ADJOINING landowners to the Emu Brewery site are concerned that Norm Carey’s Westpoint Group’s ambitious proposal for a 960-apartment development on the site will undermine the value of surrounding buildings and landholdings.
DESPITE predictions by many of a slowdown in the residential property market in the near future, listed property developer Cedar Woods has forecast a 40 per cent increase in net profit for the 2004 financial year.
AFTER months of negotiations the Commonwealth Bank building at 150 St Georges Terrace has been sold to Simon Lee’s private trust group, Phoenix Properties International.
IN a deal that will add an extra 40,000 square metres to its property management portfolio, Colliers International has secured a sub-contract to manage AMP owned buildings 140 St Georges Terrace and 66 St Georges Terrace.
BELL Potter Securities WA State manager and 2003 WA Business News 40under40 winner Andrew Coppin has been appointed State manager of the company’s NSW branch.
THE recent announcement by Clough Limited of its plans to consolidate its operations and search for 12,000 square metres of office space is heartening news for Perth’s commercial property development sector.
The commercial interior design industry has suffered from the sluggish CBD office leasing market this year. While fewer tenants relocating generally means fewer projects for the interior design industry, of the projects that are out there, more organisati
THE State Government is considering a request by the Master Builders Association industry mutual fund to provide housing indemnity insurance in Western Australia.
The WA Government may have made it clear that the days of the kings-of-the-grass-castle are well and truly over, but pastoralists across the State are still calling for a lease structure that offers more security of tenure to encourage investment into our
IN what’s considered a reflection of the maturity of the State’s tourism industry a record number of entries have been submitted for the 2003 Western Australian Tourism Awards.
THE growth in the number of strata title properties in Perth has led to a potentially divisive legal issue with regard to the conversion of residential apartment buildings into short-stay apartments.
THE City of Perth planning scheme has been a long time coming, but recent news that Planning Minister Alannah MacTiernan has ticked off on ‘planning scheme 2’ means the current out-of-date scheme may soon be shelved.
CONSTRUCTION of Cedar Wood’s $18 million Aria Luxury Apartments will get under way next month, marking the first in a number of apartment developments slated for Rockingham’s beachfront.
THE William and Wellington streets precinct in Perth, which includes buildings being acquired by the State Government for the $1.4 billion southern rail project, has received interim heritage listing.
THREE Perth communication and technology services providers have been named among the nation’s top growth companies, figuring in the latest BRW Fast 100 list.
LOCAL timber furniture companies will put concerns about the supply from the State’s timber industry aside when they join Australia’s finest furniture manufacturers in Perth at the FIAA Australian Furniture of the Year Awards 2003 this weekend.
NATIONAL law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth is to follow resources giant Woodside into Perth’s newest premium building, Woodside Plaza at 240 St Georges Terrace.
THE Mirvac Group further diversified its holiday accomodation stable this week with the opening of its first three-star serviced apartment development, the Sebel Residence Hotel, in East Perth.
THE Brockwell Hospitality Investments/Western Plaza Corporation has granted the proponents of the Raine Square Property Trust a month-long extension to raise the minimum $7.5 mill
AFTER seven years at the helm of the Cairns and Region Convention Bureau, Elizabeth Bindon-Bonney has returned home to establish Western Australia’s only agency dedicated to proje
FROM humble beginnings in the 1960s, self-made construction baron John Roberts has steered his flagship company, Multiplex, to the pinnacle of the Australian construction industry.
TIMBER millers are nervously eyeing the December 31 deadline that marks the final day of their 10-year contracts, amid concerns over the State Government’s ability to make a final decision on volumes and contractual arrangements.
PERTH’S small but vibrant language translation industry is gearing up for the expected influx of demand the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre will bring.
A GERALDTON physiotherapist, the head of FuelWatch, and the general manager of Austereo Perth were among the diverse range of talented women honoured at last week’s 2003 Tesltra B
SPECULATION within the State’s development industry suggests the WA Government is considering an infrastructure levy on newly developed blocks similar to that implemented in New South Wales last year.
IN a win for the grass roots campaigning, the recently launched Land Tax Revolt campaign has received the backing of the Real Estate Institute of WA and the Property Council of WA, with other peak industry and community groups in sight.
