Property

Researchers have warned 10,000 Australian workers could develop lung cancer from silica dust, mostly males, from industries including mining and construction.

The fine dining institution’s head chef has agreed to purchase the business for less than $400,000, but the show will go on for Clyde Bevan.

The WA property investment group plans to develop a 25,000sqm logistics facility at the Welshpool site.

Liontown Resources chair Tim Goyder has paid $17 million for a home overlooking the water in Peppermint Grove.

Greens MP Brad Pettitt has lashed the state government for its utility’s “opaque” South Fremantle Power Station sale process, amid news the buyer could be media mogul Kerry Stokes.

Survey results from Property Council members found Western Australia reported the highest confidence in the property industry compared to the rest of the country.

Several leading girls’ schools are buying tracts of land in the South West with backing from their foundations.

Apartment developer Finbar Group has forecast a net profit of $11 million for the financial year, which would be a 15 per cent increase from the previous period.

Roger Cook has conceded the state government may have changed tack on infrastructure spend had it had the benefit of hindsight.

Retirement home operator Arcadia Waters has purchased the 194-unit Lattitude Lakelands village for close to $5.5 million.

Rental demand in Perth continue to rise but with vacancy rates plummeting, experts say more investors are needed to increase supply.

Vulcan Engineering bought the 1.5-hectare asset from a Queensland glass and aluminium manufacturer.

WA building companies are learning from the collapse of competitors over the past 12 months.

Hancock Prospecting has paid what is believed to be a record price for the six-storey building currently occupied by Santos.

Border-related labour shortages, government stimulus, persistent supply chain issues and a lengthy construction pipeline have made Perth the most expensive place to build in the country.

A $40 million plan to expand an aged care facility and make use of a vacant prominent street corner in Maylands has been given the green light.

An application has been lodged to increase the height and number of apartments of a development on the Chellingworth Motors site in Nedlands.

Fremantle’s Silverleaf Investments bought the eight-storey building at 186 St Georges Terrace for $16.1 million.

An 11,170-hectare parcel of land that belonged to Texan entrepreneur Joseph Matthews has sold to VIMG for about $40 million.

A former contractor of a failed Pindan entity has been brought out of liquidation to allow the construction company to pursue an insurance payout over alleged building defects.

An attempt to revive a rejected 18-storey office building proposal opposite Crown Towers has failed.

Optic Property will focus on off-the-plan project sales, and area director Luke Parker says there’s a shortage of it in WA.

The redesign of a Spanish Mission-style home in Cottesloe has earned national recognition.

Perth’s median home values defied the national trend to increase by 0.4 per cent to $558,000 in June.

Apartment sales in Perth seem to remain strong as developer Blackburne boasts only three vacant penthouses out of its 236 apartments at its One Subiaco development.

Recent data from Cushman & Wakefield shows demand for Perth’s office space was the highest in the country over the past 18 months.

Adrian Fini and Ben Lisle-led Hesperia is proposing an apartment development for the East Perth site.

A scaled back version of a $22 million development in Dunsborough has been approved after a tribunal ordered a reconsideration.

Sneakers & Jeans Hospitality Group owner Andy Freeman has said businesses like his can’t be sole trailblazers in cultivating a night-time economy in Perth’s CBD.

DevelopmentWA has admitted the development did not work as planned, but is working to rectify the issues.

A $400 million plan to develop an apartment complex at the former Perth Girls School site has been approved by the state government.

The Andrew and Nicola Forrest-led property group is planning a hotel for Fremantle’s historic Spicers building site.