Central to a business’s decision to relocate or refurbish office premises is identifying future needs. Tracey Cook examines how businesses can approach this task to ensure new premises match up to their business model.
RECENT figures forecasting a 100 per cent increase in the vacancy level of top-end CBD properties in the next six months has been met with scepticism from within the Perth property industry.
One of the biggest capital expenditures for business is the cost of office premises. In this new series, Tracey Cook examines some of the issues that arise when a business is considering relocation or refurbishment of their premises.
Perth architects believe outdated planning regulations and draconian local authorities are stifling the growth of innovative residential architecture in our suburbs. Tracey Cook reports
PLANNING and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has called for a review of the residential design codes and flagged the adoption of a national approach to develop a sustainablity best practice assessment scorecard.
WESTERN Australia’s strata management industry could be set for big changes if key recommendations of a recently completed Government inquiry into the industry are adopted.
In this week’s look at demographic trends in WA, Tracey Cook details the inner-city market and barriers that have slowed the development of a true inner-city lifestyle.
WESTERN Australia is becoming increasingly attractive to eastern States property investors with the number of east-coast investors purchasing property in the local market doubling in the past 12 month
THE pick of the property industry’s rising stars will receive recognition for all their hard work and achievements at the 2003 Future Directions Young Achiever Awards to be launched next month.
In this week’s first part in a new series examining the demographic trends in WA, Tracey Cook looks at which Perth metropolitan suburbs and regional centres are performing and what is driving that growth.
CITY of Fremantle business attraction initiative, Fremantle Property Bank – an online database of commercial property available in the city’s CBD precinct – is experiencing initial success since its l
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.
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.
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 Association.
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.
