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FRESH First Lustrum great success!

On November 19th 2004 FRESH celebrated her first five-year anniversary. The Foundation for Real Estate Students from Holland lived through a tremendous growth the past five years.

The theme of the day was ‘FRESH goes Sky high!’, this stands for the fast development of FRESH. In Club Panama in Amsterdam, several real estate professionals contributed to the program of the day. During the first part of the day, primarily for students, Sacco van der Velde of Ebbinge and Company informed students about how to take the first steps on the labor market, to make a good start as a real estate professional. Richard Engelfriet lectured the students about ‘networking’ and ‘personal branding’.

The professional part started with a great story by founder Christiaan Swen. The first initiative of FRESH was a Study trip to Chicago. After this event FRESH has grown in the past five years to a very professional organization, with an growing role in the real estate academic world.Coen van Oostrom is known because of his FRESH start as a real estate developer. People listened intrigued to how he established his good start.

The first Lustrum was also the occasion for FRESH Research to present their conclusions of her research on ‘Real Estate Education in the Netherlands.’ A panel of real estate professionals, such as Maarten Vermeulen (Bouwfonds Asset Management), Robert Weisz (visiting professor at TU/e and managing director of the DBN Groep) and students discussed the results in a moving debate. You can find the results of this research at www.getfresh.org.

The program ended with drinks and dinner, followed by a great party. All persons present celebrated the five year anniversary of FRESH into the latest hours.