Dan Wilkie

Western Australia-based building products distributor Retroflex Building Supplies has collapsed, owing creditors around $2.4 million.

Apartments developer Finbar Group says softer conditions in the Western Australian property sector have resulted in moderate pre-sales results at its new projects, after lodging a $6.3 million net

Property syndicator APiL says it only took a matter of days to raise the equity required to buy Ballajura Central shopping centre from Charter Hall REIT.

PHOTO ESSAY and MULTIMEDIA: A focus on sustainability and environmentally friendly fishing is proving a boon for WA seafood producers.

Two apartment projects on the outskirts of Northbridge have provided a window into the challenges facing developers in Perth’s multi-residential sector.

After nine years leading the WA division of UDIA, Debra Goostrey has decided it’s time for some fresh influence.

Western Australian MP Ian Goodenough has called for a ministerial review into the federal government’s tightening of offshore investment regulations, saying the policy change is having an unintended detrimental impact on property development.

The north-west coastal suburb of Alkimos is Perth’s best prospect for capital growth for property investors in 2016, according to research group Onthehouse.com.au.

Two weeks after Elizabeth Quay was opened to the public, construction trucks are coming back to Barrack Square, with work to begin on SKS Group’s DoubleTree by Hilton hotel next month.

National developer Stockland is expecting another year of solid growth after booking a 50 per cent rise in net profit for the first half of the 2016 financial year, but it’s not likely any of that

Global investment giant Credit Suisse has added a Perth office tower to its portfolio, buying 190 St Georges Terrace for $64.2 million.

Perth's office vacancy rate is nudging 20 per cent but demand is turning to the positive side, according to the Property Council of Australia.

Apartment developer Finbar Group has won approval to go ahead with its third major new project in South Perth, amid continuing debate over the appropriateness of high-density projects for the subur

International hotel group Sheraton is plotting a return to Perth, with plans lodged to build a new hotel on The New Esplanade Hotel site in the CBD.

Salitage Winery in Pemberton has been sold to an unnamed local investor for $2.85 million after more than three years on the market.

SPECIAL REPORT: Slowing population growth and a stalling economy are producing significant headwinds in the residential land sector.

Feral Brewing Company has been knocked off the top spot of a poll of Australia’s 100 best craft beers for the first time in five years, with the Swan Valley-based brewery’s Hop Hog named by punters

Property experts have flagged the possibility of a market revival in 2016, warning buyers not to be passive and wait until prices bottom out.

It wasn’t that long ago that a 30-storey apartment proposal was considered a bit of a stretch in Perth, but a spate of new projects is changing that.

Woolworths is understood to have finalised a deal to open a new supermarket in the southern suburb of Coolbellup, which will underpin a $65 million apartment development at the former Coolbellup Hotel site.

Apartment development at the northern gateway to Fremantle is gathering momentum, with listed player Mustera Property Group joining the fray, more progress for projects along Queen Victoria Street, and a $20 million, 71-apartment development application being lodged for a project on Beach Street.

Architecture firm Woods Bagot will shift its Perth studio to the Palace Hotel on St Georges Terrace in May, after overseeing a comprehensive restoration of the historic building that will also inco

The cities may be on the opposite sides of the globe, but it seems like Perth and Houston are a lot closer these days.

SPECIAL REPORT: Up to 5,000 delegates from more than 60 countries will descend on Perth in a few months for the 18th International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas.

Aldi remains on track to open its first Western Australian supermarkets by the middle of the year, ramping up its recruitment drive while construction is under way on 14 stores.

Another major player has jumped into Perth’s hotels boom, as competition to deliver new lodgings goes into overdrive.

Liquidators have been called in to recover what they can from the assets of Scho Homes, with the builder’s collapse expected to put more pressure on Western Australia’s homebuilding insurance scheme.

One of Australia’s most-recognisable hospitality operators is expanding west, with up to three Ettamogah-branded venues in the works in Western Australia.

Fewer food operators were convicted for unsanitary and unsafe practices in 2015 than in the previous 12 months, but there were still nearly $240,000 in fines handed out to 16 venues across the city this year.

AMP Capital says it will kick off construction in 2017 on a $400 million redevelopment of Garden City Booragoon, following the proposal receiving planning approval.

Perth Airport is on the lookout for a new chief executive, with Brad Geatches to step down in the middle of next year after nine years in the role.

The Shire of Kalamunda has moved to facilitate more infill development around transport infrastructure, but its proposed planning changes are restrictive and won’t achieve the desired results, according to a prominent industry player.