The State Government has opened the door to the possibility of a joint venture to redevelop the old treasury buildings on the corner of Barrack Street and St Georges Terrace.
The Satterley Group last week announced a joint venture with Linc Property and John Poynton in purchasing a 4.3-hectare bulky goods site from the Midland Redevelopment Authority for $11.8 million.
No sooner had Michael Lundberg become a partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in January this year than he was thrust into the action, representing Kumba Resources Ltd against Gina Rinehart’s private companies in negotiating a settlement in relation to the
The legal profession hasn’t escaped the skills shortage affecting industries across Australia, with many respondents to this year’s Legal Elite reporting there is a shortage of lawyers available to undertake work.
Outgoing national president of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Warren Kerr, says the appointment of a government architect, Professor Geoff London, was the most tangible legacy of the Year of the Built Environment.
Unlike most of the categories in this year’s Legal Elite, which primarily focus on the major industry players, the planning and environment section features practitioners from both large and small firms.
Among the Phillips Fox property team, which was highly rated in the Legal Elite survey, many respondents nominated Paul McQueen as the stand-out performer in a wide field of quality lawyers.
Siteworks have started for a nine-storey, 32-apartment complex at 990 Wellington Street, West Perth, which has generated controversy amid claims the development is outside City of Perth’s Town Planning Scheme guidelines.
Peter Laurance’s Pivot Group is gearing up to begin a $140 million, three-level retail development at 100 St Georges Terrace, creating a significant new retail precinct in the CBD.
Futuris Corporation Ltd has significantly expanded its property empire by strengthening its hold over the $119.3 million Westralia Property Trust, two years after its listing.
The Housing and Urban Research Institute of Western Australia (HURIWA) has appointed Associate Professor Fiona Haslam McKenzie as the first full-time director.
The High Court has clarified the position in relation to insurers who decline to provide funding to defend allegations of dishonest or fraudulent behaviour, saying such a clause needs to be clearly expressed to take effect.
Increasing speculation over the health of the residential property market is adding to the growth in investors and owner-occupiers buying small industrial properties.
The City of Bunbury is creating a long-term plan for the city with an emphasis on water-based development and securing hundreds of millions in investment funding.
Owners of office development sites are actively marketing to attract anchor tenants amid falling vacancy rates, a tightening of space availability and increasing investor interest not seen for a decade.
Retailer Harvey Norman suffered a further blow in its continuing push for changes to retail trading hours last week when the WA Supreme Court dismissed an appeal in relation to breaches of the Retail Trading Hours Act (RTHA).
Western Australian-based construction company Doric has acquired Jaxon Construction, fuelling Doric’s ambition to triple the size of its business by 2011.
Investors in a unit trust that owns the May Holman Centre at 32 St Georges Terrace have been given a stake in the site’s future use by trust manager Becton Investment.
Artistic individuals and business acumen are often considered mutually exclusive. Yet one Western Australian who could claim success in both fields is Sarah Templeman, who is heading back to her artistic roots after two forays into retailing.
Having recently taken on the role of president of the Property Council, Luke Saraceni has clear plans for what he wants to achieve for the industry during his tenure.
Renewed interest in the Perth office market among interstate investors was further confirmed last week with sales of CBD office assets worth nearly $200 million.
As the hotel market begins a well overdue upswing, the national trend of Asian hotel investors leaving the market and having their places filled by Australian investors may soon hit Perth.
Douglas Coupland’s seminal book Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, which coined the term ‘Generation X,’ also used several other expressions, most of which have not yet entered mainstream language, but nonetheless provide an entertaining insi
In the increasingly competitive market for good employees, Generation Xers have the pick of places to work, not just within Perth, but also the national and international markets.
