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.
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 Commission
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 more
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
RESPONDING to the recent sales success of its first release of apartments in the Allegro residential tower, Mirvac Fini is moving quickly to release the second stage of The Peninsula to the property market and finally begin construction on site.
A popular development option in other parts of the country, built-form estates are starting to compete with traditional house and land packages in Western Australia, as Tracey Cook reports.
