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Inspired Homes customers met with WA Premier Roger Cook at Dumas House in West Perth earlier this year. Pictured is group spokesperson David Daff (black jeans and dark blue shirt) with other group members at Dumas House

Administration and liquidationPremiumTroubled builder Inspired sent to liquidation

Creditors have knocked back a proposal to revive troubled builder Inspired Property Group, instead sending the company to liquidation.

Matt Mckenzie

A seven-storey short-term co-living apartment building is being considered for North Fremantle.

ConstructionCommentsTemporary co-living apartments planned for southern suburb

Fremantle property developers are on a mission to deliver Perth’s first short-term co-living apartment building for people transitioning from one stage of life to the next.

Caitlin Vinci

Locus Development Group plans to build an additional 10 townhouses to bring the total of Monument East homes to 91.

ConstructionCommentsPremiumPlans for $38m townhouse precinct expands ahead of build

If the approval is granted, the additional homes could hit the market in August or September this year. 

Caitlin Vinci

The future of Mercedes hangs in the balance after a last-ditch bid to buy the company from administration earlier this month delayed a final decision on the builder’s future.

Administration and liquidationPremiumZorzi fight over unpaid sale debt

Three companies linked to the former owners of Zorzi Builders have lodged a $3.4 million legal action linked to their deal to exit the construction empire in 2019.

Matt Mckenzie

Pictured at Optus Stadium are Premier Roger Cook and Sport and Recreation Minister Rita Saffioti who were speaking on plans to develop the Burswood Precinct.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumCook backs $1.8 billion promise amid turmoil

A global construction company which has never built an Australian hospital has been backed by the Cook Government to deliver WA’s planned maternity hospital alone after the collapse of its local partner

Dylan Caporn

An artists render of the Women’s and Babies Hospital, originally planned for QEII

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
ConstructionCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Turmoil for new maternity hospital as builder goes bust

WA’s planned Women’s and Babies Hospital has been thrown into disarray by the spectacular collapse of the builder handpicked by the State Government to deliver the politically sensitive project.

Dylan Caporn and Ben Harvey

Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre is set to be transformed through a new proposal for the waterfront site. Supplied

ConstructionPremiumArea in Perth CBD could see up to seven redeveloped sites

The draft scheme has been published for public consultation with submissions being considered by the Western Australian Planning Commission. 

Sophie Gannon

A new $48.9 million development could be coming to City Beach’s Ocean Gardens Retirement Village.

ConstructionPremiumWestern suburb retirement village set for major makeover

Towers will transform part of a popular City Beach’s retirement village after three apartment complexes were narrowly approved by the State’s peak planning body.

Harriet Flinn

Inspired Homes customers met with WA Premier Roger Cook at Dumas House in West Perth after the State Election. Pictured are group members Rick Ackerman, Marianne De Wahl, Natalie Price, Angie De Jesus, David Daff, Igidio De Jesus, Martin Rodden and Johan Rodden at Dumas House

Administration and liquidationPremiumLiquidation likely for troubled builder Inspired Homes

Administrators of collapsed home builder Inspired Property Group have knocked back a low-ball rescue bid and warned that the company was likely insolvent by June 2024.

Matt Mckenzie

Nicheliving Ronnie Michel-Elhaj

ConstructionPremiumNicheliving advisers chase $1.3m Michel-Elhaj deal

Nicheliving’s one-time float advisers chasing $1.3 million on an unfortunately-timed deal with the battling builder’s boss Ronnie Michel-Elhaj.

Neale Prior

Zorzi Builders’ The Peak in Dalkeith.

Administration and liquidationCommentsPremiumBuilder’s future hangs in the balance as liquidation delayed

A decision on the future of Mercedes Group - which trades as Zorzi Builders - has been punted back weeks after a last-minute proposal to buy the company out of administration.

Matt Mckenzie

The penthouse is a trophy asset for VGW in a town renowned for its riches.

Commercial PropertyPremiumEscalante’s VGW pays up for Perth’s best room with a view

The penthouse lease is one of Perth’s trophy offices in the latest skyscraper to hit practical completion in Perth — Nine the Esplanade.

