Catie Low

THERE is strong speculation that another ownership change at Allendale Square is close at hand, less than six months after Cape Bouvard Investments bought half of the building for $45 million.

BURSWOOD and Mirvac Fini announced the signing of a joint venture agreement this week for the redevelopment of the former Swan Portland site adjacent to the Burswood International Resort Casino.

A TOUGH advertising market has prompted MJB&B to shed its e-marketing arm, Livewire, rather than commit any more serious investment in a volatile market.

THE Office of Road Safety has called for tenders for its $6 million advertising account.

Augusta-Margaret River’s director of development services, a key player in the shire’s planning department, has left the embattled shire.

FROM ancient Rome to Sydney, the pattern of a city’s urban expansion runs parallel to the development of major new infrastructure, principally its transport links.

THE Law Society is on the move after selling its building at 33 Barrack Street.The society will relocate to 89 St Georges Terrace, with major changes in store for the staff, who will have to adjust to life in a very new office environment.

A JOINT venture between the Daily Mail Group and Australian Radio Network bought Perth’s newest commercial radio licence this week for just $25 million, a price well below market expectations.

THE Department of Education is seeking up to 4,500 square metres in three different locations around Perth as some operations move out of the city and into the suburbs.

THE evolutionary process towards sustainable housing is still a pitifully slow-moving beast, hobbled by the familiar tug-of-war between money and the environment.

AN all-expenses-paid trip and an invitation to look over an investment property sounds like a deal that’s too good to be true.And, sadly for a number of investors in the property market, such offers usually are just that.

THE debate over genetically modified food is set to deliver a new weapon to the food marketing arsenal.

A SPECIAL meeting of the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River has resulted in a decision to take the thorny Gnarabup development issue out of the hands of the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River staff.

THE party looks like it’s finally over for one of Perth’s best loved student drinking haunts (below left).

OUR aging population is creating some new challenges in the workforce as recruiters and human resource managers grapple with what is becoming a significant concern.

BOUYED by the success of Vat 107 in Margaret River, a new restaurant is under construction a little further north.

WHILE the Year of the Outback may have got off to a slow start, plans for a rodeo in the city are expected to raise the profile of the rural regions and those who live there.

WHILE uncertainty has fuelled investment in property over the past 12 months, a limited supply of good product is affecting how individuals invest in property.

QUESTIONS have been raised about the short-term future of the WA economy if a predicted fall in building and property sector activity eventuates.

EAST Perth’s Urban Village has been returned to the control of the city council and the State Government following a special ceremony in Northbridge this week.

WIGS and pin stipes will replace the big red trucks and wailing sirens at Perth’s fire station if a proposed new legal precinct goes ahead.

A CHANGE to police policy has put the media on notice with regard to the naming of alleged offenders.The policy change means the name of an alleged offender can no longer be published in the media before their first appearance in court.

A DEAL struck between Perth Radiological Clinic and national healthcare group DCA Group should be settled in the next month, adding a new player to the I-Med network.

THE Augusta-Margaret River Shire is at the centre of another bitter fracas as tourism and viticulture compete for land use in the South West.

THE State’s robust wine industry has provided some exciting opportunities for the local design industry.

THE developers will just have to wait … Campbell Barracks is not on the market.The Department of Defence has scotched rumours about a new SAS base in South Australia, claiming there are no plans to move the SAS or sell off Campbell Barracks.

TWO workshops to be held in Perth next week will ultimately contribute to a world summit on sustainability in Johannesburg in September.

PLANNING and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has failed to cool community concerns regarding development on coastal land in Gnarabup.

GOOD service is not just a useful marketing tool, with statistics from a national survey suggesting service also pays.

MAJOR development plans for Gracetown have been scuttled following a visit from the Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan.

A SCALED-DOWN Australian Defence Force has delivered some spectacular land sales to the national market, as the military offloads some of its most valuable, and under-utilised, assets.

CONSTRUCTION is nearing completion on the Giorgi Group’s commercial development on the former Rainbow Signs site in West Perth.