Property

SPECULATION that the State Government will offer stamp duty relief in the budget on May 6 has prompted industry groups to intensify calls for further easing of the burden on property buyers

AUSTRALIAN Gypsum Industries is looking to turn its familiarity with the local industry into a marketing advantage across a range of products.

A STRONG period of staff growth and the need for offices that better reflect the nature of the practice have prompted major accounting firm Deloitte to relocate its Perth operations from Central Park to Woodside Plaza.

DEVELOPER Stockland has entered into a public-private partnership by providing $2.4 million towards the cost of a new primary school at its Settlers Hills Estate in Baldivis.

IN a sign of the growth potential of Rockingham and surrounding areas, LandCorp will open its first regional office in Rockingham next month.

CONSTRUCTION is on schedule for the City of Stirling to move into their new administration building over the 2004 Christmas holidays

In the first in an occasional look at commercial property precincts, WA Business News gives an overview of QV1, the home of many of our resources-focused companies.

THREE of Western Australia’s main property organisations have joined to form a body aimed at removing what they call the erosion of private property rights.

THE results of a collaborative project involving the State Government, universities and more than 40 businesses are on public view in Subiaco.

DEVELOPERS and the Property Council of WA have expressed concern ahead of a Government report due mid year concerning proposed changes to the residential components of tourism projects.

WORKPLACE Relations Minister Kevin Andrews has told Federal Parliament that the Building Industry Taskforce will become a permanent policing body, a year after the Royal Commissio

FREMANTLE’S Challenger TAFE will use a $7.5 million Federal Government grant to build new technical learning facilities and update student and staff facilities in an attempt to attract more local and overseas students.

THE Western Australian branches of the Property Council of Australia and the Urban Development Institute of Australia have released a planning processes review study outlining mor

A COLLABORATIVE effort between developers ERBEAC and designer/builder Gavin Constructions has resulted in a unique new regional call centre for Bunbury’s largest employer, Centrelink

STATE Government moves to implement a Coastal Planning and Coordination Council to determine appropriate development along the coast has received a mixed reaction from local government authorities.

THE City of Perth has launched a program of financial incentives to encourage conservation of heritage places.

WESTERN Australian-based multi-platform real estate agency Asset Domain has merged with Dempsey Real Estate to create an integrated real estate company specialising in the top-end property market.

AFTER a decade of stagnation the industrial property market is experiencing a strong upturn and rental growth is tipped to be on the horizon.

CONCERNS about the fire safety standards in some Perth nightclubs and other high-risk public buildings have prompted the City of Perth to consider establishing a risk management strategy to ensure building owners comply with current standards in the Build

ONLINE stockbroking firm and provider of complementary financial services, Australian Investment Exchange, formerly known as Sanford Securities, will relocate into the former Hartleys tenancy at 141 St Georges Terrace.

A NEW report from BIS Shrapnel has forecast strong construction levels over the next three to four years, peaking in 2006-07.

Exchange Plaza property manager Trish Innes is aiming to drive the delivery of property management for the premium office tower in a new direction, as Tracey Cook reports.

CHANGES to the national policies on investment in inner-city apartments by major banks and mortgage insurers is proving to be a hurdle for Perth’s growing apartment market.

WESTERN Australian-based property group Aspen Group Limited has announced a half-yearly net profit before tax of $1.71 million coming off the back of $6.06 million in revenue.

PROPERTY developer Mirvac Fini has purchased a development site in the riverside suburb of Maylands, joining the trend to move apartment developments out of the city into the eastern riverside precincts.

AS the mercury soared into the 40s last week Perth’s increasing reliance on air-conditioning to cool homes and workplaces became starkly evident.

DECENTRALISATION of tenants to suburban locations and the downsizing in corporate organisations has caused the Perth CBD office market to experience a negative net absorption over the past three years to September 2003.

SPURRED on by widespread residential development, retailers are flocking to the Perth southern suburb of Canning Vale to set up shop.

PERTH property owners are overpricing their properties by up to 10 per cent in the expectation that house prices will rise by over 20 per cent during the coming year, according to Hegney Property Valuations.

PERTH’S biggest apartment development, the $300 million Mounts Bay Village complex, may finally be completed after the turmoil following the collapse of HIH in 2001.

NOT-FOR-PROFIT organisation, Activ Foundation, has begun its search for new headquarters to house its central administration operations.

A GROUP of farmers is preparing for the final stage of a 17-year battle with Western Power over compensation for land the utility has taken to carry high voltage power lines.