Big Perth
Perth continues to sprawl as residential infill rate goes backwards
Perth has fallen short of its infill target every year since 2017, with the rate of residential infill going backwards for the past two years.
- by Sarah Brookes
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Catholic church
350 Optus Stadiums: Counting the staggering profit of God’s acres in Perth
From vacant acres on Perth’s fringe to places of worship, schools, commercial buildings and houses, these churches own some of WA’s most valuable private property portfolios.
- by Sarah Brookes and Hamish Hastie
Perth shopping centre’s $80m mega-mall facelift is off with a bang
A sleepy shopping centre whose biggest offering for three decades has been a Kmart is being transformed into Perth’s latest ‘town centre’ and dining destination.
- by Emma Young
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Population
Big city blues: Are we ready for Perth to become a major metropolis?
New figures have revealed Perth to be Australia’s fastest-growing capital city. While many of us crave size, we’re now dealing with the pros and cons of being in the big league.
- by Mark Naglazas
How tiny Japanese ‘pocket forests’ could cool Perth’s sweaty suburbs
Originally developed by Japanese ecologist Akira Miyawaki in the early 1970s for Nippon Steel, Miyawaki forests have been adopted around the world to help offset rising heat in the suburbs.
- by Sarah Brookes
Buy now, experts warn as they predict Perth home median to smash $850k
Analysts predict that strong overseas and interstate migration, a chronic undersupply and easing interest rates will keep house prices rising over the next year.
- by Sarah Brookes
Perth is awash with a certain type of home – and it’s making our housing crisis worse
A leading Perth architect also claims some of the biggest culprits in the housing crisis are the men and women who should be helping solve it.
- by Mark Naglazas
Neighbour’s new plan leaves Satterley’s Hills estate high and dry
A proposal to more gently urbanise a landholding across the road from Nigel Satterley’s trouble-plagued Perth Hills housing estate has gained the green light.
- by Sarah Brookes
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Planning and development
As Perth swelters, state tackles the elephant in the room: tree canopy
After years of advocacy by all the lesser bodies, the WA government has picked a 42-degree day to finally announce a plan to beat the heat and green the suburbs.
- by Emma Young
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Planning and development
Multibillion-dollar Burswood project wins approval for twin-tower plan
The complete Burswood Point plan, years in the making, includes 4500 homes and 90,000 square metres of office and retail space on the Swan River foreshore.
- by Emma Young
A major problem on Perth’s fringe could see city haunted by ‘ghost suburbs’
While Perth basks in the sunshine of record immigration and a booming housing market, a warning about its potential transformation into a “ghost metropolis” poses questions about the city’s future.
- by Sarah Brookes