News Articles for Activate Perth

Stakeholders are working to activate vacant CBD spaces with art, but hurdles are limiting potential.

This week's appointments include Ella McNeill, Kellie Properjohn, Matthew Holcz, and Al Taylor.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Chris Hamilton, Linda O'Farrell, Peter Gerendasi, Michael Walshe, Maki Petkovski, Craig Hollywood, Rebecca Hamilton and Matthew Pham.

CBD and Yagan Square are getting more cash to end decay.

An Instagram post by influencer Khloe Kardashian using Mermade Hair's signature waver led to the biggest ever monthly sales for the Mt Lawley-based e-commerce business.

The City of Perth is considering a new plan to revive the unused upper floors of heritage buildings.

City of Perth councillors have accepted thousands of dollars' worth of gifts since October, with Perron Group, Rio Tinto and Primewest among a notable list of benefactors.

Laing O'Rourke, Verse Group and landscape architect Aspect Studio are among the latest businesses to shift to new offices along St Georges Terrace.

Perth-based property group JJ Leach Group hopes its pop-up concept for retail will breathe new life into the CBD's shopping strip.

Allowing retailers to choose their opening hours and rethinking rules around tenancies, pop-ups, and approvals could help bring life back to Perth CBD.

In the first of a series on the Perth CBD, Business News investigates how working from home could have a lasting effect on the city's retail market.

Reece Harley has told Business News he will seek to reclaim his position on council in the City of Perth's upcoming election.

A renewed focus on Hay Street Mall's heritage-listed upper floors could unlock more investment and redevelopment opportunities.

Urban regeneration specialist Activate Perth is gaining traction in Perth's CBD, filling five vacant spaces in recent weeks under its innovative rent-free, rolling lease model.

A new association is aiming to liven up the streets of the CBD and fill its empty spaces with startups and creative enterprises via short-term and rent-free rolling leases.