Perth Commercial Property News

The construction industry has been a big winner from the 20-year expansion of the two dominant football codes. Australia’s sporting calendar now hosts events as diverse as the kick-off of Major League Baseball and fast …

More than 4000 new hotel rooms are on the drawing board in Perth, and another 700 in Fremantle, as developers tip more than $3 billion into the western cities in the next five years. Property …

Instead of sitting empty before redevelopment, the old Myer building is home to an eclectic pop-up mix of designers, retailers and artists.

A year ago, Perth had the country’s tightest office market, but figures from the Property Council of Australia show its CBD vacancy rate rose to 9.0% in January, up from 6.9% in July 2013. That …

While recent GDP numbers proved disappointing, there’s a distinct lack of gloom in the CBD office sector, with agents predicting vacancies will fall in 2014.

A privately owned marina, with more than 3ha of oceanfront freehold land, has hit the market near Perth.

Australia’s fascination with all things cuisine has served up the celebrity chef, top-rating cooking shows and an endless supply of foodie blogs – not to mention an expanding national waistline.

With vacancy rates and incentives rising, many in the media are calling the office market oversupplied. But that conclusion has been drawn too fast, Paul Thornhill finds.

For office market investors, the best opportunities can be found in CBD fringe areas like North Sydney, Paul Thornhill finds. With the mining sector slowing down and the global economy heading up, the outlook for …