Property

An emerging property development model could help refresh more dilapidated apartment buildings around Perth.

Confidence in Western Australia’s property market has risen to its highest level in recent years, according to the latest Property Council of Australia survey.

Mustera Property Group has announced plans to launch its $88 million Forbes Residences project in Applecross to the market in January 2021.

A proposal for purpose-built student accommodation near Curtin University is one of the latest to be submitted under the State Development Assessment Unit.

Perth’s residential rental vacancy rate has hit a record low, while new home sales across the country have reached a decade high.

The updated WA ‘rich list’ shows the state’s iron ore magnates are moving far ahead of people who made their money in other industries.

One of the state’s most successful property developers could have chosen a career in the rag trade.

The 229-room DoubleTree by Hilton Perth Waterfront has welcomed its first guests today, the latest project of several Hilton hotels under way or in the pipeline for Western Australia.

The Australian Apartment Advocacy hopes its new education kit can better inform buyers and owners but also hold developers accountable for poor-quality apartments.

A site fronting Middleton Beach in Albany has been sold to a consortium that plans to develop a four-star plus hotel featuring up to 100 rooms.

New experiential retail, residential and commercial offerings are part of Perron Group’s plan to shape a new town centre for Cockburn.

Unios has reimagined the industrial workspace at its new two-storey headquarters in Gnangara.

A shortage of rental stock has emphasised the role build-to-rent property developments could play in housing supply.

The board of The Agency Group has urged shareholders to ignore a proposal by an entity associated with the real estate company's ex-director and major shareholder.

Property group Hesperia has appointed PACT Construction as the building partner for its $65 million Victoria House project in Shenton Park.

Gary Dempsey Developments has lodged plans for a nine-storey apartment project along Cottesloe’s popular Marine Parade strip.

After more than a decade at 235 St Georges Terrace, property group Hawaiian will shift to its new purpose-built CBD headquarters in early 2021.

The Housing Industry Forecasting Group has reviewed its dwelling commencement predictions for Western Australia to 18,500 dwellings across 2020-21.

OP Properties’ $20 million proposal to create a carbon-neutral apartment complex in Fremantle has been given the green light.

Claremont’s Bay View Terrace recorded a reduction in retail vacancies over the past 12 months, while vacancies along Oxford Street in Leederville climbed.

A six-storey mixed-use development featuring 27 apartments in Nedlands has been given the green light.

Within 18 months of signing a 15-year lease, WeWork has closed its Northbridge operations.

Perth house prices jumped 1.1 per cent last month and are selling at the fastest rate since 2006, new data released today shows.

Probuild has been named builder of the year and won the national high-rise apartment award for its Ritz Carlton development at the Master Builders Australia award night.

Georgiou Group has been appointed head contractor for Brightwater Care Group’s $40 million Inglewood complex, featuring an aged care facility, a research centre and a corporate head office.

The federal government has extended its HomeBuilder program, following the state government’s move to extend its own Building Bonus initiative.

The state government has opened public consultation for the state's draft medium-density housing policy and its associated codes.

Tax reform and a strategy to address the residential rental crisis are among the key initiatives the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA is canvassing the state government to consider as part of its election commitment.

Multinational investment bank HSBC will shift its Perth headquarters from 190 St Georges Terrace to the 43-storey QV1 tower.

Construction company Hanssen, earthworks contractor Screenwest and nickel miner First Quantum Minerals have each been fined in the past week over workplace safety breaches.

A survey of about 1,200 residents across Perth has revealed the majority either support or are open to the idea of medium-density developments.

Sentinel Real Estate has announced plans to build its third build-to-rent project in Australia, at 194 West Coast Highway in Scarborough.