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He was the ‘Baron of Blacktown’ – then his empire fell apart

The collapse leaves thousands of buyers, subcontractors and suppliers exposed as the developer’s risky private-loan model and rising costs unravel.

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SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAFive years ago, he was lauded as the “Baron of Blacktown”. Bathla Group founder Bhart Bhushan’s irresistible migrant success story – from a taxi driver to reclusive multimillion-dollar property developer – was celebrated across western Sydney.His company was credited…

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He was the ‘Baron of Blacktown’ – then his empire fell apart

For almost 30 years, property giant Bathla has been flooding Western Sydney with low-cost housing. What went wrong?”

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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Friday, September 4, 2026.
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