PHOTO: Financier, Mr L.J. Hooker, began the week with a ₤5 million take-over deal involving more than 11,00 square miles of properties in four States. The deal made the L.J. Hooker Corporation the biggest pastoral landholder in Australia. Mr Hooker examines maps of some of his new outback properties, 8 May 1960.
Pioneering real estate group LJ Hooker is celebrating 90 years since its first agency opened on the sandy shores of Maroubra, Sydney – the start of a national and international influence in property.
In 1928, then aged 24, Leslie Joseph Hooker had grand plans to develop the largest real estate business in Australia; ready to pioneer innovations in technology, marketing, construction and franchising. His contributions to the commerce and the community would also eventually earn him a knighthood.
Sir Leslie’s grandson, L Janusz Hooker, leads the international real estate network today, carrying on the family legacy as Chairman.
“My grandfather was an innovator, a global citizen and visionary whose achievements progressed the development of property across the spectrum,” said Mr Hooker.
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