Jenelle Carter

Port Geographe developer Axiom Properties Ltd is injecting $5 million into the $260 million Century City development run by its new majority shareholder Pivot Group, in return for 50 per cent of net profits of the office part of the development.

Emerging from a trading halt on June 21, Welshpool-based junior gold explorer Allied Gold has raised the capital cost estimate of its Simberi Oxide Gold Project in Papua New Gunea, sending the value of shares down by more than 20 per cent in today's trade

More than 20 per cent of StateWest Credit Society Ltd members have opted to cash in on its demutualisation and merger with Home Building Society Ltd, taking money instead of shares after a vote approved the deal.

The reputation of the near-city suburb of Maylands is clearly changing as young professional singles and couples look to secure affordable one- and two-bedroom apartments in the burgeoning riverside area.

For decades there has been much lip service paid to reforming local government, but in the wake of the latest state government review into structural and electoral reform the talk is now giving some councils a glimmer of hope and others a sense of forebod

The Cockburn coast, south of Fremantle, is first on the list to undergo major urban renewal as soon as legislation for a new redevelopment authority is passed, the state government has confirmed.

A Western Australian invention called the Millmapper has emerged victorious at the Commercialisation Expo 2006 in Melbourne this week.

The Westpoint property sell-off continues with agents Burgess Rawson releasing a second portfolio of properties onto the market, including 10 strata-title units at the Warwick Entertainment Centre.

The City of Cockburn has hit out at the Major Stadia Taskforce’s interim report recommendation for a $600 million multi-purpose outdoor stadium to be built within 1.5 kilometres of the Perth CBD.

Finding space for a car in the city is becoming as much of a challenge as finding office space, as demand outweighs supply in both public and office car parks.

The federal and state members for Fremantle, Carmen Lawrence and Jim McGinty respectively, have met with Fremantle Mayor Peter Tagliaferri to explore possible alternatives to the proposed $200 million Victoria Quay redevelopment on Fremantle Harbour.

Western Australia’s big spenders are starting to flex their credit cards in anticipation of the opening of Perth’s very own Gucci store on June 12.

After three decades in Subiaco, the Real Estate Institute of WA is considering a move through what it hopes will be a partnership with a developer.

Barrack Square may get a lifeline within the year as plans to redevelop the city foreshore gain momentum.

Visitors to Western Australia won’t be short of a place to stay, thanks to a host of hotels and resorts in the planning stages or preparing to open around the state.

Forget Mt Buller, Perisher or even Queenstown in New Zealand, a pair of local entrepreneurs wants to put Perth in the mix of winter sports destinations.

The Swan Bells are tolling the end of an era at Barrack Square with the historic SS Perth, affectionately known as the Riverboat Gambler, put up for sale this week amid claims of government failure to upgrade the facility.

The Royal Perth Yacht Club’s $8.5 million plan to expand its river-bed lease has met strong opposition from the Swan River Trust, which believes the proposed expansion will not provide sufficient public benefit to outweigh the “alienation of the river".

A new tax bill introduced into federal parliament last week has resulted in amendments to the GST treatment of residential premises and the definition of “residential premises” in the GST Act.

Perth’s city skyline reads like a who’s who of Western Australia as corporate heavyweights from banking, mining, finance, insurance and law pay thousands of dollars to get their name up in lights.

Boutique developer Match has appointed Arccon, a commercial arm of Zorzi Builders, to restore parts of the heritage-listed WD & HO Wills Warehouse for its “Home” project on the corner of Milligan Street.

Lake Street in Northbridge will get a major dose of Finbar-style urban renewal following the Perth developer’s successful tender for two lots released by the East Perth Redevelopment Authority in the Plateia Hellas precinct.

The state government has approved a joint venture proposal to develop a new 338-hectare town centre near Wanneroo.

Continuing strong demand for office and retail space in the CBD and a lack of vacant land is straining relations between levels of government in Perth.

The Busselton Shire Council has released plans to expand and market Busselton Airport as a gateway to the South West for tourists and fly-in-fly-out workers.

The rejuvenation of Fremantle’s Booyeembara Park by North Fremantle-based landscape architects Ecoscape has won the firm a swag of awards at the state’s inaugural Australian Institute of Landscape Architects awards.

Australia Post administration will end almost a century of operations at the GPO in Forrest Place following the approval of plans to transform the heritage-listed building into prime office and retail space.

The City of Fremantle plans to transform the port city by redeveloping the tired east end and revitalising Kings Square and the adjacent Myer building in a move it’s hoped will create an exciting retail mix to rival Garden City.

Australia Post has approved plans to commence redeveloping the National Trust-listed Perth GPO premises in Forrest Place which has housed the Western Australian postal headquarters since 1916.

For some professional women in Perth, motherhood has been the catalyst for them to start their own businesses.

Western Australia’s Wheatbelt could have its own $6 million convention and exhibition centre if the Dowerin Machinery Field Days board has its way.

Stretch marks are the bane of all women unlucky enough to develop them, but Fariba Fanaian has turned hers into a successful enterprise, marketing the natural stretch mark oil her mother and grandmother specially formulated for her, through the family bus