"We can confirm that discussions took place last year with Lend Lease's chief executive Greg Clarke who made an offer to sell some GPT retail assets," a Westfield spokesman said. In response, Lend Lease finance director Roger Burrows said: "Lend Lease has at no stage agreed to sell GPT assets to Westfield in return for Westfield's support for a Lend Lease bid for GPT or in any other circumstance. Westfield has held discussions with Lend Lease about various possible arrangements concerning Lend Lease-owned assets in the UK and US, however, Lend Lease terminated those discussions at an early stage as it decided that from a strategic point of view, it was not prepared to dispose of those assets."