Kim Macdonald

Robot brickie using Hadrian XAE technology owned by FBR Limited.

ConstructionCommentsPremiumFast Brick Robotics capital raising plan hit by delay bid

The Takeovers Panel has knocked back a late bid to delay the vote on a major capital raising by building robot developer FBR.

Matt Mckenzie

Workers on tunnel projects are being exposed to potentially deadly silica dust, an inquiry's heard. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

ConstructionPremiumTunnel diggers are facing a 'full-blown disease crisis'

Cancer-causing silica dust from major tunnelling projects are a hazard construction workers cannot avoid simply by wearing a mask, an inquiry has been told.

Farid Farid

Administrators from Hall Chadwick were put into Mercedes Group, which traded as Zorzi and Grandwood Homes, in March.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
ConstructionCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Zorzi’s fall: Bitcoin, a secret legal feud & years of losses

A $10 million legal fight and seven years of losses helped sink luxury Perth construction empire Zorzi Builders, with the company likely headed to liquidation.

Matt Mckenzie

A builder, who asked not to be named, said much of the slowdown was due to overpaid tradies, who were not putting in the hours that they used to work.

ConstructionCommentsPremiumWA’s overpaid tradies now twice as slow, builder claims

Builders have called for a bigger intake of migrant tradies amid newly released data showing it takes twice as long to build a house now compared with five years ago.

Kim Macdonald

St Bartholomew’s House has filed two development applications for buildings in East Perth.

Commercial PropertyCommentsPremiumSights set on East Perth for two new development projects

Plans have been unveiled for purpose-built designs for vulnerable members of the WA community.

Sophie Gannon

Disgruntled Inspired Homes customers on the builder's Hamilton Hill building site earlier this year. (From left) Johan and Martin Rodden, Natalie Price, Neil Church and David Daff.

ConstructionPremiumREVEALED: The massive sum collapsed builder owes creditors

The debts of collapsed home builder Inspired Property Group can now be revealed, two weeks after the business hit the wall.

Matt Mckenzie

The JDAP will decide if the apartments can be built on April 15.

Commercial PropertyCommentsPremiumPlans for $38m apartments in Perth’s south despite concerns

A seven-storey apartment — plus a rooftop garden area for residents — will be built despite objections from the council over fears it could tarnish a cul-de-sac’s character.

Caitlin Vinci

The redevelopment of Banksia Grove Village will see new shops, a swim school, tavern, fast-food and a cafe with alfresco dining.

ConstructionCommentsPremiumNorthern suburbs shopping centre set for $22m redevelopment

The proposal for the redevelopment has officially been given the green light by State planning officials after ‘overwhelming support’ from the local community.

Liam Murphy

the annual rise in construction costs has jumped 2.9 per cent over the 12 months to March 2025. 

ConstructionCommentsPremiumIndustry hangs on for construction cost fallout

Chinese building supplies are set to become cheaper after losing US markets, but will currency changes wipe out the benefit for local customers?

Kim Macdonald

WesTrac CEO Jarvas Croome is pictured with a CAT 793 NG.

Federal election 2025CommentsPremiumWesTrac boss calls for clarity amid global trade turmoil

WesTrac boss Jarvas Croome has called on the next Federal government to step up and show strong leadership that will give business the confidence to make long-term decisions in the face of a global trade war.

Cheyanne Enciso

A Zorzi Builders home in leafy Dalkeith

Administration and liquidationPremiumFresh debt fight for Zorzi-linked business

A key shareholder in Zorzi Builders is set for a Supreme Court fight over unpaid debt just weeks after the luxury construction company entered administration.

Matt Mckenzie

Disgruntled Inspired Homes customers on the builder's Hamilton Hill Building site. (From left) Johan and Martin Rodden, Natalie Price, Neil Church and David Daff.

Administration and liquidationPremiumMore details emerge on Inspired Homes collapse

Inspired Property Group was in talks with restructuring experts from McGrathNicol for seven weeks before plunging into administration with 87 homes unfinished.

Matt Mckenzie

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