Leon Fink
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Leon Fink is an Australian businessman, property developer and company director. He is the husband of noted Australian visual artist Margaret Fink.
Fink began his career as a solicitor but in 1960 he moved into property and hotel development, becoming one of Australia's most prominent developers. Fink's career has included included development of over 100,000 m2 of new office towers including Victorian headquarters for IBM and the Head Office of Australian Federal Police in Sydney, and expansion of the Southern Cross Hotel Group to over 900 rooms.
Over the last twenty years, he has developed, owned and operated a range of theatrical and entertainment venues in Sydney including the Regent Theatre (demolished in 1988), the Capitol Theatre, Kinsella's, The Metro Theatre and the Quay restaurant. With Michael Edgeley, he was a founding shareholder in Australia’s first large-scale indoor venue, the Perth Entertainment Centre.
Fink was a co-founder of and is currently a substantial shareholder in the listed Cypress Lakes Group Limited. In 1996, he sponsored and led the successful application to win exclusive rights to the Australian International Garden Festival.
Fink's development activities have sometimes led to the destruction of properties considered of historical value, and he stirred up considerable and lasting ire among heritage groups after his controversial demolition of Sydney's historic Regent Theatre.
