Property

Leeuwin Estate head chef Danny Angove is a big fan of David Coomer so, when he's up in Perth, he'll more than likely be spending some time at Star Anise restaurant in Shenton Park.

Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi has called for the introduction of a new retail investment scheme next year, with retailers in a defined ‘business investment district' of Perth city to be charged a compulsory levy for promotional events and advertising cam

Perth apartment developer Finbar Group Ltd has scrapped plans for an apartment tower on Adelaide Terrace to undertake its first office-only project.

The State Government has named Mirvac as the preferred proponent for the $100 million landmark hotel and residential development in Port Hedland on a 2.87 hectare site with ocean frontage, provided by the State Government.

West Perth-based metals explorer Azure Minerals Ltd has applied for a mining concession covering an extensive area of surface mineralisation in Sonora, Mexico.

The 40 employees of KFC Rockingham will be relocated throughout the remaining 49 stores owned by Competitive Foods Australia Pty Ltd, as the store closes tomorrow due to a licencing dispute.

If ever there was a single indicator of the strength of Western Australia's economic good fortune, tycoon Stan Perron's private investment empire would be it - basically trebling its profits in just four years.

Following a year of significant property acquisitions, Axiom Properties Ltd has launched a strategic review of its business and operations.

Nickel miner Sally Malay Ltd and West Perth-based Thundelarra Exploration Ltd have signed co-existence agreements with the traditional land owners of its East Kimberley projects.

IVERNIA Inc, the parent company of lead miner Magellan Metals, has appointed LandCorp senior executive Dr John Yeates as general manager corporate and social responsibility.

Fremantle is a city divided over ING Real Estate's plans to redevelop the Victoria Quay heritage precinct into an office and retailing development.

Australia's planning profession has given the Western Australian planning system, and those of most other states and the ACT, a ‘C' rating in the Planning Institute of Australia's annual report released last week.

A MASTER plan to transform the Brookdale area over the next 15 years with sustainable urban development has won two prestigious awards from the Planning Institute of Australia (WA).

The Housing Industry Association has warned that Western Australia's housing affordability crisis will intensify, with the likelihood of two further interest rate rises this cycle.

With Western Australia's growing population and economy, retail investors and developers are looking at the state's neighbourhood shopping centres in a new light.

Three local web 2.0 entrepreneurs are embracing the worldwide growth of online social networking via the creation of niche-focused web sites.

A Kalgoorlie-based fitness centre operator has been disqualified from managing corporations for four years by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, after breaching his duties as a m

Perth-based property developer Axiom Properties Ltd will develop an environmentally sustainable business precinct in Melbourne in cooperation with NSW-based Coffey International Ltd, the company has announced.

The Western Australian government, like its counterparts in most other states, has been a given a "C" rating by the planning profession.

Western Australia's not-for-profit housing providers are about to benefit from a major policy shift by the state government in relation to public housing.

A planning review of the state government's Metropolitan Centres Policy could lead to changes in the way shopping centre growth is managed from next year.

Western Australia's building and construction industry has raised concerns for the viability of some projects if a federal Labor government abolishes the Australian Building and Construction Commission, a recent survey by the Master Builders Association o

With some A-Grade office buildings in West Perth tipped to achieve record rents of $550/square metre shortly, the area's office market has been swamped with prospective investors.

Aspen Group Ltd's residential development arm, Aspen Living, has launched the latest stage of the Byford by the Scarp estate.

Talk of a correction to Perth's housing market is exaggerated, due to a lack an understanding of how the property market works in Western Australia, according to the Property Council of Australia.

The State Government has released the final management plan for the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park off the coast of Rockingham.

Geraldton Economic Alliance is hosting the fourth bi-annual Mid West Economic Summit on November 8 at Queens Park Theatre in Geraldton.

With housing affordability squarely on the national agenda in the lead up to the federal election, one of Western Australia's most prolific residential developers, Nigel Satterley

With decent supply of new office space in Perth's CBD at least two years away and rents continuing to escalate, some companies are starting to sub-lease non-essential space to take advantage of strong market conditions.

Retail property owners and developers may be keen to build new shopping centres and expand existing assets amid WA's booming population and prosperity, but they face a number of planning challenges at a state and local level to achieve their goals.

The growth in Western Australia's retail property market is fast approaching that of the state's commercial offices and industrial sectors.

BEST known as a book retailer, Dymocks is now dealing in prime Western Australian real estate.