Dan Wilkie

Retail property in Subiaco is on the downswing, but the looming loss of football may not necessarily be the death-knell for Rokeby Road’s retail strip.

National development group Mirvac has been appointed to build the latest apartment projects at LandCorp’s Claremont on the Park.

Government policy is forcing a shift in thinking for shopping centre developers.

Construction of the $1.2 billion Perth Children’s Hospital in Nedlands has passed a significant milestone, with the final concrete for the building poured.

Developers are getting on board with the City of Melville’s vision for a redeveloped Canning Bridge precinct, ahead of changes to the area’s planning scheme expected to be finalised later this year.

Developer Sirona Capital’s mooted $30 million, 73-room Quest apartment hotel in the west end of Fremantle is the latest in more than $100 million worth of short-stay accommodation projects being planned for the port city.

Major redevelopment projects are transforming Perth’s CBD, but only one precinct seems to be attracting anchor tenants.

A hospitality industry veteran has brought a bit of LA glitz to Perth’s entertainment scene.

Collapsed engineering firm Forge Group’s old premises in West Perth have firmed as a likely landing spot for automotive parts buying group Capricorn Society, which is looking to consolidate its office requirements into one location.

The City of Fremantle’s push to revitalise its flagging retail scene is bearing fruit, with the first two recipients of the city’s new business-attraction incentive scheme set to take on long-term leases.

Western Australia-based builder Giorgi Exclusive Homes has been awarded the top prize at the Housing Institute of Australia’s national awards.

A Morley-based importer has enjoyed rapid growth on the back of consumers’ shift towards craft-brewed beer, but it hasn’t always been smooth sailing.

St Andrew’s Church on St Georges Terrace will remain closed for the foreseeable future due to structural issues, unless the Uniting Church can secure an anchor tenant for a planned 22-storey office tower.

Perth's industrial land sector is likely to experience a short-term supply shortage, with land values the most expensive in the nation and high construction costs affecting developers’ ability to create new facilities.

The proposed $750 million redevelopment of Garden City Booragoon is the latest project in a booming retail construction sector.

Western Australia’s residential construction sector is continuing to exhibit rapid growth, with the state government’s official forecaster tipping the highest level of activity in more than two decades.

Accounting giant EY is understood to be close to finalising negotiations on a new lease at the six-storey EY Building on Mounts Bay Road, after coming up empty in its search for a new home.

SPECIAL REPORT: Concerns have been raised over the sustainability of Perth’s apartment construction boom, with prominent industry players suggesting Rivervale in particular is in danger of oversupply.

SPECIAL REPORT: Reform of the approvals process is cited as the biggest challenge for Perth’s residential development sector.

The government appears to have reacted to pre-budget industry fears by declaring only modest cuts to new housing market entrants' stamp duty concessions, however it still earned the wrath of some industry players.

Midland's goal to become a commercial hub is quietly being realised, 14 years after the state government put the wheels in motion on one of Perth’s largest urban redevelopment projects.

BGC Development has received approval to go ahead with the third stage of its $97 million Tribeca apartment project at Springs Rivervale.

SPECIAL REPORT: Perth Airport is upgrading its facilities to give passengers an enhanced travelling experience.

SPECIAL REPORT: The state’s mid-tier builders are sharpening their focus on specialised areas to ensure they fend off growing interest in local construction projects from eastern states-based companies.

SPECIAL REPORT: The state’s major builders appear unfazed to be operating in what’s considered among Western Australia’s most competitive and closely monitored business sectors.

Brookfield Multiplex has kicked off works at the six-star, $568 million Crown Towers hotel in Burswood.

The state government’s push for apartment and townhouse developments, as well as increased appetite among home buyers for high-density housing, is creating substantial opportunity for residential property syndicates.

Tourists and business travellers will soon be spoilt for choice when it comes to luxury hotels in Perth, with a rush of new developments providing new options at five stars and above.

Aspen Group has made more progress in selling off its commercial portfolio, offloading its highest value asset - the Septimus Roe office tower on Adelaide Terrace - to Singaporean development giant

There are signs of progress at one of the city’s most infamous vacant plots of land, the Old Emu Brewery site on Mounts Bay Road.

Nick Tana’s Allia Venue Management has bailed out of its contract to manage the home of the Western Force and Perth Glory, nib Stadium.

Resources sector professionals are choosing to live in the inner city instead of the urban fringe, contrary to traditional notions that fly-in, fly-out workers prefer to live in the outer suburbs.