been highlighted by the announcement of several new sponsorship agreements in the past week.