THE Perth City Council has unanimously approved the $300 million development proposal put forward for Westralia Square II by Kerry Packer’s syndicate managed by James Fielding Ptd Ltd.
THE long overlooked Great Southern wine region is pushing to raise its profile by developing a wine and fresh produce centre modelled on a highly successful South Australian project.
COLONIAL First State will join a host of other major fund managers launching hedge funds when it unveils its Global Diversified Strategies Fund next week.
PLANS for weekend markets in Northbridge have been revived by the Perth City Council as it looks for solutions to the suburb’s growing list of problems.
INDUSTRIAL companies will continue to vie for a patch of WA’s premier industrial estates for years to come, despite higher land prices and limited availability.
WESTPOINT Corporation has been granted a generous plot-ratio bonus on its Murray Street project as the City of Perth moves to encourage city development and vitality.
GOUNDREY Wines will open a $1 million cellar door facility to showcase its Fox River range as it tries to forge a stronger wine tourism industry in the Great Southern region.
THE building industry may become the next victim of the State Government’s premium property tax.Along with 900 residents and the real estate sector, those in the building industry suspect theirs could be the next to suffer from the new tax.
THE eagerly awaited Financial Services Reform Bill will create a streamlined regulatory regime for financial service providers when it is introduced in March next year.
DUNSBOROUGH’S Radisson Beach Resort is about to be given a new name and new look after it was this week officially taken over by the Broadwater Hospitality group.
MOVES by the City of Stirling to create a Scarborough tourism precinct with extended trading hours could bring the controversial topic of deregulated trading hours back on the State Government agenda.
THE University of WA and the Water Corporation are heading into mediation talks in a bid to resolve their long-running dispute over university land in Shenton Park, worth up to $80 million.
THE Gallop Government’s first budget provided a big surprise for 900 WA property owners, who were told their exclusive addresses meant they would be handing another cheque to the taxman.
OUTRAGED property owners across the metropolitan area are rallying to fight the Gallop Government’s new premium property tax, which some have labelled as sinister and discriminatory.
IN the past two decades, interior designers have made quantum leaps in their profession, moving from selecting fashionable office colour schemes to creating productive and efficient workplaces that contribute to a business’s bottom line.
THE trees and the tinsel are about to go up and staff are pulling out their Santa hats, but the Christmas trading period is not shaping up to be a very merry one for Perth retailers.
PLANS for an underground arcade linking St Martin’s Arcade and the David Jones food hall have been shelved after the City of Perth and landowner St Martin’s Centre both withdrew support for the concept.
PRIME CBD commercial property Australia Place will officially go on the market in the next two weeks with an asking price of around $35 million, according to industry sources.
EACH year, Western Australians waste millions of dollars cooling and heating Tuscan villas, English manor and Swiss chalet-style houses totally unsuited to the State’s climate.