Stockland Corporation Limited is a diversified Australian property development company. It has business in shopping centres, residential estates, industrial estates and manufactured housing communities.
Stockland was founded in 1952 by Albert Scheinberg and Ervin Graf.[3] In 1957 Stockland listed on the Australian Stock Exchange by acquiring a controlling interest in Simon Hickey Industries Ltd, the smallest company then listed.[citation needed]
In the same year, Stockland's activities became more diversified, moving into commercial development, initially with retail projects in suburbs of Sydney. In 1965 Stockland opened its first big commercial development - the redeveloped Imperial Arcade, Sydney in Sydney's CBD, which offered the first underground link to David Jones, four retail levels and six levels of office space.
Its current activities include:
The current managing director is Tarun Gupta, and the board chairman is Tom Pockett.
In 2022, Stockland launched its ecommerce platform, Stockland Marketplace, expanding its retail operations to e-commerce. Stockland Marketplace connects local stores and online channels to extend the shopping experience. Shop Stockland Marketplace at: https://marketplace.stockland.com.au