New York state of mind:What will it take to populate Perth’s CBD?

New York state of mind:What will it take to populate Perth’s CBD?

Our neglected heritage-listed buildings offer huge opportunities to help alleviate the housing crisis and revitalise the city. But it will need imagination,incentives and willpower to make it happen.

  • byMark Naglazas

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What’s stopping infill in WA? The hurdles developers face

What’s stopping infill in WA? The hurdles developers face

Perth’s love of suburbia has stood in the way of infill,but changes may be on the horizon.

  • byHamish Hastie
Satterley dealt huge blow in Perth hills development plan over fire risk

Satterley dealt huge blow in Perth hills development plan over fire risk

The Satterley Property Group wants to build a sprawling suburban-style town site for thousands of people on land in the Perth Hills.

  • bySarah Brookes
Perth’s ‘greedy generation’:How urban sprawl empties taxpayer wallets

Perth’s ‘greedy generation’:How urban sprawl empties taxpayer wallets

Housing estates on the fringes should pay a sprawl tax,says a Perth property expert,but others in his industry are “strongly opposed” to such a radical idea.

  • bySarah Brookes,Hamish Hastie andJesinta Burton
The good,the bad and the ugly:What’s it like living on Perth’s urban fringe?
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The good,the bad and the ugly:What’s it like living on Perth’s urban fringe?

Too many people living in suburbs right across Perth’s urban sprawl frontier are not yet living the lifestyle they were sold. So,is it coming? And if so,when?

  • bySarah Brookes andHamish Hastie
There are no chicken or tent sweeteners,but Perth home buyers still want their castle

There are no chicken or tent sweeteners,but Perth home buyers still want their castle

Home buyers’ expectations have evolved beyond chickens and camping equipment,but the man at the helm of Perth’s oldest developer says the formula for building successful suburbs remains largely unchanged.

  • byHamish Hastie
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Bigger houses squeezed onto smaller blocks leave our suburbs sweating. How do we ‘re-green’ Perth?
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Bigger houses squeezed onto smaller blocks leave our suburbs sweating. How do we ‘re-green’ Perth?

Perth has the worst tree canopy cover of any Australian capital,with the state government putting it as low as 16 per cent coverage.

  • bySarah Brookes andHamish Hastie
Big Perth:How the city started sprawling (and why it’s still going)
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Big Perth:How the city started sprawling (and why it’s still going)

WAtoday charts Perth’s spread,and the companies behind the master-planned communities pushing our urban boundary further afield.

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Spread too thin:What we’re losing as Perth sprawls
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Spread too thin:What we’re losing as Perth sprawls

The house-and-land package is still at the heart of the Australian dream,but what are we missing out on in this mind-boggling suburban expansion?

  • byMark Naglazas
Perth smashes house price records,crosses $700k median for first time

Perth smashes house price records,crosses $700k median for first time

Read the full list of Perth suburbs,and how much houses prices have risen over the past year.

  • bySarah Brookes
The man who sold the sprawl:Inside the mind of Nigel Satterley
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The man who sold the sprawl:Inside the mind of Nigel Satterley

There are few West Australian business titans more formidable than veteran developer Nigel Satterley. But there’s more to one of this sprawling city’s founding fathers than some might think.

  • byJesinta Burton