Listed property developer Finbar has been drawn into the collapse of a Japanese-owned language college GEOS, which was a big commercial tenant of the group.
Perth-based PRM Property Holdings has been chosen to partner with LandCorp to construct 100 homes at the Bluff Point suburb within Geraldton in preparation for the $4 billion Oakajee deepwater port and rail project.
The administrator of GEOS Perth says the school will not be re-opened, displacing nearly 500 international students enrolled in English language courses at the school that operates out of St Mark's International College in Highgate.
Perth-headquartered agribusiness AACL Holdings expects to list on the Australian Securities Exchange later this month as it opens its $11 million initial public offer.
The residential property sector in Perth appears to be on the cusp of another boom with a housing group forecasting a recovery in detached housing starts this year while a new house price gauge surged 11.5 per cent over the past year.
Perth-based Phosphate Australia is considering a $226 million slurry pipeline option for the development of its Highlands Plains project that straddles the border of Queensland and Northern Territory.
Miner Kagara expects to launch the initial public offer of its gold spin-out vehicle in April as operations returned to profitability in the December quarter on the back of a higher metal price environment.
Ernst and Young has been appointed voluntary administrators to private English language school GEOS Perth and eight other affiliated companies, affecting a total of 2,300 students from a number of countries.
Leederville-based SmartTrans Holdings is set to take advantage of China's expanding 3G network after it executed an agreement with China Mobile that sent its shares up more than seven-fold.
High profile accountant Domenic Martino will be joining Pan Asia Corporation as chairman once the company completes its acquisition of Innovation West.
A higher nickel price and better returns on listed investments have prompted miner Independence Group to lift its first half profit guidance to $11.2 million.
A new set of figures by RP Data and Rismark International has shown Perth's median house price has risen 6.5 per cent to $490,000 during the month of December.
Patersons Securities has today announced its third major expansion in less than two years, recruiting the management team behind the Western Australian arm of RBS Morgans.
Perth companies Tanami Gold and ABM Resources have teamed up to buy a portfolio of gold projects in the Northern Territory from Newmont Asia Pacific for close to $33 million.
The Forest Products Commission could undergo further restructures with a taskforce set up to investigate the sale of one of the commission's divisions.
The median price of a house in Perth has surged 8.7 per cent over the past year with Churchlands and Guildford some of the fastest growing suburbs in Perth, while the median unit price has hit an all-time high.
DURING the past decade, the traditionally male-dominated advertising and marketing industries have undergone a gender shift at the top, with more women filling senior decision-making positions.
WHY would a child immunology PhD graduate and recipient of a rarely awarded scholarship cease their medical science research to pursue a career as a gourmet food and wine provedore and restaurateur?
GREEN Building Council of Australia WA state manager Nadja Kampfhenkel says the most important part of her role is changing attitudes in the property industry.
A FLURRY of activity in the prestige property sector is a sign of the overall strength of the Western Australian economy, according to a leading western suburbs-based high-end property specialist.
THE nationally based developer for stage one of the Alkimos regional city project says it will use the project as a catalyst to launch its Western Australian expansion.
