Dan Wilkie

Building Commission head Peter Gow has called for more checks and balances in Western Australia’s housing construction sector to ensure there is no repeat of the collapse of Capital Works Constructions.

Fresh from unveiling a $7.3 million revamp of Broome’s Mangrove Hotel, hotelier Prendiville Group is turning its attention to a redevelopment of the Tradewinds Hotel in Fremantle to keep up with ne

Western Australia’s neighbourhood shopping centres are among the standout performers for retail asset sales across Australia, with six transactions this year totalling at least $112 million.

As one $85.7 million project hits its final stages of construction, another begins to come out of the ground; such is the life of Perth’s leading apartments developer, Finbar Group.

Two new co-working spaces are coming to St Georges Terrace, with Liberty Executive Offices establishing a space designed for professionals and St George Bank offering free space to small businesses.

Pessimism in Perth’s commercial property sector and the alarming office vacancy rate won’t stop development at Elizabeth Quay, according to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority.

Contractor Central Systems, which is best known for its civil construction works, has taken on the work in progress of collapsed builder Capital Works Constructions.

The $70 million redevelopment of Cloisters Square is complete, with the opening of heralded American-style steak restaurant Chophouse the culmination of a three-year transformation that has repositioned the property from an ageing building to a go-to destination.

RESIDENTIAL investment adviser Momentum Wealth is broadening its offering, unveiling a merger agreement with long-standing commercial real estate agency Mair & Co.

Michael Wright’s Voyager Estate winery is looking to upgrade its Perth office, with a $5 million proposal in Cottesloe in the planning pipeline.

CBD hotel owners are mobilising plans to ensure their properties remain competitive with the flood of new builds coming to market, with nearly $50 million in redevelopment applications across three

Western Australia’s housing indemnity insurance scheme has been exposed by the collapse of two Perth-based builders, with the state government facing a $12 million cost and a rise in building insurance premiums expected as a result.

Developer Golden Group and the Town of Victoria Park are making significant progress at Belmont Park, taking steps towards marketing the first apartments at the racecourse by late this year or early next year.

Developers are expected to compete strongly for a prime slice of riverfront land in East Fremantle, with the federal government putting the Leeuwin Barracks up for sale.

Developers are meeting the state government’s goals for high-density residential projects around major transport routes and infrastructure, new research has revealed.

A Prominent Perth real estate agent has predicted it will soon take significantly longer than two months to sell a house in the metropolitan area as listings continue to rise, sparking greater competition among sellers.

Developers are bringing the main street back to the suburbs by integrating them, as well as housing, into new shopping centre builds.

Complaints against builder Capital Works Constructions, which collapsed this month owing $8.5 million, date back to at least 2013, with the first of dozens of formal grievances lodged with the indu

Perth’s Ritz-Carlton hotel is a step closer to being built, with the City of Perth approving it, along with two mammoth apartment towers at Kings Square, overnight.

A mix of tenants are moving into CBD space vacated by resources companies.

A $25 million apartment project near the Cottesloe Civic Centre has won approval to go ahead, despite objections from the local council.

Builders have been invited to bid for the upcoming and current work of collapsed home builder Capital Works Constructions, in the wake of the company calling in administrators last week.

Rio Tinto’s logo will soon be installed on the highest vantage point in Perth’s CBD, a move that suggests the mining giant intends to remain at its current office accommodation and not seek to anchor a new building.

Bunnings’ Perth-based property development and investment arm has sold off two of its Victorian assets, one a multi-tenanted industrial property in Blackburn and the other a previous Bunnings store

BIGGER is not necessarily better in Perth’s burgeoning apartments market, with new research showing buyers prefer smaller buildings to high-rise projects.

VIETNAMESE street food franchise Rolld has joined the rush of eastern states operators moving to Perth, opening its first Western Australian store at Cloisters Arcade in the CBD last week.

Supermarket giant Aldi is facing headwinds on its plan to acquire and demolish the Hilton Fresh shopping centre and construct one of its own supermarkets on the site, with local residents and the City of Fremantle raising concerns over the design of the proposal.

Home building companies Freelife Homes and Visionaire Homes, both divisions of Capital Works Constructions, have been placed into voluntarily administration, leaving more than 300 customers unsure

Finbar Group is confident it will start building its $380 million Civic Heart project in South Perth later this year, after the massive apartment development received planning approval to proceed y

Landlords of Perth CBD’s older buildings are upgrading their facilities to keep pace with new builds.

Two local firms are using drone technology to reduce the cost of mine surveying and environmental assessments.

Western Australia’s home-building sector may be set to break all-time records in the 2014-15 financial year but the booming conditions aren’t likely to last, with a significant slowdown predicted over the next two years.