The state government has given the go-ahead for the Cape Peron marina project at Rockingham, which will provide much-needed boating pens and create business opportunities.
The state opposition says an independent small business commissioner and changes to the commercial tenancy act will better protect the rights of small retail businesses compared to amendments proposed by the Barnett government.
Planning Minister John Day has today released the government's planning reform agenda including the integration of environmental and planning approvals and appeals.
KING Neptune has been waiting a long time for this.Amid much anticipation of rapid development, a six-metre high statue was built almost three decades ago, facing southward from a promontory at Two Rocks towards Perth, 60 kilometres distant.
PERTH'S commercial office market and the state's building industry are both looking to big gas developments such as Chevron's Gorgon project to be a key driver of activity.
Perth technology entrepreneur Eugeni Tsvetnenko is the state's wealthiest person under the age of 40 with a fortune of $107 million, according to this year's BRW Young Rich List.
Perth-based architecture firm Silver Thomas Hanley, as part of a joint venture, will plan the major stage C redevelopment of South Australia's Lyell McEwin Hospital, with the project valued at $200 million.
Premier Colin Barnett says he will not take any legal action after a parliamentary committee cleared him of any wrong doing over the removal of a Peppermint Grove property from the state's heritage list.
TWO of Perth's biggest builders have welcomed last week's announcement of planning reforms, but are concerned about the timeliness of their introduction and have urged the state government to further simplify the planning process.
A national report identifying the suburbs that currently represent the best value in Australia has highlighted two previously overlooked Perth suburbs as WA's best buys.
The state government has announced that Perth will host a digital earth symposium in 2011 that is expected to attract at least 1,000 guests to the state and will run in tandem with a land information system forum.
The state's Planning Commission has endorsed the structure plan for the redevelopment of the Cockburn coast, which will attract about 10,000 new residents to the area.
Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal has secured its third commercial contract this year with the design and construction of four passenger ferries valued at $75 million.
BOUTIQUE developer Qube Property Group has continued to defy market trends, with 27 projects currently under way throughout Perth with a book value of more than $1.5 billion.
THE introduction of new retail space in Perth's CBD has afforded high-end fashion retailers the opportunity to establish a Western Australian presence.
IT will have been a busy week at the headquarters of LandCorp with the state's development agency playing host to pitches from the short-listed developers for the Alkimos project 50 kilometres north of Perth.
Retailers can expect a tough 18 months ahead as the federal government's policy stimulus fades and growth in household income weakens, a leading forecaster says.
The state's job market is tipped to suffer a setback in the December quarter as hiring intentions by employers dip below the national outlook average, a new employment survey shows.
Mirvac Group's The Point, a residential and commercial precinct in Mandurah, has taken out top honours at this year's Urban Development Institute of Australia's awards while the Town of Claremont received a rising star gong.
LandCorp is seeking Expressions of Interest for a head contractor to construct and manage the delivery of the dynamic Ord-East Kimberley Expansion Project's infrastructure.
Aspen Group is pleased to advise that settlement of the hospital component of the Norwest Private Hospital development was completed on 3 September 2009.
Former University of Western Australia researcher Dr Bruce Gray will be able to keep his $75 million stake in Sirtex Medical after the Federal Court today dismissed the university's appeal over ownership of the biotech's intellectual property.
TWO national property developers with significant interests in Western Australia have announced strong year-end results despite difficult market conditions.
LANDCORP has reduced land prices at its major industrial estates in and around Perth by up to 25 per cent, and introduced more generous financing terms to try and encourage investment in the sector.
