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Who We Are
1950 - 1979
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1979
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 | Total revenue for Lend Lease Corporation exceeded A$300 million for the year. |
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 | Prime Property Fund enters into joint venture to build Levis Plaza in San Francisco, one of Equitable’s first developmental joint ventures. |
1978
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 | A$100 million MLC Centre, a Sydney landmark, officially opened. |
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 | Stuart Hornery is appointed Managing Director of Lend Lease Corporation. |
1977
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 | International Income Property (IIP), launched in USA. |
1975
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 | Lend Lease Corporation revenue exceeds A$200 million for the year. |
1971
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 | Profit share for Lend Lease Australian employees introduced. |
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 | Formation of Prime Property Fund, one of the first commingled real estate accounts for U.S. pension funds. |
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 | Lend Lease Singapore commences operations. |
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 | Lend Lease US commences operations. |
1970
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 | Lend Lease operations extends to the United States for the first time. |
1968
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 | Official opening of Australia Square. |
1967
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 | A 12 metre pine tree is raised to the top of Australia Square to mark the structure completion of the tallest light weight concrete building in the world. |
1965
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 | First project underway in Tasmania - a multi-storey building for the City Mutual Life Assurance. |
1964
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 | Operations commence in Wellington, New Zealand. |
1963
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 | Australian wages staff superannuation commences 20 years before the rest of the industry. |
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 | Employee presentations of results commences. |
1962
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 | Civil & Civic opens in Perth and the company’s first project in Adelaide commences. |
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 | A time capsule is placed in the foundations of Australia Square. |
1961
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 | Lend Lease acquires Civil & Civic from Bredero’s. |
1959
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 | Lend Lease Development forms. |
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 | Stage One Sydney Opera House contract won. |
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 | First National Buildings Trust (unlisted) established. (Forerunner to GPT). |
1958
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 | First Productivity Agreement established with the Building Trades’ Union in NSW and ACT. |
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 | Lend Lease Head Office moves to Caltex House, Sydney’s first skyscraper. |
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 | MLC encouraged the formation of the new company and provided funding for Lend Lease’s first project, North Shore Medical Centre. |
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 | Lend Lease Corporation forms with Civil & Civic as largest Shareholder. |
1951
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 | Civil & Civic contractors forms. The company’s capital was AŁ10,000 and its first contract was to supply and erect 200 prefabricated houses for the Snowy Mountains’ Authority. |
1950
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 | Dick (Duss) Dusseldorp visits Australia to assess the market opportunities for Bredero’s, a large Dutch building company. |
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