Property

Long-running homebuilding brand Collier Homes will continue to operate in Western Australia, after the business was sold to local entrepreneur Dario Amara.

Plans for a $27.3 million, three-storey preparatory school at Christ Church Grammar School in Claremont have received provisional approval.

Rural house prices in Western Australia were stable in the three months to September, however Karratha and Broome had little to celebrate.

Developer Sirona Capital says it is keen to build on and enhance the fabric of Fremantle, after the state government confirmed it would shift three agencies to the port city today, paving the way for a $250 million-plus redevelopment of King’s Square.

Construction has started on the University of Western Australia’s Forrest Hall, a $16 million accommodation facility designed to attract the world’s best researchers to the state.

A community-first focus is paying dividends for shopping centre owner GPA, with its Empire Village Shopping Centre becoming a new focal point in City Beach. 

One of Australia’s best known winemaking families, the Oatley Wine Group, will open a cellar door in the Margaret River region, part of what’s believed to be the largest value sale ever for a winery in Western Australia.

Business News sat down to lunch at Julio’s with one of WA’s most successful homebuilders, Dale Alcock, who says a bipartisan political commitment is needed to drive investment and growth in the state.

Plans for an eight-storey apartment development at one of Fremantle's biggest eyesores have been knocked back because the proposal was considered too tall, despite a nine-storey building being located directly across the road.

Cockram Construction has been awarded a $23.5 million contract for the redevelopment of the Onslow Health Service.

Brisbane-based Sentinel Property Group has added Port Hedland Boulevard to its portfolio, buying the Woolworths-anchored shopping centre for $18 million.

SPECIAL REPORT: Local developer and syndicator Primewest joined the list of Western Australia’s top three office landlords following its $113 million purchase of a 50 per cent stake in Exchange Tower.

SPECIAL REPORT: Perth’s suburban office market is becoming as patchy as that in the CBD, with Joondalup and Fremantle emerging as the only upcoming opportunities for new developments.

SPECIAL REPORT: New office development is grinding to a halt, but landlords are nonetheless aggressive in attempts to attract tenants to the city.

East Perth may miss out on an expected economic boost from the opening of Perth Stadium.

Reiwa members reported an increase in weekly sales to 614 this week. The overall 2 per cent increase in sales over the week is attributed to a 23 per cent increase in sales for units and 26 per cent increase in sales for land.

Local builders Cockram Construction, Universial Constructions, Perkins Builders and Crothers Construction have shared in $37.3 million worth of state government contracts.

The state government has been forced to make a special budget allocation of $9.74 million to demolish the old Port Hedland hospital, 18 months after announcing a deal to sell the site to apartment developer Finbar Group.

Perth property developer Adam Lisle has long had a keen interest in motor racing, but it was a visit to a country club outside Las Vegas set up especially for motor sport that steered him down the path to his new business venture.

Hoyts Group has announced plans to open a new cinema complex in Karrinyup and redevelop its Garden City complex, as part of shopping centre redevelopments in those areas.

Perth house prices were up slightly last month as the pace of growth across the nation’s capital cities showed signs of slowing.

DEXUS Property Group is assessing its options for a revamp of Carillon City, after paying $140 million to buy the CBD shopping arcade.

Australia is often favourably referred to as the lucky country, although many who use the term misunderstand the irony intended when Donald Horne first coined the phrase in his 1964 book, The Lucky Country.

Perth property developer Paul Blackburne is the wealthiest of five Western Australians featured in the BRW Young Rich List 2016.

A former York real estate agent has lost his licence and his son is facing further penalties after the State Administrative Tribunal upheld allegations they pocketed $6 million from deceitful and misleading land deals.

Port Hedland's council hopes the Pilbara town will become a genuine tourist destination, after the state government committed $112 million towards a $152 million marina development today.

The warmer spring weather has coincided with cautious optimism coming back to Perth’s apartments market. 

The supervisor of Dianella-based building company Frayson has been fined $15,000 for failing in his duties as a manager and supervisor on work carried out at 20 Perth properties over a 10-year period.

Two more builders have gone bust as the transition from all-time highs of activity continues.

Uncertainty in Perth’s commercial property market has resulted in a sustained flow of capital into east coast assets, according to a local syndicator.

Developer Edge Visionary Living has welcomed the end of an 18-month battle to win approval for an apartment project at 74 Mill Point Road in South Perth.

Reiwa members reported an increase in weekly sales to 626 this week. The overall 14 per cent increase in sales over the week is attributed to a 19 per cent increase in sales for houses.