Perth CBD Business Guide: WA's Resources Capital and the Booming West Coast Business District

Perth's CBD is Australia's most distinctively resources-shaped central business district: the extraordinary concentration of mining company headquarters (BHP Iron Ore, Rio Tinto WA operations, Fortescue Metals Group, Woodside Energy, South32, and dozens of mid-tier and junior miners and exploration companies), the resources-facing professional services firms (the Perth offices of global law firms, big four accountants, and investment banks), and the resources technology and engineering companies that support Australia's most globally significant mining and energy sector create a business environment shaped more directly by commodity cycles and resource extraction economics than any other Australian city. The St Georges Terrace (Perth's Collins Street, the premium business address) and the Brookfield Place and Central Park premium office towers are the anchors of Perth's CBD commercial real estate market.

St Georges Terrace and the Resources Sector — St Georges Terrace (Perth CBD) is Australia's most resources-focused business address, with Woodside Energy (1 Kings Square), Fortescue Metals Group (formerly at Wesfarmers House), Rio Tinto WA (152 St Georges Terrace), and dozens of mid-tier mining companies occupying the premium office space that lines Perth's premier business boulevard. The Brookfield Place Perth complex (125 St Georges Terrace) is Perth's most prestigious corporate address, with major tenants including Herbert Smith Freehills, Allens, KPMG Perth, and several major resources sector companies.

Elizabeth Quay and the New Waterfront Business District — Elizabeth Quay (the $2.6 billion waterfront activation project on the Swan River, opened 2016) has added premium commercial real estate and a spectacular waterfront activation zone to the western end of the Perth CBD. The Elizabeth Quay development's office towers, hotels, and public waterfront space have transformed Perth's CBD waterfront from an underutilised freight and ferry terminal into one of Australia's finest waterfront business and hospitality precincts.

Perth Business Networking — the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Western Australia (CCI), the Business Council of Australia WA committee, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Perth chapter provide the major business networking infrastructure for Perth's corporate community.

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