Bunbury is hoping to cement itself as the retail hub for the South West by investing more than $150 million into the development of its shopping centres.
IT has been 18 years in the making, but the final pieces of the Subi Centro puzzle are snapping into place, with significant progress occurring at the last two undeveloped sites, the Australian Fine China precinct and Centro North.
THE towns of Cambridge and Vincent want to reunite the elements of the old area of Leederville divided by the Mitchell Freeway as part of a plan to develop key pockets of land isolated by modern transport infrastructure.
LISTED property developer Peet expects to expand its land holdings by as much as 30 per cent over the next five years after partnering with the Future Fund to buy and develop large, residential land holdings in Australia.
ARCHITECTURE firm Silver Thomas Hanley has been appointed to lead the design team for the $234 million redevelopment of St John of God Hospital in Murdoch.
NATIONAL property developer Stockland has boosted its Western Australian residential land holdings by almost 40 per cent to close the big gap between it and local leaders, Satterley and Peet.
THE sale of two significant suburban shopping centres in Perth will test investor enthusiasm for the state government's new retail property planning policy.
LANDCORP has opened the call for builders and developers to lodge expressions of interest to develop the first release of lots at the Springs Estate in Rivervale.
PROPERTY developers are pressing ahead with their projects in Midland despite the withdrawal by Singapore-based Raffles Education Corporation from plans to establish a university at Midland’s heritage-listed Railway Workshops.
DULUX'S manufacturing facility in O'Connor has just hit the market and is expected to attract interest from developers and owner-occupiers, according to its vendors.
After just three months in the top job, Metropolitan Cemeteries Board chief executive Peter Deague is quietly confident the board will secure land from the state government to develop at least three new cemeteries in the metropolitan area to meet demand f
A NEW library and public plaza at Cathedral Square and an injection of funding to complete the Forrest Square redevelopment have highlighted the City of Perth's $80 million capital works budget, which was passed by the council last week.
A BID by the Barnett government to redress the age-old power imbalance between retail tenants and their landlords may force shopping centre owners to reveal the intricate details of their lease agreements.
INVESTORS have been on a spending spree in Perth's city office market in 2011, buying more than $180 million worth of properties in the first few months of the year.
PERTH property developers are building their exposure to the Melbourne market in a bid to offset an anaemic local market and capitalise on the strong population forecasts for the Victorian capital.
HOTEL heavyweight Australian Leisure & Hospitality Group, Coles and Sandalford Wines owner Peter Prendiville are among the big names understood to be circling the assets of Compass Hotel Group.
THE local property market may be in the doldrums, but boutique property developers and builders are targeting niche markets to take advantage of Perth's changing property landscape.
The heritage listed Newspaper House, being redeveloped as part of City Square, will feature a rooftop bar, a top-flight restaurant and a range of bars across four floors under a long-term deal Brookfield Office Properties has announced with Colonial Leisu
Perth property developer Peet has expanded its presence in Queensland, paying MTAA Super $45 million for a half interest in a 1,244 hectare site in the state’s south east.
Another set of figures has underscored the doldrums facing Perth property, with RP Data's monthly look at the housing market showing Perth has overtaken Brisbane as the nation's worst performing capital city.
West Perth-based property developer Cedar Woods has announced a major leasing agreement with supermarkets giant Woolworths to underpin its $1.5 billion master-planned residential community, Williams Landing, in Melbourne.
AUSTRALIA'S listed property sector was savaged by the global financial crisis but Perth-based Aspen Group has battled more than punitive market conditions in the past year.
Construction and land development in Western Australia were granted a few green lights in the state budget handed down by the Barnett government last week, as plans to expand the city create a likely list of tenders up for grabs.
Construction and development group Pindan has won its third major contract in two months, after being awarded a $22 million mine camp deal by Fortescue Metals Group.
Rental growth in Perth's CBD office market is set to outperform the national average over the next five years, thanks to ongoing expansion in the resources sector, with forecasts tipping the vacancy rate to drop under five per cent by 2014.
WESTFIELD Group's ambitious bid to transform the Whitford City shopping centre into a bustling town centre will test the state government's commitment to its new shopping centre planning policy.
