Property

The Housing Industry Forecasting Group has reviewed its dwelling commencement predictions for Western Australia to 18,500 dwellings across 2020-21.

OP Properties’ $20 million proposal to create a carbon-neutral apartment complex in Fremantle has been given the green light.

Claremont’s Bay View Terrace recorded a reduction in retail vacancies over the past 12 months, while vacancies along Oxford Street in Leederville climbed.

A six-storey mixed-use development featuring 27 apartments in Nedlands has been given the green light.

Within 18 months of signing a 15-year lease, WeWork has closed its Northbridge operations.

Perth house prices jumped 1.1 per cent last month and are selling at the fastest rate since 2006, new data released today shows.

Probuild has been named builder of the year and won the national high-rise apartment award for its Ritz Carlton development at the Master Builders Australia award night.

Georgiou Group has been appointed head contractor for Brightwater Care Group’s $40 million Inglewood complex, featuring an aged care facility, a research centre and a corporate head office.

The federal government has extended its HomeBuilder program, following the state government’s move to extend its own Building Bonus initiative.

The state government has opened public consultation for the state's draft medium-density housing policy and its associated codes.

Tax reform and a strategy to address the residential rental crisis are among the key initiatives the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA is canvassing the state government to consider as part of its election commitment.

Multinational investment bank HSBC will shift its Perth headquarters from 190 St Georges Terrace to the 43-storey QV1 tower.

Construction company Hanssen, earthworks contractor Screenwest and nickel miner First Quantum Minerals have each been fined in the past week over workplace safety breaches.

A survey of about 1,200 residents across Perth has revealed the majority either support or are open to the idea of medium-density developments.

Sentinel Real Estate has announced plans to build its third build-to-rent project in Australia, at 194 West Coast Highway in Scarborough.

Lisa Halton’s determination to intertwine architecture with wellbeing outcomes has shaped her housing designs.

Cedar Woods Properties has appointed Webb and Brown-Neaves to construct its townhouse development in Subiaco.

Global engineering firm Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has signed a long-term lease for a purpose-built workshop at Roe Highway Logistics Park in Kenwick.

Paul Lionetti has grown his property portfolio from a share in a single deli to around 30 per cent of Albany’s commercial district.

Total Essential Services Group has hired several former John Massey Group employees, a week after the group was placed into liquidation.

Gary Dempsey Developments is set to take full ownership of a 1,500 square metre Scarborough block with uninterrupted ocean views after reaching an agreement with Cape Bouvard.

Australia’s largest automotive dealer is planning a major restructure of its Perth properties, buying three from the Wheatley-Prater family and exiting six others.

While not the most glamorous assets in the commercial property sector, bulk warehouses, workstations, logistics centres and sheds have proved their worth in 2020.

Increased population, greater economic diversity, and more recognition of Perth’s achievements are keys to the city’s future.

Momentum Wealth has purchased a riverfront site along Mounts Bay Road, where it plans to develop eight boutique apartments.

Primewest has confirmed it will support the sale of Vitalharvest Freehold Trust to Macquarie Group.

The state government has said it will allow applicants for the federal government’s HomeBuilder grant scheme a further three months to commence construction.

A petition calling on the state government to put in place a range of measures aimed at reinvigorating Armadale's central business district and helping to address social problems in the area has be

Baron Property Group has purchased a 3,960 square metre site in Perth’s northeastern suburb for $10 million in an off-market deal.

Media power has become too concentrated in WA and could be leveraged for commercial interests, former Liberal leader Mike Nahan warned in his valedictory speech on Tuesday.

Oryx Communities has submitted revised plans for its aged care project in Nedlands, after community backlash led the group to pursue the State Development Assessment Unit.

Investment firm Dorado Property has bought an industrial property in the southern Perth suburb of Naval Base for $9 million.