Gary Kleyn

A COMMUNITY-owned bank in Bayswater is a step closer to reality with the launch of the marketing plan for the venture.

STRONG building activity during 1999 has not translated into a drop in rents indicating there is no over supply in new homes according to BGC housing director Julian Ambrose.

NORTHBRIDGE is currently in transformation stage with the WA Government releasing a plan to revitalise part of the area above the Northbridge tunnel.

THE Real Estate Legislation Amend-ment Bill which relates to fidelity guarantee funds has been passed through WA Parliament.

AUSTRADE is trying to shift WA business focus from Asia to the world’s second fastest growing region – Latin America.

THE recent quarter of a percent increase in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia was an over reaction according to the Real Estate Institute of WA.

CELEBRATIONS are ongoing in Bunbury over a national award granted by the Urban Development Institute of Australia for the Marlston Hill urban renewal project.

MANY CEOs are so caught up in running the day to day affairs of a business that they do not allow time to step back and assess longer term goals and strategies.

WESFARMERS has sold a major distribution warehouse in Bassendean to a local investment syndicate for $5.7 million.

THE Perth property market’s growing appetite for inner city residential developments continues unabated with a spate of new projects planned or underway in West Perth, East Perth, South Perth and the CBD says Colliers Jardine research manger David Cresp.

ENVIRONMENT Minister Cheryl Edwardes has described the Shire of Dardanup as a leader among the South West Shires in terms of environmental management.

CLOUGH Limited patriarch Harold Clough was named one of Australia’s export heroes by the Australian Institute of Export at a recent gala dinner in Sydney recently.

MATERIALS from the twentieth and twenty-first century have been brought together in the new Central TAFE building in Northbridge.

MANY energy suppliers will fall by the wayside over the next few years, says Australian Gas Light Company managing director Len Bleasel.

THE Victoria Inn Boutique Hotel at 12 Victoria Avenue in the Perth CBD will be sold at auction on 3 May.

BALINGUP will come alive on 15 April for the annual Balingup Small Farm Field Day.

DWELLING approvals turned in a solid result in February defying expectations of a 3 per cent decline to fall only 1.1 per cent after a strong 6 per cent rise in January.

THE WA Government has announced the creation of two massive regional parks north and south of Bunbury.

A STEADY slowdown is approaching, thanks largely to the GST, says Bankers Trust chief economist Chris Caton.

ONLINE land transactions will eventually replace paperwork under a five-year strategic plan for the Department of Land Administration.

DIVERSIFICATION is important for the economic viability of the Donnybrook-Balingup Shire, says shire CEO John Attwood.

STATE Cabinet has endorsed recommendations designed to eliminate inequities in the base metals royalty system.

THE recently launched Mysouthwest regional Internet portal has received a Federal Government grant of $75,000.

AUSTRALIAN States and Territories will be shortchanged by current Fringe Benefit Tax and GST legislation, according to the Taxation Institute of Australia.

TWO fundamental changes in the real estate industry over the past two years impact directly on sellers and buyers, says ANREPS director Dorothy Lowrey.

FOREST Products minister Paul Omodei has called on members of the community to see through the conservation movement’s latest campaigns in the karri and jarrah forests.

THE first regionally-based airline that will link major North West towns has been launched.

STAGE 4A of the Mt Henry Estate at Salters Point, comprising eight residential lots, has been released for private treaty sale.

TIME could be running out for twelve WA property managers who are not yet compliant with legislation under the Managed Investment Act.

KEMERTON Industrial Park near Bunbury has been given WA Government approval for a 955 hectare core expansion to 2,100 hectares.

THE Australian Securities and Invest-ments Commission is offering a reward to whoever picks up its April Fool’s Day scam.

THE recent spate of bank branch sell-offs has been caused to a large extent by uncertainty over the impending GST, says Jones Lang LaSalle research analyst Frank Sorgiovanni.