Dan Wilkie

After 10 years of limited development, Perth’s major shopping centres are expanding and evolving.

Retailers are increasingly trying to find a balance between having an online presence and getting shoppers through the door of traditional stores.

More Western Australians think it is a good time to buy property than in any other state in Australia, but sandgropers remain increasingly pessimistic regarding the prospects of capital growth, according to new research.

The state government has been urged to take a whole-of-state approach to infrastructure planning after it emerged a new tax was being considered to help develop roads, railways and other major projects in regional areas.

Brookfield Multiplex has been given the inside run on two development sites at Elizabeth Quay, after the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority selected the building giant from a large field of developers for exclusive negotiations over the sites.

New figures suggest Western Australia’s first-time home buyers could be dropping off, in the wake of changes to the government’s incentives scheme.

Old enemies East and South Fremantle could soon share the same home ground, with the City of Fremantle set to consider a redevelopment funding proposal at Fremantle Oval.

Colliers International has sold more than $50 million in retail property to date in 2014, with Northbridge’s Tyne Square the latest asset to change hands in a deal brokered by the commercial agency.

The eastern edge of Northbridge is emerging as Perth’s next hotspot for apartment development with four new projects proposing more than 600 dwellings or hotel rooms seeking approval.

Affordable city office space is proving to be alluring for some suburban tenants.

Residential sales in the north-west took a major hit for the year to June 30, as regional markets across the state delivered mixed results.

An affordable housing development in Fremantle is no longer certain to proceed due to the federal government’s scrapping of the National Rental Affordability Scheme.

Boutique firm Roxby Architects has built a reputation as a retail specialist, but a recent award win for a commercial office project shows Adam and Michael Roxby’s business has developed more strings to its bow.

Charter Hall Group and hospitality industry super fund Hostplus have acquired 54 pubs and liquor stores from ALH Group, including the Hyde Park Hotel and the Dunsborough Tavern among several from Western Australia, in a sale and lease-back deal worth more than $600 million.

Static home values are making residential real estate a tricky proposition for investors.

Revised plans for a $50 million revamp of Innaloo Cinema Centre include an Aldi discount supermarket and restaurant, small bar and other hospitality tenancies in the place of a bowling alley previo

A contentious $30 million, 125-apartment plan at the old bottleyard site on Palmerston Street on the outskirts of Northbridge is set to get the green light from the Metropolitan West Development As

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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.

KeepSafe Storage is beefing up its offering, recently beginning construction of an $8.5 million facility in O’Connor and unveiling plans for a $9.5 million development in Balcatta.

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.