CONSTRUCTION of Cedar Wood’s $18 million Aria Luxury Apartments will get under way next month, marking the first in a number of apartment developments slated for Rockingham’s beachfront.
THE growth in the number of strata title properties in Perth has led to a potentially divisive legal issue with regard to the conversion of residential apartment buildings into short-stay apartments.
THE Brockwell Hospitality Investments/Western Plaza Corporation has granted the proponents of the Raine Square Property Trust a month-long extension to raise the minimum $7.5 mill
FROM humble beginnings in the 1960s, self-made construction baron John Roberts has steered his flagship company, Multiplex, to the pinnacle of the Australian construction industry.
NATIONAL law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth is to follow resources giant Woodside into Perth’s newest premium building, Woodside Plaza at 240 St Georges Terrace.
SPECULATION within the State’s development industry suggests the WA Government is considering an infrastructure levy on newly developed blocks similar to that implemented in New South Wales last year.
FACED with increasing property management fees and wielding a thirst for more core business control, many of WA’s listed retail property trusts are moving away from managing agents to in-house shopping centre management.
IN a win for the grass roots campaigning, the recently launched Land Tax Revolt campaign has received the backing of the Real Estate Institute of WA and the Property Council of WA, with other peak industry and community groups in sight.
LOCAL property development company Access West Developments Ltd has lodged a prospectus with ASIC to raise $5 million through an initial public offering, and will list on the Stock Exchange of Newcastle Limited (NSX).
AS coastal developments such as the South Beach development the Port Coogee Marina development make inroads on land availability south of Perth, the long-defunct South Fremantle P
INVESTORS and property owners may be looking nervously in the direction of the Reserve Bank as pressure on interest rates builds, but their efforts to maintain strong returns on investments have an ally in the growing technology solutions provider sector.
While relocation can be a stressful business, in this week’s instalment of Outgrowing your Space Tracey Cook looks at ways to make the move as comfortable as possible.
THE State Government has rejected plans to build a $350 million international theme park, motor racing circuit and hotel on the 70-hectare site at the old railway workshops in central Midland.
In this week’s instalment of the Outgrowing Your Space series, Tracey Cook examines what tenants should be aware of when signing up a new lease to ensure that they can exit a premises in the most cost-efficient manner.
THE Property Council of WA has launched a campaign to protest the increasing levies to which the property industry is subject under the recently introduced Fire & Emergency Services Authority (FESA) levy.
A RECENT report by BIS Shrapnel has cast doubt on the projections of many property market commentators regarding the national residential construction boom.
Given that most fit-outs are retained for at least five years, planning technology infrastructure is paramount to both a business’s operations and its bottom line, as Tracey Cook reports.
IN keeping with the property industry’s growing awareness of all things sustainable, The Green Building Council launched its ‘green star’ rating tool for commercial office buildings
Central to a business’s decision to relocate or refurbish office premises is identifying future needs. Tracey Cook examines how businesses can approach this task to ensure new premises match up to their business model.
One of the biggest capital expenditures for business is the cost of office premises. In this new series, Tracey Cook examines some of the issues that arise when a business is considering relocation or refurbishment of their premises.
RECENT figures forecasting a 100 per cent increase in the vacancy level of top-end CBD properties in the next six months has been met with scepticism from within the Perth property industry.
PLANNING and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has called for a review of the residential design codes and flagged the adoption of a national approach to develop a sustainablity best practice assessment scorecard.
Perth architects believe outdated planning regulations and draconian local authorities are stifling the growth of innovative residential architecture in our suburbs. Tracey Cook reports
In this week’s look at demographic trends in WA, Tracey Cook details the inner-city market and barriers that have slowed the development of a true inner-city lifestyle.
WESTERN Australia is becoming increasingly attractive to eastern States property investors with the number of east-coast investors purchasing property in the local
WESTERN Australia’s strata management industry could be set for big changes if key recommendations of a recently completed Government inquiry into the industry are adopted.
