The first primary school out of two proposed educational facilities to be built by 2024 has been approved by a state government planning assessment body.
Architects have been major beneficiaries of the state government's COVID-19 stimulus, with a host of firms securing contracts to redesign public schools in recent months.
Christou Design Group has secured work on two early childhood facilities worth $5 million, while Oldfield Knott Architects and DWA Architects have also won state government contracts.
Alkimos, Piara Waters, Treeby, Burns Beach and Wellard will all receive new primary schools ahead of the 2022 school year, with the state government announcing the $116 million investment ahead of today's mid-year budget update.
PACT Construction has secured an $11.5 million state government contract for the second stage of construction at Aspiri Primary School in the south-east of Perth.
Fans won't have to walk far for refreshments before and after events at the new Perth Stadium, with a 2,500-person capacity tavern and microbrewery to be built adjacent to the Swan River pedestrian bridge on the Burswood Peninsula.
Construction works have begun on a $30 million, 14-storey hotel at the old Julio's Restaurant site in West Perth, another around the corner on Walker Avenue has been approved to go ahead, while a vacant CBD site earmarked for a $47 million hotel has changed hands in a deal worth $17 million.
