City of Swan

Startup hub The Growth Box has shut its doors in recent weeks, less than a year after opening, with project proponent the Malaga & Districts Business Association facing an uncertain future after 26 years in operation.

Local Government Minister David Templeman today named Andrew Hammond as City of Perth's new chair comissioner, replacing outgoing chair Eric Lumsden.

The City of Swan’s urban regeneration efforts have attracted a growing round of investment in Midland’s town centre.

National trucking giant Linfox is providing a major test for the validity and robustness of local government policies requiring developers to contribute to public art to win approval for major projects.

Public art plays a key role in efforts to increase vibrancy and liveability across Perth, with developers willing to contribute if it makes sense for their projects.

The late Eric Lumsden, Jahna Cedar and Christine Simpson Stokes are among 76 prominent Western Australians to be awarded Australia Day honours this year.

WA’s population is projected to reach at least 3.6 million in the next half century, bringing the promise of new opportunities and looming challenges to the city’s economically, culturally and geographically diverse exurban and outer-suburban communities.

Perth achieved 3,322 new lot sales during the June 2020 quarter – the most land sales the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA has ever recorded for a quarter.

A $190 million plan to transform Midland’s CBD is beginning to take shape, with a key component of the Midland Oval Redevelopment Precinct given the green light.

A State Recovery Coordination Group has been established to help people impacted by last week's devastating bushfire in Perth's north-east.

More than 10,000 new lots were sold during the 2020 calendar year, nearly double the number of sales compared with 2019, according to the Urban Development Institute of Australia.

BCG’s Brikmakers has achieved a win in the state’s Administrative Tribunal this week, after it overruled the refusal of the company's proposed clay extraction operation in Upper Swan.

Where will dozens of departing members of state parliament find themselves in the months ahead?

WBHO Infrastructure and Decmil Group have been contracted to complete upgrades at two major highways in Perth.

Just four councils received half of all complaints lodged with the state’s local government standards panel in the year to June, with Melville accounting for a fifth of all complaints made in that time.

The City of Swan’s tender review committee is standing by its decision to list Perkins as the preferred tenderer for Ellenbrook’s $58 million Leisure Centre, despite a call for it to be revoked.

Perth-based transport company CTI Xpress has lodged plans to build a $15 million depot and office building in Perth’s east, a proposal which has received the support of the City of Swan.

Perth-based business NewCo Mills has lost its bid to have the refusal of its $24.7 million Bullsbrook stock feed grain mill plan reviewed.

Foodservice distributor Bidfood has lodged plans to build a new $16.5 million warehouse in Malaga to support its growing operations in the Perth metropolitan area.

The state government has been criticised for continuing to approve a large number of section 18 applications under the Aboriginal Heritage Act – the same mechanism that led to the Juukan Gorge controversy.

Varsity Group is eyeing a Midland site for its next expansion following the opening of its Innaloo store in coming months.

NewCo Mills is getting a second crack at building its proposed $24.7 million stock feed grain mill in Bullsbrook through the state’s expedited development pathway.

The reassessment of a proposed new bridge over the Helena River near Midland will represent a rare win for local traditional owners regarding heritage concerns.

New residential land sales have dropped 17 per cent in the last quarter and 4.6 per cent this financial year, Urban Development Institute of Australia figures reveal.

Poultry production company Inghams Group is proposing to build a $30.4 million warehouse on a 69,000 square metre site in Hazelmere.

More than 600 hectares of land in North Ellenbrook has recently been assessed as potential future development plans loom for the area.

Plans for a mid-tier public transport network connecting infill suburbs is gaining traction with industry.

East coast industrial developers have set their eyes on Perth’s eastern suburbs following $34 million worth of warehouses recently approved to be built in Hazelmere.

A major revamp for Bullsbrook is on the cards with supermarket giant Woolworths having signed up to build an $18 million development.

The state government has stepped in to hasten development of a stalled multi-million-dollar leisure and aquatic centre project in Ellenbrook.

Senior journalist Claire Tyrrell talks about how worker demands are driving an uptick in flexible workspaces.

Aspirations to build aquatic centres in the Perth metropolitan area struggle to stay afloat with a proposed South Perth pool now dead in the water.

A state government panel has received almost 100 complaints about WA councils in the past financial year, with about a fifth coming from one western suburbs council.

Plans to establish a children’s mental health and wellbeing centre in the City of Swan are under way, with the Mental Health Commission seeking out a service provider for the job.