News Articles for Leighton Properties

HBF's legal action against the developers behind Kings Square, including Cimic Group and companies linked to Seven Network, continues in the state's highest court.

A third student accommodation project has been proposed for Perth's CBD, while a Hong Kong-based developer has been enlisted to build a residential, retail and entertainment complex as part of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority's latest efforts to get things moving at the Perth City Link.

SPECIAL REPORT: New office development is grinding to a halt, but landlords are nonetheless aggressive in attempts to attract tenants to the city.

A recent office leasing deal at Exchange Tower has illustrated the lengths to which landlords are going to attract tenants, as vacancies continue to rise across the CBD.

Oil and gas producer Inpex has emerged as the last potential anchor for a significant new commercial development in the CBD, following Rio Tinto's decision to remain at Central Park.

A mix of tenants are moving into CBD space vacated by resources companies.

One of the state's biggest building groups has enlisted expert help to deliver on the public art requirements of its latest apartment project.

The residential component of the Kings Square precinct is to take shape in coming months, with Seven Group Holdings appointing architecture firm Woods Bagot to design two 50-storey apartment towers

Singapore-based diversified conglomerate Crescendas is preparing to construct its first property in Western Australia, lodging a development application to build a 23-storey hotel on Wellington Str

The past 12 months have been bleak for office developers in Perth, but one major player says there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Leighton Properties has revealed the simultaneous construction of its Kings Square precinct's four office towers was a condition of international oil and gas giant Shell taking up an entire building at the development in the Perth CBD.

A fresh food market, an amphitheatre and a playground set among native gardens are among the amenities the state government revealed today for Perth's newest public plaza, Yagan Square.

FEATURE: Perth's newest office buildings are increasingly incorporating retail and hospitality precincts, as well as end-of-trip facilities, in a design-led effort to boost tenant and employee retention.

FEATURE: Perth is in the middle of its biggest wave of office construction in decades, but a sustained burst of new supply means future prospects for commercial developers are increasingly bleak.

Woodside Petroleum has confirmed it will be the anchor tenant at Capital Square, signing a memorandum of understanding with the site's developer, AAIG.

Overseas and interstate retailers are lining up to be part of an emerging new precinct in the Perth CBD.

Major redevelopment projects are transforming Perth's CBD, but only one precinct seems to be attracting anchor tenants.

St Andrew's Church on St Georges Terrace will remain closed for the foreseeable future due to structural issues, unless the Uniting Church can secure an anchor tenant for a planned 22-storey office tower.

Global energy giant Shell has expanded its footprint at Leighton Properties and DEXUS Property Group's Kings Square, signing up to take up a further 5,847 square metres of office space in the devel

Perth's newest skyscraper, Brookfield Place, has been named Australian development of the year by the Property Council of Australia.

Accounting giant EY is understood to be close to finalising negotiations on a new lease at the six-storey EY Building on Mounts Bay Road, after coming up empty in its search for a new home.

Perth's CBD office market is still proving to be attractive to offshore investors, with the office building at 130 Stirling Street sold to a Singaporean firm for $90 million.

Owners of older office buildings in central Perth are struggling to find tenants, with the latest Office Market Report showing a widening gap between premium buildings and the rest of the market.

The office vacancy rate in Perth's central business district has jumped sharply higher to 10.8 per cent, research by Jones Lang LaSalle has found.

The state government has endorsed designs by developers Leighton Properties and Mirvac Group for the final piece of land at the Perth City Link.

After a record-breaking 2012, the past 12 months have been pretty quiet for new office construction in Perth, with little significant space to be added until 2015.

KBR is believed to have committed to office space in the third tower at Leighton Properties' Kings Square project alongside one of its key clients, Shell.

Health insurer HBF has completed a deal, foreshadowed earlier this year, to purchase and move into one of the new Kings Square office towers, relocating its 600-strong staff from its existing offic

A year and half ago I sat down with Leighton's most senior property development management to talk about Kings Square.

Leighton Holdings marked a significant step in its Kings Square project this morning with a sod turning ceremony attended by Planning Minister John Day.

The race to build a hotel and apartment tower in the state government's blue riband Elizabeth Quay precinct has turned into a tug-of-war between three consortia.

LEIGHTON Properties has stolen a march on rival developers, including Brookfield Properties, aiming to start work on Perth's next large office buildings.

MOST apartment developers have experienced a lean period since the GFC, with investors and banks both wary of putting money into new projects.

A wide range of commercial property developers, from multinationals to church groups, are set to drive future activity in the sector.

Leighton Properties Pty Ltd said it expects to lodge a bid for the Capital Square site after confirming that negotiations with the property's joint venture partners, Saville Australia and Babcock & Brown, have been terminated.