UP to 500 heritage properties within the City of Perth remain unprotected and vulnerable to demolition, with the Perth City Council still waiting on the State Government to help with problems in deciding heritage issues.
JUST as the challenge of golf has captured the imagination of millions around the globe, the opportunity to make millions of dollars from golf course development also presents a challenge to many in the business world.
AN agreement between hotel operators Park Plaza International and local apartment developers Starboot will create new accommodation for Perth visitors and increased options for potential apartment investors.
FUN runs and stair climbs have long been recognised for their health and calorie-burning benefits, but today’s employers have begun to support these activities for reasons that stretch beyond the finish line.
THE availability of land on Perth’s urban fringe is drying up, with developers reluctant to release lots until the long-term market effects of the $14,000 First Home Owners grant are known.
AFTER helping thousands of WA families settle into new homes, two of Perth’s best known home builders have themselves recently made the move to a new business centre.
IN an attempt to catch the corporate market, popular Welshpool boating and fishing store, Mariners World, has moved half of its operations to a new Hay Street location.
FOUR major construction projects, collectively worth more than $800 million, stand to revolutionise the standards of office accommodation and force others to follow or be left behind.
THE takeover of WA retailing icon Aherns by David Jones has not been a one-way affair, with the national retailer adopting local ideas with great success.
A $25 MILLION project combining new wireless technology and existing cable technology is poised to link remote communities in the State’s far north and provide its subscribers with easy Internet access and cheaper telephone calls.
THE past five years have been difficult for the small community of York, but a series of new investments and local projects promises to cement the town’s future as one of WA’s premier tourist destinations.
A KEY sector of the financial services industry is still waiting to be told whether or not it will be included in the Financial Services Reform Bill, on track to become law by the end of the year.
A NEW hotel, commercial, retail and residential precinct, worth more than $50 million, is set to boost the profile of LandCorp’s latest urban renewal project in the State’s Mid-West.
WHILE models and designers work closely together in the fashion world, a Perth retailer has seen the potential to take that relationship one step further.
A $3 million renovation has given the Holiday Inn City Centre the profile and facilities it needs to take advantage of the west end’s growing corporate population.
A WORK practice generally avoided by the construction industry has been embraced with great success by Broad Constructions Services on the Woolworths shopping complex in the Murray Street mall.
SINCE it was opened in 1975, LandCorp’s Canning Vale Industrial Estate has set new standards in the development of industrial areas and now, with less than 20 lots left in the estate, developers and business owners are scrambling
PLANS for a multi-million dollar expansion and refurbishment of the Armadale Plaza shopping centre are on the drawing board, with owners Westzone Enterprises Pty Ltd now searching for a major retailer and several specialty stores to move in.
THE commercial property sector is the latest to feel the sting of sweeping Government reforms, with the Premier’s office this week imposing a six-month moratorium on all departments taking or renewing leases.
CONTINGENCY plans to fill two floors of Saracen Properties’ $45 million Murray Street retail development, in the likely absence of collapsed retailer Harris Scarfe, are well under way and promise to introduce a host of new retailers to the
FOR most of the 535 competitors who took part in last Saturday’s KPMG Consulting Central Park Tower Stair Climb, stepping over the finish line was achievement enough.
THE halfway mark has been reached in the construction of East Perth’s biggest development.The $30 million Upper Eastside Apartment project, at 29 Trafalgar Road, is set to welcome its first residents by the end of November.
THE City of Perth has labelled as blatant favouritism the State Government’s push to give Perth City Council’s breakaway towns an ownership stake in Tamala Park.
