'It's always difficult for people to be moved out of their homes'

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Lendlease has become known for developing mega-projects, from the ongoing redevelopment of the Heygate Estate to the proposed revamp of Euston Station. But managing director Jonathan Emery, 52, balks at the idea that the Australian developer is a faceless beast.'That is everything we don't want to be,' he says. 'We aspire to be the complete antithesis of that faceless monster.'This viewpoint may be hard to reconcile with a company painted as being synonymous with the worst elements of privately led estate regeneration.As Tim Abraham wrote in the AJ last year (AJ 04.08.17) more original trees than residents survived Lendlease's controversial demolition and rebuild of London's Heygate Estate.