News Articles for City of Melville

Former Minderoo Foundation director of arts and culture Ella McNeill will take over as Fremantle Biennale chair from next year.

The shopping centre giant is planning to develop a seven-storey apartment complex near its Westfield Booragoon Shopping Centre.

A creative Perth initiative has decoded ancient place names for its biggest project to date.

A major report has highlighted the challenges facing WA in meeting waste recycling goals.

Hesperia is set to build a twin-tower development to provide affordable housing within the Murdoch Health and Knowledge precinct.

The City of Melville council has backed a business case to replace its library with a three-storey centre despite an estimated cost increase to nearly $60 million.

Hesperia has submitted an application for a four-storey development in the Murdoch Health and Knowledge precinct, estimated to cost $68.7 million.

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The campaigns ahead of local government elections have brought about some heated interaction among contenders.

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A City of Melville councillor is suing former Keating government minister and mayor George Gear, alleging defamatory matters were published to the city's elected members and staff.

Hall & Prior has received approval to demolish buildings on the corner of Stock Road and Canning Highway to construct a six-storey aged care facility in Palmyra.

Shopping centre magnate Scentre Group has bolstered its sales and customer visitation numbers off the back of its four Perth precincts.

Aged care organisation Hall & Prior has its sights on a 8,586 square metre site in Palmyra to build its $100 million independent living complex.

A proposal by Santa Maria College to build a $25 million performing arts centre at its Attadale campus was approved unanimously at a meeting this morning.

A $792 million expansion of Westfield Booragoon, which would make it the state's largest shopping centre, has been approved by WA's peak planning body.

Estimated costs for Scentre Group's updated proposal to build the state's largest shopping centre in Booragoon have escalated by nearly $300 million.

A private girls' school is proposing to build a new performing arts facility at its Attadale campus, including a 650-seat auditorium.

Councillors appear to be having more favourable outcomes through the Joint Development Assessment Panel process.

Emma Buswell cleverly knits together laughs with social commentary in a new exhibition that takes a tongue-in-cheek look at one of Perth's upmarket suburbs.

Plans for a mid-tier public transport network connecting infill suburbs is gaining traction with industry.

A development assessment panel has given the green light for the Western Australian division of the Air Force Association to expand its Bull Creek estate with a $26.1 million facility.

The Western Australian division of the Air Force Association is planning to expand its Bull Creek estate with a $26.1 million proposal.

Developers Hesperia and Birchmead Property Group received approval to build a $75 million office development near two hospitals in Murdoch.

West Australian Music has moved its headquarters from the City of Perth to the Goolugatup Heathcote precinct in Applecross.

A $75 million proposal to build an eight-storey office development on vacant land between two hospitals has received support from the City of Melville.

A deal between the council and aged care provider Oryx Communities over 2,072 square metres of Mount Pleasant land has fallen through.

Edge Visionary Living will add 1.95 metres to its 224-dwelling, 16-storey Applecross development, despite council opposition.

DevelopWise has lodged plans to build a second $20 million apartment block in Mount Pleasant, but the City of Melville has pushed for it to be refused.

The cities of Stirling and Melville have become prime locales for new childcare centres this year, despite residents' and councillors' concerns about their impact on amenity and traffic congestion.

Scentre Group has offered a first look at its $500 million expansion plan for Westfield Booragoon, with retail tenancies, outdoor dining and an entertainment precinct.

The long-awaited redevelopment of Westfield Booragoon appears to be back on the agenda, after an application for a $500 million expansion of the centre was made public this afternoon.

Just four councils received half of all complaints lodged with the state's local government standards panel in the year to June, with Melville accounting for a fifth of all complaints made in that time.

A contentious development site will be the centrepiece of the 2021 Fremantle Biennale.

Creative organisations are congregating in areas of Perth to maximise resources and encourage visitation.

The City of Melville will be under close observation by the state government as councillors approved a 50 year peppercorn lease for a bowling club last night.

A 50-year lease for a bowling club and rumours of a brewery have sparked heated debate in Melville council, 15 months after a wave park was shelved.

The shift in work habits during COVID-19 provides an attractive development opportunity for suburban councils.

Retail developer Con Berbatis' proposal for an $80 million revamp of Kardinya Park shopping centre was approved yesterday, according to the project's spokesperson.

A long-running campaign to gain approval for an Applecross apartments project has highlighted planning inconsistencies.