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Lendlease
Lendlease is an Australian multinational construction and real estate company, headquartered in Barangaroo, Sydney, New South Wales. History Founding The company was established as Lendlease by Dick Dusseldorp in 1958 to provide finance for building contracts being undertaken by Civil & Civic. In 1961, the company acquired Civil & Civic from Bredero's Bouwbedrijf. Lendlease first listed on the ASX in 1962. Operations expanded to the United States in 1971 and to Singapore in 1973. In 1982, Lendlease acquired 50% of MLC and in 1985 acquired the balance of the company. MLC's multi-manager, multi-style investment philosophy was introduced in 1986. It was later sold to National Australia Bank in the year 2000 for $4.56 billion, one of the biggest mergers in Australian corporate history. Expansion and major acquisition In 1999, the company formed Actus Lendlease with the acquisition of Actus Corporation's MILCON and technical service construction management business, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Exchange TRX
The Exchange TRX, also known as the TRX Mall and officially known as Plaza The Exchange TRX, is a shopping mall and complex situated next to the Bukit Bintang, Bukit Bintang shopping district in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located off Jalan Tun Razak to the east and Jalan Kampung Pandan to the south. The term "TRX" in its name is a short form of Tun Razak Exchange, the area where the mall was developed at. As part of the TRX Lifestyle Quarter precinct, the development also includes a hotel block by Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants and an office block built on top of the mall as well as 6 residential towers right next to it. The Exchange TRX constitutes as one of the first stages in the development of the Tun Razak Exchange district, making it as a primary highlight for the area. It is currently anchored by Apple Store, Apple, Seibu Department Stores, Seibu Department Store, Golden Screen Cinemas' Aurum Theatre and Mercato Supermarket (previously a supermarket under Dairy Farm Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bovis Construction
Bovis is a construction business in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1885, it was subsidiary of P&O from 1974, was acquired by Lendlease in 1999 and renamed Bovis Lend Lease. The brand was retired in 2011 in favour of Lendlease Project Management & Construction. After the United Kingdom business was sold to Atlas Holdings in 2025, the Bovis name was revived. History Bovis Construction was founded as C. W. Bovis & Co by Charles Bovis in London in 1885. In 1908 it was acquired by Samuel Joseph and his cousin, Sidney Gluckstein. Bovis was one of the few construction companies to go public in the 1920s, during which time it developed an extensive retail clientele, by far the most important and long lasting of which was Marks & Spencer. Central to the relationship with Marks & Spencer was the pioneering Bovis System contract, designed to bring the interests of the contractor and client together. The Bovis System paid the builder the prime cost of the work plus an agreed fee to co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil & Civic
Civil & Civic was an Australian construction company. Founded in 1951, it was acquired in 1961 by Lend Lease Corporation. History Civil & Civic was founded by Dick Dusseldorp in 1951 on behalf of Dutch building companies Bredero's Bouwbedrijf and The Royal Dutch Harbour Company as an Australian building contractor. Its first contract was to supply and erect 200 prefabricated houses for the Snowy Mountains Authority which had been established by William Hudson, engineer of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.Modern Townships for Snowy Mountains Workers '''' 12 January 1954 page 11 Hudson's greatest obstacle in the completion of the scheme was the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Towers Sydney
The International Towers is a commercial skyscraper complex in the Sydney central business district, in the Barangaroo, New South Wales, Barangaroo area. The complex comprises three main office towers; Tower 1 at , Tower 2 at , and Tower 3 at . Construction on the towers began in 2013 before completion in mid 2016. The complex was built as part of a major urban redevelopment of Barangaroo, forming part of the core commercial, residential, retail and leisure development at Barangaroo South. More than 50 per cent of the Barangaroo South precinct (7.6 hectares) is accessible to the public. The development delivered 283,900 m2 of commercial office space. The three office skyscrapers, individually known as International Towers 1, 2 and 3, were designed by RSHP, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Construction The tallest tower, known as Tower 1 is a 217m commercial building comprising 49 floors. It was completed in mid 2016. PwC signed as the anchor tenant and HSBC and Marsh & McL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delfin (company)
Delfin, formerly the Development Finance Company was an Australian business carrying out residential developments. It was acquired by Lendlease in 2001. History Delfin was established as the Development Finance Company by John Marks in 1953. DFC became a public company in 1957 and was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 1959. The purpose of DFC was to serve as an "investment banking service" that would "assist Australia’s industrial development by providing long-term finance and permanent capital to Australian companies." The abbreviation “DelFin” was used in the names of some of DFC's subsidiary companies. DFC entered the real estate development market in 1969. Via an indenture signed by its subsidiary, Delfin Management Services Pty Ltd and the Government of South Australia, Delfin built a real estate development called West Lakes. West Lakes is in the upper estuary of the Port River, known as the Upper Port Reach, to the north-west of the Adelaide central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Docklands, Victoria
Docklands is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the western end of the Melbourne central business district, central business district. Docklands had a population of 15,495 at the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census. Primarily a waterfront area centred on the banks of the Yarra River, it is bounded by Spencer Street, Wurundjeri Way and Montague Street to the east, the Yarra River and Moonee Ponds Creek to the west, Footscray Road and Dynon Road to the north and Lorimer Street, Boundary Road and the West Gate Freeway across the Yarra River to the south. The site of modern-day Docklands was originally swamp land that in the 1880s became a bustling dock area as part of the Port of Melbourne, with an extensive network of wharfs, heavy rail infrastructure and light industry. Following the containerisation of shipping traffic, Docklands fell into disuse and by the 1990s was virtually abandoned, making it the focal point of Melbourne's underground rave scene. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barangaroo South
