Catie Low

BALANCING the rewards of Perth’s resurgent apartment market with the risks of it growing too big too fast is a daily discipline for Paul Blackburne.

AFG spent close to $1 million preparing to list on the ASX in 2007, but held off as the financial storm clouds gathered on the horizon.

Perth’s apartment market has shifted up a gear with off-the-plan sales jumping on the back of interest rate reductions and the rental squeeze.

A tough retail market has shaped the mix of businesses proposed for a radical makeover of the Ace Cinema property in Subiaco.

THERE is a framed note hanging in Tri Suseno’s CBD office; it’s penned by legendary investor Warren Buffett and reads, ‘There’s no money like old money’.

When Erica Ormsby and her sister and fellow foodie Andrea Mason first talked about launching their own fine foods label it was always as the first step in realising their dream of running their own

The multi-million dollar bill for the Barnett government’s commitment to a slew of transformational projects in and around the city has dominated media coverage of these once-in-a-generation ventur

Veteran developer Luke Saraceni is looking beyond his legal and financial battles, lining up new projects for what he sees as the next ‘historic’ property boom.

Investor interest in Perth’s office market is set to intensify in the new year after city sales hit fresh highs in 2011 on a rapidly declining vacancy rate.

GLOBAL energy behemoth Shell plans to more than double its office footprint in the city as it ramps up its operation to support projects such as the $12.5 billion Prelude floating LNG plant.

THE heritage buildings at the base of Brookfield Multiplex’s imposing City Square office development are set to bustle with new life as work begins on transforming the long-neglected properties int

ANAECO chief Patrick Kedemos believes the waste industry is set to undergo a profound, technological shift in the next 20 years comparable to the rapid advances in telecommunications since the adve

WHILE the Barnett government deliberates over its waste policy, Phoenix Energy and local company New Energy are pushing ahead with plans to invest close to $1 billion in waste-to-energy plants in t

The waste sector is hopeful the state government will release a waste policy next year ending a policy vacuum in this essential service sector.

THE East Perth Redevelopment Authority’s veteran chief executive, Tony Morgan, is expected to lead the state government’s newly formed Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority (MRA) in the new year.

Helen Fitzroy this week earned official recognition for her work to ensure families that lose loved ones on mine sites are not abandoned to their grief.

John Bond says Primewest is targeting redevelopments in the city centre and Peppermint Grove.

GREENGROCER and gourmet providore The Herdsman has shut the doors of its city store just 14 months after launching the CBD outlet at the base of the one40william building.

Dian Aristia wanted a job with plenty of human interaction ... and found it with her sister at Infusion Coffee & Tea. Catie Low reports.

The imminent retirement of Lester Group founder Richard Lester will formally install a new generation of Lester men at the helm of the business but the brothers have already set a new course for th

NICK Bath can trace his enthusiasm for cheese back to the busy cheese counter at iconic department store Harrods in London’s upmarket Knightsbridge.

BIS Shrapnel provided some rare good news for the residential property sector this week when it forecast a rise in Perth housing prices and demand for new homes.

QUEENSLAND-BASED Breez Finance is targeting Western Australia’s fast-growing regional centres as it finalises plans to launch a new cooperative lender early next year.

LONG-TIME business partners Con Berbatis and George Atzemis are best known in property circles for their retail investments, but sluggish consumer spending has sharpened the pair’s focus on Perth’s

A RESURGENT Marketforce has prised the sought-after HBF account from rival agency Meerkats as the state’s biggest health insurer charts a new course for its business.

WHEN billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey launched a bid to get GST imposed on online purchases less than $1,000, he unwittingly provided a major publicity boost for internet shopping in Australia.&nb

WHEN the water-cooler talk turns to shopping, there are two big topics that no-one ever seems to tire of – online bargains and bad service.

WESTERN Australia’s super-charged resources sector has provided little protection for retailers battling to overcome sagging consumer sentiment and a shift from spending to saving.

Investment worth tens of millions of dollars has been slated for a number of Perth’s shopping centres as owners bank on a retail revival.

LINLEY Valley abattoir has shelved a $50 million expansion plan for its Wooroloo operation after failing in its Supreme Court bid to overturn an approval for a permanent park home on its boundary.

A FEDERAL government employee superannuation fund is understood to be circling SAS Trustee Corporation’s half share in the blue-chip QV1 office tower in Perth’s sought-after CBD.

A FEDERAL government employee superannuation fund is understood to be circling SAS Trustee Corporation’s half share in the blue-chip QV1 office tower in Perth’s sought-after CBD.