Lend Lease Group
Picking up the pieces
| Damon FrithSome chief executives work with a talented chairman and walk into a job that has been left well tended by their predecessor. Not all are so fortunate.
Code blue
| Damon Frith
While no stock is shockproof in volatile times, investors can expect these 10 blue chips to weather the storms.
Equities endure undue disdain
| Damon frith
Historically, shares are cheap and providing good returns, but allocations to them keep falling.
Betting on blue chips
| Damon Frith
Keen poker player and CEO of Lend Lease, Steve McCann, hopes the property group’s regaining of blue chip status is on the cards.
Bank workers lose their desks
| Ainslie Chandler
Thousands of Commonwealth Bank of Australia employees will start an entirely new way of working in their new building.
Creating consumer confidence
| Kath Walters
Developers have moved from creating green buildings to looking at sustainable communities.
Sky’s the limit
| Kath WaltersThe $6 billion Barangaroo South development in the heart of Sydney has its own authority, the Barangaroo Delivery Authority.
Going green now rates
| Gina MCColl
How can the building industry pick up any speed or scale without regulatory certainty?
Private housing flattens out
Lend Lease resizes Barangaroo, pub sales pick up and private housing starts down.
Development industry killing cities: Keating
| Ainslie Chandler and Dan Hall
The former PM is decidedly cross about the state of urban development.