The failed property developer Westpoint Group owes investors more than $420 million and with two exceptions, investors in most of its projects will receive little if any return, a report by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has found.
Roxby Architects has built a strong niche in the design sector by specialising in retail interiors, including the design of all McDonald's restaurants and Betts shoe stores across Australia.
Employers and employees in the real estate sector will have the right to agree on commission-only payment arrangements from October 1, when the Australian Fair Pay Commission's new piece rate Australian pay and classification scale for the sector comes in
Two new communities, dubbed Haynes and Hilbert, will spring up in the green southern locale of Brookdale early next year, when developers begin subdividing up to 1,580 hectares of land around the Wungong Brook.
Building companies are set to benefit from strong mining-driven demand for housing in the Pilbara, with two major projects getting the go ahead in the past week.
Large block sizes may be a key attraction for many living in the Perth Hills area, but the landscape is set to change with a number of higher density residential developments being proposed for the region.
If one building summarised the modern evolution of Perth's business district, then 1 Adelaide Terrace, which sold last week for $87 million, could well be it.
The state government has revealed plans to increase rental housing supply in the inner city by using investment from superannuation funds and property trusts to redevelop four sites in Northbridge.
Western Australia's resources boom continues to put pressure on Perth's commercial office space market, according to the Property Council of Australia WA.
Housing affordability is a political hot button at the moment, but visiting American public policy guru Wendell Cox believes we've only got ourselves to blame.
Western Australia has the lowest rate of housing affordability in the nation, according to a new study by the Urban Development Institute of Australia.
The Great Southern town of Denmark could have a new major shopping centre next year, with Perth-based diversified property player Castelli Group and the Denmark Cooperative Company Ltd spearheading a $10 million joint venture.
Labour shortages and escalating building costs in regional and remote areas have prompted some building companies in Western Australia to seek innovative housing solutions.
Homeowners who choose to sell their properties privately are finding themselves squeezed out of cyberspace as big industry players look to dominate internet advertising.
Developer of the $400 million project at 140 William Street, Cbus Property, is on the lookout for tenants to occupy the site's office and retail space component.
The bulldozers may have left Albany's historic Esplanade Hotel site in February, but work still has not begun on its $70 million futuristic apartment and hotel complex replacement.
A public swimming pool and more supermarkets are high on the wish list of the City of Perth community, as revealed this month in the first survey of residents undertaken by Perth council and the Property Council of Australia WA.
With less than four months until the first train rolls in to Cockburn Central, the local council is planning some significant development projects to inject new life into the city.
Increased activity among first-home buyers has helped provide some price relief in the June quarter, with the median house price falling $7,000, or 1.5 per cent, during the period.
Developers who have secured large commercial sites around Perth are wasting no time transforming them into business parks, with at least five new developments recently announced.
The Urban Development Institute of Western Australia is calling for an urgent study of housing affordability, following the release of a state government report on WA's land supply crisis.
The developers behind a new industrial warehouse project in Welshpool are hoping to break the ‘big shed' look common to the sector by incorporating a new curved roof system from Spain in the design.
Developers Satterley Property Group and Lester Group are introducing fresh initiatives to help end the reliance on mains water in their residential estates.
Rooftop water tanks, wind turbines, solar panels and even waterless woks in food courts are some of the initiatives shopping centre owners are implementing to reduce their environmental footprint.
Perth's industrial sector has moved into top gear in the past 12 months, posting rental growth close to 50 per cent in secondary markets and sparking high levels of development activity.
Residential developers in the Shire of Augusta Margaret River may have to provide lots for sale to first-home buyers under new planning guidelines being considered by the state government.
Housing developers have taken a new approach in their efforts to compete with the established-home market, offering a range of inducements and incentives to prospective clients.
After six years at the helm of Perth architectural studio of Woods Bagot, Ross Donaldson has taken on the role as the group's global managing director.
