The Perth businessmen who race Etchells yachts can’t outdo each other by buying bigger boats. Instead, the strict rules imposed on the yacht’s dimensions by the Etchells racing body means the skippers compete on skill alone.
With nearly two years’ wait on any significant new office stock in the city, some owners of existing buildings are seeking to maximise returns by spending millions to refurbish and remodel their properties.
The latest market report from Mortgage Choice and the Real Estate Institute of Australia released this week paints a bleak picture of Perth’s rental market.
Baby boomer and retiree demand for luxury apartments in Mandurah has buoyed developer Port Bouvard Ltd in the lead up to the sales launch of its $100 million Oceanique apartment development next month.
Esperance is in the midst of an accommodation development boom, driven by an influx of mine workers and tourists seeking permanent and short-stay accommodation.
VDM Group Ltd subsidiary, Van Der Meer Consulting, has been awarded an initial $3.5 million contract to provide significant structural engineering expertise to the Dubai Waterfront Development.
Sailing on the Leeuwin II has provided many high school students in Western Australia with a fairly inexpensive adventure over the years, principally due to the generosity of the ship’s sponsors.
Former Sheraton executive chef Fritz Hansal says the service dished up at many Western Australian restaurants is poor. But he thinks that presents him with an enormous opportunity.
Western Australia’s second biggest home building group, Alcock/Brown-Neaves Group, neatly illustrates the challenges facing private businesses trying to manage the combination of rapid economic growth and spiraling costs.
Western Australia’s economic boom has not been all plain sailing for private companies. Our annual review of the sector identifies both winning companies and strugglers, and highlights the large number of sharemarket floats and trade sales.
In 1994, while Lou Di Virgilio was working in the financial markets in New York, two of his younger brothers, Dominic and Robert, were running a small used car yard in Maddington.
The automotive trade has traditionally been the exclusive preserve of private companies but that changed dramatically 16 months ago when Perth’s biggest car dealer listed on the stock exchange.
The Department of Housing and Works is continuing its public housing push into the city with plans for a new $15 million apartment project at 146 Fitzgerald Street.
The $200 million Century City office project at 100 St Georges Terrace has secured its first tenant this week with Japanese oil and gas company INPEX signing on to lease 7,000 square metres, or 25 per cent of the building.
The combination of sand, barbed wire and special plastic bags may not sound like a high-tech alternative to bricks and mortar, but ‘earthbags’ could offer an affordable housing solution to homeowners in Western Australia.
Cedar Woods Properties Ltd has made a fast start to the new year, posting a record half-year net profit of $13.8 million and gaining approval for a $1 billion redevelopment project at Laverton Airfield in Victoria last week.
At one time embroiled in a public debate over the proposed redevelopment of Perth Town Hall precinct and 121-year old Treasury Buildings, the City of Perth and the Department of Housing and Works are preparing to work together to get the project back on t
The state government decision to abolish rental letting fees from April 5 has raised concern among some in the sector of even greater pressure being placed on tenants in the form of higher rents.
Fundraising by not-for-profit groups in Western Australia is about to be subject to greater regulation, with the drafting of a new bill to improve accountability in the sector.
One Mosman Park foodie couple enjoy the food, ambience and service at Twisted Fork so much that they are currently negotiating with the restaurant’s owners to lease a table.
The past three dramatic weeks of Corruption and Crime Commission hearings into the shadowy dealings of Brian Burke, Julian Grill and Noel Crichton-Browne exposed several shortcomings within Western Australia’s outdated system of governance.
Western Australia’s Corruption and Crime Commission inquiry has become a much bigger issue than any observer would have predicted at the outset – or even at the start of last week.
Former Australian cricketer and Western Australian captain, Graeme Wood, is gearing up for his toughest test yet, as the new chief executive of the WA Cricket Association.
Rick Hart has revealed he will step down as president of Fremantle Football Club in 2009, leaving recently appointed board member Richard Goyder as a contender for the top job.
In the first of a series of interviews with the state's leading sporting coaches, John Worsfold provides an insight into some of the strategies he uses to drive the West Coast Eagles' success.
Blackburne Real Estate is bracing for a big year ahead, with a new name and fresh image to be part of its planned push into east coast and international property markets.
An expression of interest campaign has been launched by the state government for the landmark $1.1 billion Fiona Stanley Hospital at Murdoch, with submissions to be accepted until March 16.
