Zuidas Home Tour
ZUIDAS HOME TOUR
“Zuidas has a village vibe; safe, pleasant and caring” Zuidas is a distinctive part of the city and in high demand among house hunters. Between now and 2040, some 8,000 to 9,000 new homes will be built here. Once known mostly as an office location, more recently Zuidas has been shedding that image in a complete metamorphosis. When Zuidas is finished in around 2040, a projected 15,000 people will call it home. In this section, we ask residents to tell us where they live and how they like life in Zuidas. This time, we talked to Emile Rietveld (36), who lives in Intermezzo. Born and raised in Amsterdam, he is now firmly rooted in this ‘village inside a city’. Added bonus: Zuidas has all the daily essentials within a 500-metre radius, but without the drawbacks of city life. Emile, could you tell
have always had an affinity with safety,
After starting my company, Avenue
us more about yourself?
and the rest of my career has tapped into
Services B.V., collective safety became
“I was born in Amsterdam and raised
that in different ways, as an independent
much more of a priority in Zuidas.”
in Diemen. I got a Barchelor’s degree in
contractor and in my work at the Ziggo
Engineering and an MBA and started out
Dome. It even runs through my daily life
What brought you to Zuidas?
working for eight years in the aviation
and hobbies. As the chairman of our
“I got this apartment on its completion
quality and safety industry, where I
homeowners’ association, for example, I
in 2017 and am very happy here. The first
specialized in incident investigations. I
analysed safety in and around Intermezzo.
house I bought was in Badhoevedorp.
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