Barangaroo is an area of central Sydney, Australia. It is at the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district and the southern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. The area was used for fishing and hunting by Indigenous Australians prior to colonial settlement. The area is inclusive of The Hungry Mile, the name harbourside workers gave to the docklands area of Darling Harbour East during The Great Depression, where workers would walk from wharf to wharf in search of a job, often failing to find one. In 2003 the Government of New South Wales determined that the precinct would be redeveloped from shipping and stevedoring facilities to provide more commercial office space and recreational areas. This redevelopment moved from design contest to concept plan from 2005 to 2012. In the interim, stevedoring facilities have been relocated, some of the site remediated, and temporary alternate uses such as major event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allity
Allity is an accredited Residential Aged Care Provider founded in March 2013 with 45 locations in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The homes offer all levels of permanent and respite care allowing for aging in place as well as providing secure dementia facilities. History Allity was founded in 1992 by Ted Sent. It merged with another retirement village operator, Thomas Macdougall in 1997 with the merged group renamed Primelife. In November 2003 the business was sold to Robert Champion de Crespigny and Ron Walker. By 1998 it had been listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. In 2007 Primelife was purchased by Babcock & Brown and renamed Babcock & Brown Communities. In 2008 Lendlease acquired the business and rebranded it Lend Lease Primelife in December 2008. In March 2013 Lendlease sold the aged care part of its primelife business to Archer Capital and it was rebranded Allity while the independent living retirement villages remained in Lendlease ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barangaroo, New South Wales
Barangaroo is an area of central Sydney, Australia. It is at the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district and the southern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. The area was used for fishing and hunting by Indigenous Australians prior to colonial settlement. The area is inclusive of The Hungry Mile, the name harbourside workers gave to the docklands area of Darling Harbour East during The Great Depression, where workers would walk from wharf to wharf in search of a job, often failing to find one. In 2003 the Government of New South Wales determined that the precinct would be redeveloped from shipping and stevedoring facilities to provide more commercial office space and recreational areas. This redevelopment moved from design contest to concept plan from 2005 to 2012. In the interim, stevedoring facilities have been relocated, some of the site remediated, and temporary alternate uses such as major event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crosby Homes
Crosby Homes was a major British residential housebuilding business. It was acquired by the Australian developer Lendlease in 2005 and the Crosby name was discontinued during the early 2010s. History Crosby Homes was established in the mid-1920s by James Crosby to build houses in north Cheshire. During the Second World War, the firm turned to civil engineering and contracting but returned to housebuilding in the late 1950s, when it specialised in building executive housing.Company Prospectus (1987) During 1986, the Crosby family sold out to a management buyout; three years later, the company was floated on the London Stock Exchange; at that time, the company was predominantly building in north Cheshire and south Lancashire. In response to the early 1990s recession, the company reduced the dividend in 1990. That same year, rumours of takeover talks with Bryant Homes and Persimmon were denied. During 1991, Crosby was acquired by Berkeley Group Holdings in exchange for £10.9 mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primelife
Allity is an accredited Residential Aged Care Provider founded in March 2013 with 45 locations in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The homes offer all levels of permanent and respite care allowing for aging in place as well as providing secure dementia facilities. History Allity was founded in 1992 by Ted Sent. It merged with another retirement village operator, Thomas Macdougall in 1997 with the merged group renamed Primelife. In November 2003 the business was sold to Robert Champion de Crespigny and Ron Walker. By 1998 it had been listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. In 2007 Primelife was purchased by Babcock & Brown and renamed Babcock & Brown Communities. In 2008 Lendlease acquired the business and rebranded it Lend Lease Primelife in December 2008. In March 2013 Lendlease sold the aged care part of its primelife business to Archer Capital and it was rebranded Allity while the independent living retirement villages remained in Lendlea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barangaroo, Sydney, New South Wales
Barangaroo is an area of central Sydney, Australia. It is at the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district and the southern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. The area was used for fishing and hunting by Indigenous Australians prior to colonial settlement. The area is inclusive of The Hungry Mile, the name harbourside workers gave to the docklands area of Darling Harbour East during The Great Depression, where workers would walk from wharf to wharf in search of a job, often failing to find one. In 2003 the Government of New South Wales determined that the precinct would be redeveloped from shipping and stevedoring facilities to provide more commercial office space and recreational areas. This redevelopment moved from design contest to concept plan from 2005 to 2012. In the interim, stevedoring facilities have been relocated, some of the site remediated, and temporary alternate uses such as major event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
