Property

TWO new contracts, worth a total of $4.1 million, have been awarded for a 39-unit chalet park and a new footbridge at Mandurah’s $58 million Ocean Marina development project.

OSBORNE Park’s traditional manufacturing tenants are being lured out of the suburb by Malaga’s inexpensive and easily attainable land.

ACUTE land supply shortages, stamp duty, fees, taxes charge and the GST have sent home prices out of the reach for many first home buyers, according to the Housing Industry Associ

BUSINESSES of all persuasions often take the opportunity to recreate or smarten-up their image when relocating pre-mises. Freehills is one business to make great use of its recent move to QV1, creating a statement with its office fit-out.

Boston Gardens on the Park, Technology Park, 16 Brodie Hall Drive, Bentley

THE majority of industry analysts in Perth have diagnosed a ‘lacklustre’ short-term outlook for commercial office development in the CBD.

THE group behind the $35 million Kelmscott Central Shopping Centre redevelopment project has won the first round in its appeal against the City of Armadale and the WA Planning Commission.

Tracey Cook this week meets the new president of the Property Council of WA and finds out how the organisation hopes to tackle the problems faced by property owners and developers.

We publish a selection of leasing sites available, as well as who is moving premises and who is looking to do so.

HARVEY Norman and Pivot Group have bought the first land parcel in the Midland Redevelopment Authority area.

NEARLY 20-years-old, the City of Perth City Planning Scheme is outdated, legally complex and causing problems for both council and the development industry.

Burswood Court, 141 Burswood Road, Victoria Park. Modern two-level office building with rear semi-undercover car bays. Space available: Lvl 1 – 210 sqm; and GF – 257 sqm.

BABY boomers are leading the charge out of the suburbs looking for lifestyle change and with another two-thirds of the baby boomers still to push past 48, lifestyle property development is the industry to be in.

DELAYS in the Town Planning Appeals Tribunal process have long been the bugbear of the development industry, however, the appeals tribunal has recently undergone fundamental changes and it appears protracted delays may become a thing of the past.

WITH less than three weeks to the implementation of the Western Australian Government’s energy efficiency housing rating scheme on July 1 the construction industry is bracing itself for significant delays in building application approvals.

In the first of six-part series on commercial development Tracey Cook investigates the Government’s new tendering policy.

Chancery House, 37 St Georges Terrace, Perth

In the final part of the development series Tracey Cook examines some of the methods used across residential, retail and commercial markets to find tenants or owners for new developments.

We publish a selection of leasing sites available, as well as who is moving premises and who is looking to do so.

Development is a risky business. In part seven, Tracey Cook looks at some of the pitfalls developers should be on the look out for.

The Atrium, 168 St Georges Terrace Grade A. Refurbished 2002 offering efficient and large floor plates. Bonus theatrette and squash courts.

In part six of an eight-part series on development, Tracey Cook explores what tools are used in the industry to manage the inevitable risk that comes with development projects.

IMAGINE a building material that has all the strength of cement but weighs 25 per cent less and is waterproof, heat resistant and chemical resistant.

140 St Georges Tce Perth Grade A. 28 floors office space. Currently undergoing a $34 million building refurbishment.

THE Royal Australian Institute of Architects WA chapter has successfully convinced the Commonwealth Government to designate 2004 as the Year of the Built Environment.

PROPERTY Council executive director Joe Lenzo has criticised the State Government for relying on a high number of property transactions to fund essential services.

With over 65s likely to represent 22 per cent of Western Australia’s population by the year 2031, retirement village development is a rapidly expanding industry, as Tracey Cook reports.

In this week’s report on development Tracey Cook looks at pre-commitment.

WESTERN Australia’s system of ministerial planning appeals has ended and a more transparent and accountable system has been implemented.

Driven by different economic factors, investment into commercial and residential developments tends to follow a cyclical pattern.

A PRIME Fremantle property situated on the corner of Queen and Cantonment streets will be auctioned on June 4 2003.

AFTER years of lacklustre growth and playing second fiddle to southern regional centres, the Mid-West regional city of Geraldton is experiencing a change in fortunes. And investors are beginning to take note.