Dan Wilkie

Perkins Builders has announced a pair of significant new contract wins, collectively worth more than $50 million.

Boutique developer Match Group has announced a shift into property funds management, with a $4 million Bunbury town centre site its first acquisition to be placed into a trust.

Perth median home prices have risen to record levels, a trend confirmed by two sets of data released today.

Seaplane tours operating from the Swan River are a step closer to reality after the Swan River Trust approved a 12-month trial by Catalina Airlines.

Queensland-based food group Collins Foods will pay $55.6 million to acquire Competitive Foods' KFC business, which is the franchisee of 44 KFC restaurants in Western Australia and the Northern Terr

An ample supply of industrial land coupled with softening conditions in the resources sector could lead to downwards pressure on rents, new research has found.

Proposed changes to planning regulations in the City of Stirling threaten to derail the state government's efforts to boost affordable housing.

Bob Browning has embraced the challenge of revitalising financial services firm Emerchants.

Perth-based junior exploration firm Walkabout Resources says a deal signed last month with coal technology group Coalswana could underpin its four-pronged approach to developing its Takatowane coal

Long-time chairman Terry Streeter has announced he is stepping down from the board of nickel miner Western Areas.

Plans for a six-storey, $4.5 million office development at the old Stockade Building on the corner of Barrack and Wellington streets have been approved by the City of Perth.

Paladin Energy boss John Borshoff has been granted a contract extension, just over a week after the company moved to pacify angry shareholders by slashing his termination entitlements.

The state government's boost to the first home owner's grant for new houses has resulted in applications for new dwellings rising 17 per cent in October.

The average floor area of new houses in Western Australia has fallen to 234.5 square metres, after peaking at 244.5sqm in 2009-10.

Beer and the classroom don't normally go together, but one publican in Perth's southern suburbs is trying his hardest to change that.

After a record-breaking 2012, the past 12 months have been pretty quiet for new office construction in Perth, with little significant space to be added until 2015.

Charter Hall has secured an industrial site in Bibra Lake for $22.6 million, in the largest industrial land deal of the financial year to date.

Bhagwan Marine has entered a new partnership with an eastern states-based software group to streamline management and maintenance of the oil and gas industry services company's fleet of 100 boats.

More than a decade after it exited the cinema advertising market in Western Australia, national media group Val Morgan has returned with the acquisition of local agency CineAds.

Property executives were the big movers in this year's Wealth Creators list, while the resources slowdown put the hurt on mining services directors' fortunes.

More than three quarters of Western Australians are planning to shop online this Christmas, according to a new survey released today.

Hotel franchisor Choice Hotels says it is keen to double its number of hotel rooms in Western Australia over the next five years.

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has officially opened its new corporate office in Naval Base, a move managing director Simon High says reflects the business's growth and confidence in the yea

Red Mountain Mining says it is keen to fast-track development at its Batangas gold project in the Philippines after encountering an exceptionally high-grade gold lode of about 1 ounce per tonne.

The Pilbara Cities program has provided a major boost for builders in the north-west, but high land and housing costs threaten to put a damper on the plan.

Perth's industrial land market is set to rebound from a subdued 2013, as Western Australia's strong economic fundamentals attract interest from institutional investors, new research from Colliers I

CBH Group says it is bringing in the state's economic watchdog to mediate the negotiation process with Brookfield Rail over access to grain rail freight lines.

Residential building approvals have hit a 25-year high in Western Australia, as record-low interest rates drive investors and first home buyers into the housing market.

Residential developer Finbar has received approval from the City of Subiaco to go ahead with a $170 million apartments project in Subiaco.

Plans are in motion to construct a $15 million hotel and hospitality development at the old Spotlight building on Fremantle's Adelaide Street.

Demand for skilled labour is on the rise and expected to continue climbing as a recovery in new home building takes hold.

Casino operator Crown has named Brookfield Multiplex as its preferred builder for the six-star, $568 million Crown Towers luxury hotel at Burswood.