Lend Lease report strong residential sales

Lend Lease report strong residential sales
Jonathan ChancellorFebruary 22, 2015

Lend Lease has reported a 25.4% profit boost in its half year profit announcement.

Profit was up to $315.6 million, although the property group reported a 9.4% fall in revenue to $5.9 billion. 

Lend Lease has operations in Australia, United States, UK and Asia.

Chief executive Steve McCann advised Australian and UK residential markets had remained strong.

"We increased our residential pre-sold revenue by $2.2 billion, to $3.6 billion, and settlements rose 11% from the prior corresponding period," he said.

In Australia apartment pre-sales increased 195%, including sales for The Yards at Brisbane Showgrounds.

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Source: Lend Lease

The group has about 4000 apartments scheduled for delivery across Australia and the UK.

Strong residential trading conditions saw the property development business deliver profit of $132.6 million. 

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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