Editing Lendlease (section)

=== Expansion and major acquisition ===
In 1999, the company formed Actus Lendlease with the acquisition of Actus Corporation's MILCON and technical service construction management business, and augmented this business with professionals from Lendlease Design and Lendlease Development.<ref name="lendlease.com2">{{cite web |url=http://www.lendlease.com/en/Group/Lend-Lease/Worldwide/About-Us/history-and-achievements.aspx |title=History and Achievements |publisher=Lend Lease |access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> Around this time, the company also acquired the British-based builder [[Bovis Construction]] from [[P&O]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3134586 |title=Lend Lease offers Olympic work to Bovis rivals &#124; Online News |last=Rogers |first=David |date=23 February 2009 |publisher=Building |access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> During 2000, it bought [[Amresco]]'s commercial mortgage business.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lend+Lease+completes+purchase+of+AMRESCO+mortgage+holdings-a062745618 |title=Lend Lease completes purchase of AMRESCO mortgage holdings. – Free Online Library |publisher=Thefreelibrary.com |access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> One year later, Lendlease acquired [[Delfin (company)|Delfin]] (now Lendlease Communities) for $172 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lendlease.com |title=Lend Lease |publisher=Lend Lease |access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> It went on to buy [[Crosby Homes]]<ref name="lendlease.com2" /> (now Lendlease Residential Development) for circa £240 million in 2005.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url = http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article536756.ece |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110612115614/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article536756.ece |url-status = dead |archive-date = 12 June 2011 |title = Crosby Homes chiefs in line for £25m from sale to Lend Lease |publisher = The Times |date = 24 June 2005}}</ref>