Date: 27th October 2009

Speaker: Lester Drew

Topic: Investment Journey

Speaker for this month is Lester Drew.

He has been involved with real estate since 1971 both as an agent and as a property developer. At the age of twenty five, Lester opened his first real estate office at Coopers Plains in Brisbane. Lester successfully developed many and varied projects, including acreage estates, industrial buildings, and a high rise building on the Sunshine Coast at Mooloolaba called "Syrenuse" which won a H.I.A. design award with all apartments and commercial area being sold prior to completion. Now residing with his family in the Gold Coast hinterland, Lester applies the years of creative and innovative marketing experience he has gained to assist property developers, investors and home owners buy and sell properties at realistic prices.

He is an early adopter of eco-housing and believes that this is a market niche that can add significant value for home owners and investors alike. Lester’s current project is ‘Greenwood Village’ Eco Estate. Greenwood Village

Lester is a foundation member and past president of the Rotary Club of Archerfield, a past Trustee of Redeemer College and a keen Polo player.