CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL

"News and Information for Construction Defect and Claims Professionals"

CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL - ISSUE 242749 - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025

Lender Seeks Millions From Lendlease for LA 'Graffiti Building' Suit Costs

Gavel on cash

The firm settled subcontractor liens following the bankruptcy, but the project contractor says the Beijing-based developer, Oceanwide Holdings, which ran out of money in 2021, still owes it millions more.

October 6, 2025
Richard Korman - Engineering News-Record

Six years after a bankrupt developer stranded its partly finished residential-retail complex in Los Angeles, construction manager Lendlease faces a possible state court order this month to pay more than $20 million for attorneys' fees and court costs sought by the project's main lender.

Mr. Korman may be contacted at kormanr@enr.com


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