Updated Aug 26, 2026 – 4.54pm, first published at 4.53pmLenders to the Bathla Group are facing an urgent call to provide as much as $20 million in funding to the embattled developer, which collapsed this week owing more than $3.5 billion, leaving tens of thousands of homes under development across Sydney’s west in limbo.As many as 170 lender representatives joined a call on Tuesday night to discuss Bathla’s future, which has caught out some of the country’s biggest private credit and real estate firms, and is said to have almost 26,000 homes under development. NSW Premier Chris Minns said the state government was watching the situation closely.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles