Lendlease

Lendlease has lost its bid to expand its case against an engineering consultant in the lead up to a 20-day trial in proceedings by the Australian National University over flood damage.

Lendlease CEO Tony Lombardo will make the jump to Frasers Property, where he will serve as group CEO in the company's Singapore office.

Lander & Rogers has hired a disputes lawyer from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer to join its Brisbane-based commercial disputes practice as a partner. 

Cbus has reportedly agreed to acquire all the units in Lendlease's $2 billion shopping centre fund, which includes some of the country's largest mall assets.

The defendants in Lendlease's lawsuit over combustible cladding used on its $107 million EXO residential apartment block in Melbourne's Docklands have pointed the finger at one another six months out from trial in the long-running proceedings.

Lendlease has lost its appeal of a ruling that shot down its bid to enforce a $120 million purchase agreement for five plots of land in Campbelltown against a company controlled by the Macarthur-Onslow family. 

Lendlease has sold a stake in a $500 million Melbourne build-to-rent development to Japanese real estate firm Tokyo Tatemono.

Hong Kong-based Link REIT has made a play to acquire three of five Lendlease shopping centre assets that comprise a $2.9 billion property fund that are being sold down amid a slew of redemption requests.

Lendlease has announced it will sell down the assets in an unlisted retail property fund the real estate giant has fought to maintain control over in order to meet redemption requests.

Hong Kong's Link REIT has reportedly made an offer for a half interest in several shopping centres in Lendlease's retail property fund.