Dan Wilkie

Perth's first 7-Eleven convenience store is set to be located in the inner city, with a development application lodged for fit-out and signage at the McNess Royal Arcade in the Hay Street Mall.

Perth-based mobile application developer Applabs Technologies is looking to spin-off its recently launched HomeOpen app into its own company, to facilitate an Australia-wide rollout.

The state’s largest not-for-profit housing provider is looking to shake up the sector with a bold new funding model.

Developers are still rolling out significant new apartment projects across the metropolitan area, despite statistics showing multi-unit dwelling sales decreasing steadily as more supply comes to market.

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Western Australia's credit rating, providing yet another blow to the state's budget woes.

Eighteen months on from its acquisition of Perth-based law firm Middletons, US-based law practice K&L Gates says its expectations for the tie-up have been exceeded.

Chinese developer JiaHe Jian Group has launched its first Western Australian project – a $100 million, two-tower office and residential development overlooking the zoo in South Perth.

Civil contracting and mining services firm NRW Holdings’ profit has plunged 40 per cent, with the company hit by challenging markets in the coal and iron ore sectors.

BHP Billiton has lifted its full-year profit by 23 per cent, while at the same time confirming it will spin-off its aluminium, coal, manganese and silver assets into a new company, which is set to be headquartered in Perth.

The proposed rail link to Perth Airport is anticipated to drive business development in the eastern suburbs.

A proposal to limit medium-density housing has not been well received by the residential development industry.

It’s been a long time coming, but the newest of the 37 brewpubs and breweries on our fledgling microbreweries list, Northbridge Brewing Company, is finally pouring pints and proprietor Michael Keiller says the timing could not be better to establish an inner-city venture like his.

Hay Street’s Criterion Hotel has been bought by a private Singaporean property investment group for $16.5 million.

The state government has streamlined the planning approvals process, rolling out consistent regulations across local governments, introducing online application systems, and removing the requirement for single homes that meet R-Code regulations to have to go through the planning approvals process.

A southern region MP has lashed out at state government bureaucracy due to the scrapping of the Department of Housing’s 3,000-hectare Keralup land development.

Rents are down and incentives are up as Perth’s office market swings in favour of tenants.

Construction and building services firm CPD Group has finished building a $4 million dual-purpose health centre in Carnarvon, seven weeks ahead of schedule.

Western Australia is increasingly on the radar of Chinese property investors, with commercial agents and developers hoping to replicate the success of their Sydney and Melbourne counterparts in sourcing significant capital from this cashed-up cohort.

The business banking sector is shrinking in Perth, with falling staff levels and bank branch closures the latest signs of a cooling Western Australian economy.

Real Estate Institute of Western Australia president David Airey says local government authorities have lost sight of the big picture in planning and approvals reform, and amalgamation of councils will only exacerbate the issues.

Perth-based developer Twin Ocean Group has launched two major projects in Brisbane with a combined end-value of $300 million, with the developments largely funded by a network of Western Australian high net-worth investors.

An application has been lodged with the City of Perth to amend the design of the office component of the much-awaited Capital Square development, the latest sign of progress at the old Emu Brewery site.

There's plenty of industry confidence in the growth in apartment living, despite some concerns about the short-term outlook.

Construction is about to begin on a $30 million revamp of St Thomas More College, the third major recent addition of student accommodation at the University of Western Australia.

Balcatta-based Sirius Resources has announced a $189 million capital raising to help develop its Nova nickel project near Norseman.

Recently-listed mobile telco venture, ZipTel, is set to announce a pre-paid sim card distribution agreement with international travel agency Trafalgar Tours.

Georgiou Group has taken a proactive approach to avoid the slated increase in landfill levies, by recycling more than 90 per cent of the waste produced on its building sites

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Recently-listed Perth-based education provider iCollege will today launch a portfolio of 26 online courses, seven weeks ahead of schedule.