The builder of six Hamilton Hill homes demolished this week had been given a clean bill of health by DevelopmentWA despite public red flags about its finances.
Matt Mckenzie
What do you do when your $500m Elizabeth Quay apartment building is riddled with defects and the builder has gone broke? Call in the lawyers, of course. Plus: Small business grants program a little top heavy.
A debt-laden residential developer has met a crucial funding deadline, but the group's short-term survival is far from secured, administrators say.
Nick Wilson
Industry groups say blanket curbs would chase investment offshore as WA’s corporate giants look to potential from data centre boom.
Ryan Johnson
Two of the key members behind the once-great Zorzi home building company are helping to resurrect the family name with a new luxury firm.
Kim Macdonald
WA families struggling to find homes have suffered a cruel blow with DevelopmentWA bulldozing six houses half-built by collapsed construction company Inspired Property Group.
There’s a modular mess awaiting liquidators after Perth construction hopeful NXT Builds hit the wall with homes unfinished. Plus: Bitcoin bull stampedes the exit.
Builders claim houses would cost more without the help of skilled migrants but the construction union says the sector would be better off training prison inmates.
A developer with projects across three states has gone into voluntary administration, leaving thousands of homebuyers in limbo in a "perfect storm".
Melissa Meehan
NRW Holdings has booked record annual earnings and forecast even higher revenues this financial year as it casts its net wide for more deals after the roaring success of its Fredon takeover.
Rebecca Le May
It’s the beginning of a beautiful friendship for Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue in Morocco. Plus: Ben Wyatt’s GST slam dunk; and a new chapter in WA luxury builder’s insolvency intrigue.
Construction on Karrinyup’s West village is imminent after years of delays.
Super giant Cbus has $7b riding on WA and boss Kristian Fok is hunting for more, with AUKUS, energy and data centres all on the radar.
The Town of Cambridge is backing plans for the 18 and 19-storey towers, comprising two ground-floor commercial tenancy shells and 244 apartments.
Laura Pond
The company has lost its registration after failing to meet the financial requirements to remain in the industry.
Caitlin Vinci
Business leaders fear a move by the Albanese Government to cut net migration will make it harder to secure skilled workers and will curtail innovation and economic growth.
Rebecca Le May and Sean Smith
A house made partly from recycled tyres — an Australian first — could be the first step in a new form of thermally efficient and low-cost construction.
If you think it’s hard getting a tradie, you are not imagining it.
Construction inflation will double over the rest of the year and could jump to 20 per cent annually if the Middle East conflict continues and the fuel levy is removed, experts warn.
Perth’s century-old double brick building tradition is facing new competition from a revolutionary construction method that cuts out the need for bricklayers.
A dash of online trolling by Fortescue chief Dino Otranto may have given an inadvertent clue about the next big move at Andrew Forrest’s mining major. Plus: A facade fight rolls on.
A $280 million debt package has pushed Frontier Energy’s Waroona solar and battery project closer to construction.
Foreign entrants and follow-on raisings lifted the ASX’s headline numbers, but the IPO market remains “very flat” despite FDC’s strong debut, leaving Firmus as the next major test.
A luxury West Perth apartment seized in a dispute over unpaid bills at Victor Goh’s Elizabeth Quay project has been sold.
