In 2013, the Rockhampton Regional Council approved plans for 950 residential lots in the community currently known as the ‘Pineapple Patch', with HomeCorp announcing a $500 million project in the location.
[11] In 2016 HomeCorp entered into a partnership with the Queensland- based developer Sunland Group to deliver 700 homes in the Gold Coast.
In 2017 HomeCorp was named in Westpac Bank’s 200 Businesses of Tomorrow leadership list.”[12] In 2005, Bakir donated an undisclosed sum of money to the legal defence of Schapelle Corby.
[15] After her sentencing, Corby sacked her main Indonesian defence lawyer, Lily Lubis, and Indonesian case co-ordinator Vasu Rasiah in July 2005, when Australian lawyer Mark Trowell QC told the media that Rasiah had asked him to request A$500,000 from the Australian government, money meant to bribe the judges of the appeal court.
Some raised doubts as to his motives, although Schapelle's cousin, Melissa Younger, told the media that his support was genuine.
[17] In June 2005, Bakir formally ended his involvement in Schapelle's defence, stating that he had done everything in his power to help her, including contributing more than $200,000 to her campaign.