Dan Wilkie

National builders John Holland and Probuild are embracing new strategies to enhance their standing in the WA construction market.

Community consternation over WA's planning and approvals system for big projects is looming as a key state election issue.

One of Perth's newest office precincts is in line to get a fresh face, with Charter Hall seeking to build a second tower at Raine Square, part of a $150 million redevelopment plan.

LandCorp has released design guidelines for the redevelopment of Bassendean Oval, flagging development of up to eight storeys around the Swan Districts Football Club home ground.

The rejection by planning authorities of a 44-storey apartment proposal on Mill Point Road in South Perth is unlikely to be the last word in the battle over the contentious project.

Cedar Woods Properties has won its second big job for South Australian government agency Renewal SA, having been appointed to redevelop 40 hectares of land at Port Adelaide.

Building will start next year on a $600 million redevelopment of Karrinyup Shopping Centre, with construction giant Brookfield Multiplex adding the big ticket job to its portfolio of works.

In this Business News podcast Dan Wilkie and Mark Beyer discuss Total Shareholder Returns, the federal election, Western Power, Port Hedland development, Perth tech startups and WA property.

Quest Serviced Apartments is continuing its aggressive march on Perth, anchoring a hotel and new retail development at the Millstream Arcade in South Perth.

Fresh evidence of post mining boom malaise in Western Australia's property sector has emerged, with listed mortgage provider Australian Finance Group reporting a 13.4 per cent fall in the number of home loans in WA over the 2016 financial year.

Chinese property developer and investment group Zone Q Investments has added a CBD office tower to its growing Perth portfolio, buying Westralia Plaza for $87 million.

WESTERN Australian property players are ramping up the rhetoric on negative gearing, warning that investors in this state would be among the hardest hit if tax breaks for making a loss on an invest

SPECIAL REPORT: International players with big balance sheets are set to change the dynamics of Perth's apartment market.

SPECIAL REPORT: Developers are banking on a change in sentiment later this year in Perth's challenging apartments market.

The cities of Armadale and Cockburn are renewing a push for federal funding of a $160 million new bridge linking Armadale and North Lake roads, with local jobs and a near-$300 million expansion of Cockburn Gateway Shopping Centre hinging on the commitment.

Landowners are capitalising on developer interest in the City of Melville, with neighbours joining forces to amalgamate lots and create medium-density residential opportunities close to Garden City Booragoon.

St John Ambulance WA will open a new training facility in the CBD, after signing a three-year lease on a Milligan Street property.

Aldi has opened its first four Perth stores to much fanfare across the city, ending a three-year-plus wait for the German supermarket chain to touch down in Western Australia.

More checks and balances are needed to ensure sub-contractors on government jobs are getting paid, according to a report released today by Auditor-General Colin Murphy.

Perth-based boutique investment and development firm, GM Property Group, has made its fourth interstate asset acquisition in the last 12 months, buying an industrial property in Sydney's Blacktown

French hospitality education and training group Le Cordon Bleu has added a school in Perth to its list of more than 50 locations worldwide – the latest in a growing number of international groups bringing Western Australia's entertainment and tourism offerings to a global audience.

Tenants willing to shift from the suburbs to the city are emerging as rare winners in Perth's patchy commercial property market.

A Perth-based software and technology firm has developed what it believes is the city's greenest office, both literally and figuratively.

One of the state's top architects says the collective approach to higher-density living in Perth needs to change.

More overseas tourists came to Western Australia in the year ending March 31 than in the previous 12 months, but they spent less cash, according to new data.

A University of Western Australia-backed plan to build a major student accommodation facility in Perth's CBD has made major progress, with a Stirling Street proposal by developer Stirling Capital getting the nod from planning authorities.

Western Australia's top tourism lobby group says the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre needs to grow by at least 60 per cent, otherwise the state risks falling behind its eastern counterparts

The prospects of a Perth consumer newspaper monopoly are firming, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission preparing to review a tie-up between The West Australian and The Sunday Times.

The state's residential building sector is in line for the biggest single-year decline in building activity in its history.

A Pilbara-focused real estate agency in Victoria Park has had a supervisor appointed to its financial operations and will be wound up under orders from the Department of Consumer Protection.

The Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority has been forced to reassess its development strategy for the remaining lots of the Perth City Link, with a long-term agreement with Mirvac Group terminated today.

Boutique developer Baltinas Made has responded to demand for larger apartments at its latest Mount Street development, giving buyers the opportunity to custom-build dwellings.