Supalai Public Company Limited (SET:SPALI) is believed to be in talks with Lendlease about taking a 50% stake in its land lease community business in a deal that could be worth over $850 million. Supalai struck a deal in 2020 with Lendlease's rival Stockland, backing one of its residential land estates in Melbourne's north. The understanding is that discussions have centred on a 50-50 deal between Supalai and Lendlease over its Australian communities unit.

The Lendlease portfolio of 14 land estates is one of the largest in the country, with a pipeline of about 45,000 lots. The focus is on outer suburban master planned communities. DataRoom also understands that Singaporean multinational Frasers Property was keen to buy the communities business as a whole, as was Stockland, but the price wasn't right.

But the understanding is that both parties have not offered a price high enough, and that Lendlease's preference is to sell a stake.