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The ABN Group managing director says the government should be directing more resources at the housing sector.

The developer behind a $300 million student accommodation tower in Perth is confident about demand for its product.

The North Perth developer has acquired a site for $4 million from the state government, with plans to bring 200 dwellings to the area.

Barriers to innovation and an ageing workforce are impeding productivity in the building sector, with a staggering plummet in the volume of homes built per hour worked.

Planning authorities have waved through a $200 million plan to build a 34-storey timber tower that the City of Perth hopes will activate the area and aid its population growth goals.

Dozens of new apartments are set to be built in Wembley after a committee greenlit a $24 million plan for a seven-storey development.

The 247-bed, $8 million facility has been assessed for a second time by planning authorities.

The project includes a 226-build-to-rent development and 72-dwelling build-to-sell component.

An assessment panel has greenlit a 33-storey student accommodation development in the Perth CBD with an estimated build cost of $80 million.

Developers in the burgeoning build-to-rent sector are adapting their projects to current market conditions.

Market conditions have paved the way for more developers to operate in Perth's student accommodation sector.

The $25 million timber-frame development is due to be built in the first half of 2024.

Perth architect and Rothelowman principal Kylee Schoonens will lead the state government's Landgate board as chair, taking over from Iluka Resources chair Rob Cole.

Perth architecture firm Fratelle has merged with national urban design practice Rothelowman after a two-year partnership.

Recent challenges in property development have put urban infill back in the spotlight.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Anthea McKinnell, Ryan Taaffe, Matthew Howard, Valerie French, Clare Thompson, Adam Levine, Kellie Properjohn, Hayden Groves, Damian Collins, Pauline White, Emma Jack, Prue Campbell, Gemma McGrath and Susan Downes.

Alan Carpenter has been appointed to the board of DevelopmentWA, while Chris Leatt-Hayter will retire from Fremantle Ports.

The state government has announced a new board to run the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority and LandCorp in the lead up to their planned merger, with just one board member from the MRA continuing on the new body.

The entrepreneurial talents of Tony Loxton, founder of Digital Dialogue, were recognised last night when he was named First Amongst Equals in front an audience of 980 people at the 2014 40under40 awards.