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The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) is Australia’s peak Representative body for all segments of the Urban Development Industry. The institute has been representing the industry in Western Australia for more than 40 years.
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Government moves on planning reform
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…
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Here’s a plan, keep it simple
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…
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Perth councils squirrel away $1b in infrastructure cash
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…
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Developers sense a shift in sentiment
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…
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Managing infill-greenfield mix
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…
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BRIGHT FORECAST FOR REAL ESTATE IN NEW YEAR
WESTERN SUBURBS WEEKLY With 2017 a year of stabilisation for the property market here, I expect 2018 will be a year of moderate growth. New construction activity, along with declining levels of stock on the…
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SCARBOROUGH PROJECT IN LIMBO
WA BUSINESS NEWS Perth’s property sector is still coming to terms with the implications of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority’s recent decision to block two high-rise towers near Scarborough beach.
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LEADER OF THE YEAR
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Lavan partner Tamara Heng has walked away with this year’s UDIA WA and Frasers Property Women in Leadership award.
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TAX ON THE TABLE AMID DISORDER
THE AUSTRALIAN Developers have called for property taxes to be looked at “holistically” in the event that a possible early federal election next year forces tax back into the spotlight.