City life
Perth city foot traffic plummets, but experts don’t predict COVID will spell end of the CBD
Foot traffic in Perth’s CBD is still down by half this week after dropping by as much as 60 per cent since the city was plunged into lockdown.
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The Perth woman who turned a redundancy into a booming family business
An Australian coming-of-age trip across the Nullarbor in the 1980s sowed the seeds of a new career for this gutsy administration worker ejected from her job.
- by Emma Young
Next piece of the sandpit puzzle in the heart of Perth’s CBD unveiled
There are hopes a 14-storey premium office building made of sustainable materials proposed by a Hong Kong developer will breathe new life into the barren Perth City Link.
- by Peter de Kruijff
Perth council uses budget surplus to try and snatch back WA Day festival
The City of Perth has dipped into its budget surplus to try and bring the WA Day festival celebrations back into the CBD.
- by Peter de Kruijff
Perth’s smallest bookshop: Only 14 square metres but packs a punch
It’s housing thousands of books. It’s employing 20 volunteers (one at a time, obviously). And it’s bringing back to life a little-known but fascinating history.
- by Emma Young
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Planning and development
Future murky for Raine Square as Bankwest mulls exit
Raine Square’s major tenant has issued an expression of interest for commercial leasing properties as it eyes moving its head office from the struggling CBD retail precinct.
- by David Prestipino
Perth’s hipster heaven ups the ante with Indigenous-only bookshop
The amount of trade this shop has seen since opening its doors in January would suggest the people of Perth have been crying out for something just like it.
- by Emma Young
Work-from-home space or mini-gym? What buyers want in Perth’s post-COVID house market
Perth downsizers have long been crying out for an example of a smaller home that’s not an apartment and offers plenty of wiggle room; this might be the answer.
- by Emma Young
Plush $25m hot springs wellness retreat proposed for prime Dalkeith location along Swan River
The Dalkeith Hot Pool is set for a comeback with a stunning $25 million redevelopment proposed on prime Swan River bank real estate for a world-class wellness centre.
- by Peter de Kruijff
After years of living dangerously, Beaufort Street is bouncing again
The once bustling strip has had a tumultuous few years, as rent rises, roadworks and a raft of other minor setbacks all reared their ugly heads.
- by David Prestipino
The perfect crime? Perth Festival eyes open to North Korean political assassination doco
Ryan White’s Assassins documentary unravels the mystery surrounding two women at the centre of the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s half brother.
- by Aja Styles