The Master Builders Association of Western Australia has awarded the 2006 Ric New medal for excellence to Pindan director of group dwellings, Chris Lillis.
It’s no secret that tourism is big business in Western Australia, injecting $4.2 billion into the state economy each year and providing a lifeline for many regional towns.
Aged-care accommodation provider Amana Living has unveiled a $300 million development program for the next ten years, which it believes is the most ambitious ever seen in Western Australia’s not-for-profit sector.
BankWest’s plan to move its head office out of the iconic St Georges Terrace tower, and the subsequent decision by the half-owners to sell their share, have fuelled speculation about the building’s future.
The arena at the former El Caballo Blanco will echo to the clattering hooves of a new generation of Andalusian stallions from next year, as the resort’s new owners embark on a multi-million dollar upgrade.
Western Australian Planning Commission chairman Jeremy Dawkins believes the state’s future regional planning powers may be decentralised, with regional lead agencies taking control using their own budgets and simple region schemes.
The part owners of Perth's BankWest Tower plan to quit their 50 per cent stake in the prime St Georges Terrace property, worth as much as $140 million, following the confirmed exit of anchor tenant BankWest which will move to Raine Square.
Western Australia’s residential market faces tough challenges ahead despite a continuing economic boom, according to the latest Housing Industry Association WA State Outlook report, released this week.
Perth’s hotel market is showing encouraging signs amid a surge in new bookings, as hotel groups rush to complete refurbishments and share in the state’s boom economy.
The state government-appointed Major Stadia Taskforce will meet with Western Australian sporting stakeholders this Friday to discuss their individual venue needs and the sensitive issue of governance.
Momentum is building in support of Western Australia’s first indoor ski park, while the entrepreneurial pair behind the ambitious $45 million project seeks formal designs and narrows the search for a location.
Perth Airport lease-holder Westralia Airports Corporation is to face court in December, accused by the state government of damaging an Aboriginal heritage site during land clearing in preparation for the new $100 million Coles Myer Distribution Centre.
Singaporean businessman Robert Tan considers himself a lucky man, having made small but strategic investments in Perth’s struggling hotel sector in the early 1990s that have since rewarded him handsomely.
Once considered a commercial blind spot in the heart of the city’s west end, Shafto Lane is now sharing in the spoils of a tight office market, boasting almost full occupancy and a growing lunch-time crowd.
A Bentley-based fuel additives manufacturer, which trades as Firepower, has found itself embroiled in a legal action with the wife of a former executive over its ownership.
A slow down of Western Australia's property market is inevitable and lower affordability may be the circuit breaker, according to Real Estate Institute of Western Australia president Greg Rossen.
Developer Saville Australia is about to unveil plans for its Emu Brewery site. which is likely to feature a total of 1,000 apartments housed in three of the city’s tallest residential towers.
Overwhelming interest in Western Australian property appears to have pushed the state’s median house price above $400,000 for the first time, and almost doubled the price of land in the year to June 2006.
Western Australia’s big plunge in building approvals in August has the Master Builders Association of Australia concerned the gap in available rental stocks will increase and force up rent prices.
Perth architects Sandover Pinder are leaving Subiaco for the city’s East End after buying the historic Cremorne Arcade Buildings on Hay Street for $2.6 million in April, with plans to extensively renovate.
Watching people waste time and money installing plasterboard partitioning in their commercial premises was the impetus tradesman Michael Worthington needed to find a better way.
Western Australian ingenuity has come up trumps again, with a planned commercial roll out of a new vending machine designed in Perth which is capable of cooking a portion of hot chips in around 90 seconds.
A decision made in March by the Town of Victoria Park to refuse a controversial proposal for a 12-story mixed-use development near the Causeway may soon come back to haunt it, according to chief executive John Bonker.
The Perth Wildcats are shooting for a profitable 25th year in the NBL after posting record membership growth and selling out all corporate boxes for the first time in many years.
The Perth City Council remains determined to progress an investigation into a new performing arts precinct planned between the Perth Concert Hall and the Swan River foreshore, despite the plan not gaining in-principle support from the state government.
Wholesale property syndicate operator Primewest Management Ltd has bold plans for Perth’s sole Lexus dealership after buying the East Victoria Park business from New Town Toyota managing director, Joe Zito, for an undisclosed sum last week.
As AFL finals fever sweeps Western Australia this month, the debate over the state’s new multi-purpose outdoor stadium is raging following public criticisms directed at the short-listed sites and the government appointed taskforce by key stakeholders.
Online real estate sites are logging on to the opportunities provided by Google Maps technology as national and local providers race to get connected to the world’s leading search engine.
Two former executive directors of local property group Clarke & Hawkins Management have split from the business to form boutique development and investment vehicle Qube Property Group Pty Ltd, taking more than $1 billion of projects with them.
