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Struggling iron ore miner Gindalbie Metals has proposed to turn part of its Badja Station east of Geraldton into a national radioactive waste management facility.

BIGGER is not necessarily better in Perth’s burgeoning apartments market, with new research showing buyers prefer smaller buildings to high-rise projects.

Supermarket giant Aldi is facing headwinds on its plan to acquire and demolish the Hilton Fresh shopping centre and construct one of its own supermarkets on the site, with local residents and the City of Fremantle raising concerns over the design of the proposal.

Home building companies Freelife Homes and Visionaire Homes, both divisions of Capital Works Constructions, have been placed into voluntarily administration, leaving more than 300 customers unsure

The median rent for Perth homes has dropped by $10 to $430 a week as the vacancy rate has risen.

Reported activity for primarily the first week of May was encouraging with overall sales up 38% for the week to 770, the highest level since late March.

Finbar Group is confident it will start building its $380 million Civic Heart project in South Perth later this year, after the massive apartment development received planning approval to proceed y

Landlords of Perth CBD’s older buildings are upgrading their facilities to keep pace with new builds.

Two Perth agencies are so confident their female employees provide the X factor, they’ve built their business around hiring women.

Western Australia’s home-building sector may be set to break all-time records in the 2014-15 financial year but the booming conditions aren’t likely to last, with a significant slowdown predicted over the next two years.

Perth will need to build an extra 800,000 homes over the next 35 years to accommodate population growth, a new report has concluded, and nearly half of these homes will need to be in existing suburbs.

Perth home prices have ticked slightly higher in April to a median price of $520,000, which equates to an increase of just 0.3 per cent over the past year

Apartment developer Finbar Group is planning to revise its Civic Heart project in South Perth, after agreeing to purchase a neighbouring property that includes the heritage-listed Australia Post building on Mill Point Rd.

The City of Fremantle has strongly rejected claims by a local ratepayers and residents group that the civic component of Fremantle’s $300 million Kings Square redevelopment will result in a $30 million loss.

Developers are turning to innovative building methods to help address the costs of constructing hotels.

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LandCorp has launched the first-stage of its ambitious Cockburn Coast redevelopment project, which it envisages will become home to 12,000 people in medium and high-density housing.

Property developers with projects worth as little as $2 million and as much as $10 million can choose to have their proposals evaluated by a Development Assessment Panel rather than their local council.

Nedlands-based Mustera Property Group has bought a 2,223 square metre lot in East Perth from Georgiou Capital for $4 million, and has the option to buy an adjoining lot for a further $8.5 million.

Construction giant Leighton Holdings insists its history is not being overlooked despite changing its name amid allegations of foreign corruption.

The Springs in Rivervale is just the start for high-density apartment projects on the Burswood Peninsula.

A fresh tranche of major commercial assets will come on to the market in and around the Perth CBD this year, potentially spurring sales activity after a sluggish 12 months.

Global hotel groups are descending on Leighton Beach as the next wave of development emerges.

The weekly sales volatility continued this week with reported sales bouncing back 23% to 624 with the increase driven by a 28% jump in house sales.

Cranes are to become a feature of the South Perth skyline as a wave of new apartment proposals move towards construction.

A property development planned for Newman has brought together a couple of unlikely bedfellows and set up a unique social enterprise for the St Bart’s not-for-profit group.

Foreign buyers are not having a significant impact on Perth’s apartment market, with fresh research by Urbis showing they only make up around 7 per cent of buyers.

Cedar Woods Properties has sold the Masters Home Improvement store at its Williams Landing project in Victoria to an undisclosed buyer for $36 million.

The future of Karratha’s $70 million DoubleTree by Hilton proposal appears to be tied to the health of the Pilbara economy, with the hotel’s developer forced to redesign the project to finalise a suitable construction financing deal.

Office landlords and leasing agents are upping the ante to secure key tenants, with competition to get the signatures of CBH Group and Telstra expected to be fierce over coming months.

After the big jump in reported activity at the end of March, sales dipped 47% last week due to the Easter break.

SLUGGISH conditions in Perth’s residential market haven’t dented confidence, with new research showing a marked increase in the number of Western Australians who believe now is a good time to buy p