The Westpoint property sell-off continues with agents Burgess Rawson releasing a second portfolio of properties onto the market, including 10 strata-title units at the Warwick Entertainment Centre.
The reputation of the near-city suburb of Maylands is clearly changing as young professional singles and couples look to secure affordable one- and two-bedroom apartments in the burgeoning riverside area.
The Cockburn coast, south of Fremantle, is first on the list to undergo major urban renewal as soon as legislation for a new redevelopment authority is passed, the state government has confirmed.
Multiplex founder and construction pioneer John Roberts, one of the giants of Western Australian industry, passed away last week at age of 73 after succumbing to a long illness.
Finding space for a car in the city is becoming as much of a challenge as finding office space, as demand outweighs supply in both public and office car parks.
Visitors to Western Australia won’t be short of a place to stay, thanks to a host of hotels and resorts in the planning stages or preparing to open around the state.
The federal and state members for Fremantle, Carmen Lawrence and Jim McGinty respectively, have met with Fremantle Mayor Peter Tagliaferri to explore possible alternatives to the proposed $200 million Victoria Quay redevelopment on Fremantle Harbour.
Forget Mt Buller, Perisher or even Queenstown in New Zealand, a pair of local entrepreneurs wants to put Perth in the mix of winter sports destinations.
Perth’s city skyline reads like a who’s who of Western Australia as corporate heavyweights from banking, mining, finance, insurance and law pay thousands of dollars to get their name up in lights.
A new tax bill introduced into federal parliament last week has resulted in amendments to the GST treatment of residential premises and the definition of “residential premises” in the GST Act.
ING Australia’s Western Australian business, including its real estate division, will move St Georges Terrace locations from its prime Central Park premises to take up new offices in the Forrest Centre when its lease expires on August 1.
Lake Street in Northbridge will get a major dose of Finbar-style urban renewal following the Perth developer’s successful tender for two lots released by the East Perth Redevelopment Authority in the Plateia Hellas precinct.
Continuing strong demand for office and retail space in the CBD and a lack of vacant land is straining relations between levels of government in Perth.
The Busselton Shire Council has released plans to expand and market Busselton Airport as a gateway to the South West for tourists and fly-in-fly-out workers.
The rejuvenation of Fremantle’s Booyeembara Park by North Fremantle-based landscape architects Ecoscape has won the firm a swag of awards at the state’s inaugural Australian Institute of Landscape Architects awards.
The City of Fremantle plans to transform the port city by redeveloping the tired east end and revitalising Kings Square and the adjacent Myer building in a move it’s hoped will create an exciting retail mix to rival Garden City.
The city’s retail sector is heating up with agents witnessing price increases of more than 20 per cent in less than a year for prime space in the Hay Street and Murray Street mall precincts.
Australian investors spent $13.3 billion in overseas property markets last year, $8.9 billion of this in the US, making Australia the largest foreign buyer of US assets, according to a recent research paper.
Industrial sales agents are tipping Bayswater and Bassandean as the next areas to attract major investment, as land and infrastructure within 15 kilometres of the city becomes increasingly scarce.
A Federal Court judge has cited evidence of "serious misconduct" and "ruthless disregard" for the interests of investors and creditors in the collapsed Westpoint property group as he appointed rece
Perth’s inner city continues to be a major investment focus in the local market amid strong off-the-plan apartment sales and major investments in new city residential and infrastructure projects.
Building approvals in Western Australia were down 21 per cent in February 2006 to 2,095, according to figures from the Department of Treasury and Finance.
The Building Code of Australia will adopt five-star energy efficiency measures for new homes from May 1, raising concerns about the potential impact on construction costs.
The Claremont City Council has given developers Hawaiian and Multiplex the green light for a $340 million, seven-storey residential and retail development along St Quentin Avenue in Claremont, almost a decade after the developers bought the site.
Lifestyle villages are hot property thanks to a booming market and an ageing population wishing to sell up and settle in to a village with a difference.
The state government’s announcement of a new state-wide land and redevelopment agency is welcome news for those in the industry who believe local governments have stifled development in parts of Western Australia.
Another prime mixed-use lot has been released to tender in Midland amid a booming commercial and residential property market in Perth’s north-eastern corridor.
