This article is about the Australian corporation. For the World War II topic, see Lend-Lease .
is an Australian-based multinational property management and investment company. It was formed in 1951 as "Civil and Civic contractors", an Australian subsidiary of the Dutch building company Bredero's. The present corporate structure began in 1958 with a listing on the
Australian Stock Exchange and a change to the current name; Civil and Civic retained a large stake in the new, floated corporation, but was bought out by Lend Lease itself in 1961.
The company operates in more than 40 countries around the world. In all of these, the Bovis Lend Lease division constructs and manages large building projects. Amongst its many commercial projects, the company was involved in the construction of major public buildings such as the
Sydney Opera House and
Melbourne Park . The company runs additional businesses in certain markets:
- In the Asia-Pacific region the company owns the Delfin residential property development group, a major Australian residential property developer mainly concentrating on outer-suburban greenfields suburbs.
- Lend Lease also operates a retail development investment business in the UK, the third largest in that market, and is a developer of retail properties in its own right. It also conducts many "public-private partnership" developments with the UK government, particularly concentrating on hospital and defence housing estate developments.
- In the United States, Lend Lease is involved in the development of defence housing through US government privatization initiatives in this area.
The current
Chief Executive Officer is
Greg Clarke , a former head of British telecommunications firm
Cable And Wireless who took up the position in December 2002. The chairman of the board of directors is
David Crawford , formerly the head of
KPMG Australia and a director of a number of other companies.
Lend Lease has just over 9,000 employees worldwide. It made an after-tax operating profit of $237 million
AUD in 2003-04, and has a market capitalization of about $4.1 billion, and manages about $19.6 billion AUD in assets.
As of November 2004, Lend Lease had made a bid for large Australian property trust
General Property Trust .
In early 2005, Lend Lease moved its headquarters fron Sydneys Australia Square which had been built by the corportation to The Bond located on Hickson road Millers Point. The building was designed to be environmentally friendly and has been awarded a five star energy rating - the first in Australia. It offices do not have Air conditioning but instead have a chill beam cooling system whereby cold water runs through pipes that in turn keep the temperature cool and contant throughout the year. Even the taps in the toilets have had their pressure reduced to reduce water wastage. The modern kitchens feature a compost bin which is emptied to the worm farm on the roof of the building and the plants introduced to the office environment have been specifically chosen to keep the air cleaner.
