Amid the voices of support for the state government’s recently announced plan to redevelop Perth’s foreshore, concerns remain about the delivery of the project.
Outside of the lucrative environment of the AFL, finding sponsorship can be tough in the arena of sport, with many clubs turning instead to private investment.
After a year of wrangling between key stakeholders, the starter’s gun has been fired on the city’s stadium project and Western Australia looks likely to have a 60,000-seat facility by 2016.
As the debate over Perth’s new multi-use stadium has demonstrated, AFL wields the most influence of all codes in Western Australian sport, with the state’s two clubs among the most financially successful in the national competition.
The state’s new multi-purpose stadium may be getting all the headlines, but several other infrastructure projects in Western Australian sport are already going ahead, or close to being finalised.
Finbar Group Ltd has received development approval for its seven-storey mixed office and residential development in Victoria Park, and is close to signing an anchor tenant.
The Perth CBD retail property market remains strong with rents up in the December quarter on the previous year, according to research from CB Richard Ellis
Plans for an eight-storey office building near Jacob’s Ladder in West Perth have been put on hold while the City of Perth’s planning committee reconsiders a development application for the site.
Two years after the Skills Formation Taskforce released its findings on training in Western Australia, the State Training Board has put forward a plan to strengthen its training advisory bodies through a restructure and increased funding.
As mine site accommodation moves away from traditional donga camps towards resort-style developments, portable housing providers are becoming more innovative with their use of design and are trialling new models of ownership.
Developers looking to build eco-friendly commercial offices may soon receive an incentive in the form of a plot ratio bonus, with the City of Perth set to draft an amendment to its planning laws.
The office vacancy rate in Perth’s CBD has reached another record low, falling from 0.7 per cent to 0.5 per cent in January, West Perth has reached a highly improbable milestone – the area is statistically full.
A joint venture between the state government and Artsupport Australia is one of two initiatives offering extra philanthropic support for arts organisations in Western Australia.
David Jones Ltd has confirmed plans to substantially increase the size of its Claremont store by early 2011 to tap into Perth’s increasingly affluent western suburbs demographic.
The City of Nedlands is proposing to re-zone an area of land in the heart of Dalkeith to allow for a mixed-use retail, commercial and residential development of up to five storeys.
