Dan Wilkie

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.

Energy analytics firm Greensense is set to be acquired by Brisbane-based energy provider ERM Power in an all-cash deal worth $5.25 million.

BGC Development has done the almost unthinkable in current office market conditions, finding an anchor tenant for its under-construction building at 25 Rowe Avenue in Rivervale despite widespread c

Property syndicator Primewest has added to its retail portfolio, buying a homemaker centre in Brisbane for $34.75 million.

LandCorp is close to releasing prime land in the inner western suburbs, with its Shenton Park Hospital site one of 30 redevelopment opportunities across the state expected to deliver more than 14,000 homes.

Alternative construction techniques are gathering momentum in Western Australia, but not all builders are convinced that double brick’s dominance is about to end.

Challenging conditions loom for homebuilders in WA, as demand for new housing slows after record-breaking peaks of activity last year.

A long-running campaign to sell a 50 per cent stake in Exchange Tower is coming to a close, with property syndicator Primewest to pay $113.5 million for half of the CBD skyscraper.

Woodside Petroleum’s impending exit from its namesake office tower on St Georges Terrace has already affected the building’s value, with its owner, DEXUS Property Group, saying it was now worth $80

Perth-based construction contractor Doric has been appointed to deliver the showpiece public plaza at the Perth City Link, Yagan Square.

The number of residential lots created in November in Western Australia was the lowest monthly result in nearly four years, with state government agency Landgate also recording its lowest levels of monthly activity since the beginning of this year across every type of land transaction.

The recent approval for an estimated $450 million expansion of Westfield Whitford City has added to a long line of shopping centre redevelopments proposed in Perth, although ongoing economic uncertainty is casting doubt on how many will actually go ahead.

DEXUS Property Group has made a conditional, non-binding $2.5 billion cash and scrip bid to merge with the ASX-listed Investa Office Fund, which has a nationwide portfolio of assets that includes t

Houses in Perth are at their most affordable level since 2002, with less than 24 per cent of income required to meet loan repayments.