Offramp wrote:
It's a strange name for a company, Lendlease. It allows peoples' minds to
wander back to the worst time in this country's history, when we held out
a begging cap to FDR and were handed a wispy lifeline in return for massive concessions.

I can imagine some 14-year old history student reading about that episode
and thinking, "THAT is what I'll call my company when I grow up."


Perhaps it has different connotations in Australia?

The Times has a short piece about the many links between Sir David Higgins,
HS2 chairman, and Lendlease:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hs2-bosss-old-firm-wins-euston-deal-362c8jzd7?shareToken=2cb30718f2c26bdd56852055afd46 290