Property group Lend Lease Corp reassured the market that the entity to be formed from its planned merger with General Property Trust (GPT) will manage its earnings to be one of the best performers in the listed property trust (LPT) sector. Lend Lease group chief executive Greg Clarke said the merged entity would target a mix of 70 per cent and 30 per cent for investment and corporate income. "Targeting around 70 to 30 per cent mix of investment and corporate earnings is key to our inclusion in the LPT sector going forward," Mr Clarke told a media briefing on the philosophy, strategy and operations to be employed upon a merger. About seven per cent of the targeted 70 per cent of investment earnings would come from Lend Lease assets such as those in the UK. "Those assets are growing much faster than GPT's combined annual three per cent growth," Mr Clarke said.