THE WEST AUSTRALIAN The culture of secrecy surrounding the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority is to be upended under sweeping changes proposed by new MRALandCorp chairman George McCullagh. Mr McCullagh said the board of the merged entity wanted to “open the doors” to improve transparency for developers it worked with. The secrecy surrounding almost every element of […]
WA BUSINESS NEWS Sustainability-driven land developments are taking shape across Western Australia, but only five projects have achieved the top six-leaf EnviroDevelopment certification. WORM farms, a community orchard and heat pumps replacing the need for gas are all part of the sustainability mix at Rosehill Waters, a new residential development under way in South Guildford. […]
WA BUSINESS NEWS THE property sector has been given its first taste of the latest changes to the state’s planning systems, with experienced town planner and urban designer Evan Jones revealing his initial ideas at a recent Urban Development Institute of Australia event. Mr Jones has worked to deliver a more strategic and streamlined process […]
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Planning reform troubleshooter Evan Jones is calling time on game playing and finger-pointing in WA’s complex, convoluted and inefficient planning system. Mr Jones, called into service by Planning Minister Rita Saffioti to lead a team charged with fixing the State’s messy planning regime, last week implored 450 council, developer and property attendees […]
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Perth councils have been accused of sitting on more than $1 billion that should have been spent on parks, libraries and street lights. At least one metropolitan council has more than $150 million in unspent funds earmarked for public infrastructure, which earned more than $4 million in interest last year. The […]
WA BUSINESS NEWS Stuart Gardiner acknowledges the past few years have not been easy for those in Perth’s land development business. He says 2017 was a good example, with the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia showing a 17 per cent decrease in residential lot sales in the 12 months to […]
WA BUSINESS NEWS More than 4,000 dwellings have been created across LandCorp’s infill development sites during the past five years, providing development opportunities on previously underutilised sites. The chief executive of the state’s land development agency, Frank Marra, said recent sales results for these sites had bucked sluggish market trends for residential land, new […]
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Developers, buyers and tenants are eyeing mixed-use precincts across Perth's suburban property market.
CONSIDERING AUSTRALIA’S WELL-DOCUMENTED AGEING POPULATION, IT IS NO SECRET THAT DOWNSIZING AMONG OLDER AUSTRALIANS IS BECOMING MORE PREVALENT. Considering Australia’s well-documented ageing population, it is no secret that downsizing among older Australians is becoming more prevalent. In fact, with 14 per cent of the Australian population in 2011 aged over 65 and Perth in particular […]