| June 1969 |
Japan Recruit Motion Pictures Co., Ltd., is founded in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
| February 1974 |
Business objective is changed to the real estate business, and the company name is changed to Environment Development Co., Ltd.
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| June 1977 |
Osaka Branch is established in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
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| October 1984 |
Yokohama Office (Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture) is upgraded to the Yokohama Branch
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| January 1985 |
Brokerage Department is established
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| February 1985 |
Northern Kanto Branch is established in Urawa City (now Saitama City), Saitama Prefecture
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| March 1985 |
Company name is changed to Recruit Cosmos Co., Ltd.
Head office is moved to Chuo-ku, Tokyo
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| July 1986 |
Shinjuku Office (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) is upgraded to the Shinjuku Branch
Rental Business Department (now the Lease Consulting Department) is established
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| October 1986 |
Company stock is listed on the over-the-counter market (now JASDAQ Securities Exchange Inc.)
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| November 1986 |
Chiba Office (Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture) is upgraded to the Chiba Branch
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| January 1987 |
Urban Planning Department (now Planning and Development Division) is established
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| January 1988 |
Kyoto Office (Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) is upgraded to the Kyoto Branch
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| March 1988 |
Tokyo Branch is established in Chuo-ku, Tokyo
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| April 1988 |
Kobe Office (Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture) is upgraded to the Kobe Branch
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| January 1989 |
Akasaka Office (Minato-ku, Tokyo Prefecture) is upgraded to the Akasaka Branch
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| October 1989 |
Fukuoka Office is established in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
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| January 1990 |
Cosmos More Co., Ltd., is established as a wholly owned subsidiary to undertake building and repair work
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| April 1990 |
Fukuoka Office is upgraded to the Kyushu Branch
The Office of First-Level Licensed Architects becomes fully operational
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| July 1991 |
The Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe Branches are merged into the Kansai Branch
The Kyushu Branch is downgraded to the Kyushu Office
The Corporate Sales Department is established
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| July 1992 |
The head office is moved to Minato-ku, Tokyo
The Tokyo, Chiba, and Shinjuku Branches are merged to create the Tokyo Branch
The Estate Application Administration Department (AP Department; now the Asset Management Division), the AP Promotion Department, the Ginza Branch, the Corporate Sales Department, and the LM Planning Department are merged together to create the AP Branch, under which the AP Planning Department, the Asset Management Department, and the Corporate Sales Department are established
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| October 1993 |
The Asset Management Department of the AP Branch is merged with the Corporate Sales Department
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| January 1996 |
The AP Branch and the Distribution Sales Department are merged to create the AP Division
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| July 1997 |
The Housing Section of the AP Division is upgraded to the Housing Development Department of the AP Division
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| October 1998 |
Cosmos Hotline is established as a point of contact for customers
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| January 2002 |
The real estate brokerage business is transferred from the AP Division to the medium- and high-rise housing sales segment
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| January 2003 |
The Housing Development Department of the AP Division is upgraded to the Housing Operations Division
The Cosmos Residential Fund (CRF) Promotion Section of the AP Division is upgraded to the CRF Promotion Department (now the Asset Development Promotion Department) of the AP Division
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| January 2004 |
The Distribution Sales Sections of the Sales Departments of the Tokyo, Northern Kanto, Yokohama, and Kansai Branches are upgraded to Distribution Sales Departments
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| July 2004 |
The Tokyo Branch and the Chiba Branch are reorganized as the Tokyo Branch and the Eastern Kanto Branch
A Distribution Sales Department is established at the Eastern Kanto Branch
The Kyushu Office is upgraded to the Kyushu Branch
The AP Division is renamed the Asset Management Division (AM Division)
The Architectural Supervision Department and the Conversion Promotion Department are established under the AM Division
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| June 2005 |
The Company is spun off from the Recruit Group through a management buyout
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| July 2005 |
An operating officer system is adopted
The Group Strategy Unit is established
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| January 2006 |
The Urban Planning Department(now the Urban Planning Department 1 and 2) is established |
| April 2006 |
The Chiba Branch is established at Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture
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| July 2006 |
The Corporate Citizenship Unit (now the Corporate Citizenship Section of the Group Strategy Unit) is established
The Senior Citizen Segment Promotion Unit（now the Senior Citizen Segment Promotion Section of the Urban Planning Department 2） is established |
| September 2006 |
Company name is changed to Cosmos Initia Co., Ltd.
Head office is moved to Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Name of the Tokyo Branch is changed to the Western Tokyo Branch
Name of the Eastern Kanto Branch is changed to the Eastern Tokyo Branch
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| January 2007 |
The Planning and Development Department is established under the Planning and Development Division
Distribution Sales Departments are merged into the Sales Departments at the Western Tokyo, Eastern Tokyo, Chiba, Northern Kanto, Yokohama, and Kansai Branches
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| October 2008 |
The Urban Planning Department and the Senior Citizen Segment Promotion Unit are reorganized as The Urban Planning Department 1 and 2 |
| July 2009 |
Three branches in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area (Chiba Branch/Yokohama Branch/Northern Kanto Branch) are integrated in the Uchisaiwaicho Building
Each branch in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area/Housing Operations Division/Planning and Development Division are merged, and the Planning and Development Division 1 and 2/ Architectural Supervision Division/Sales Division 1,2 and 3/Distribution Sales Division are established
Kansai Branch is changed to the Western Japan Branch
Kyushu Branch is changed to the Kyushu Office
Business Management Group is established
Business Management Department/Project Management Department are established under the same group
Marketing Group is established
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| September 2009 |
Yokohama Sales Office/Saitama Sales Office are established |
| November 2009 |
Auditing is changed to the Internal Control Unit
Risk Management Section is established in the General Affairs Department
Marketing Group is changed to the Market Research Department, Marketing Section/Product Planning Section are established
Business Administration Department is established
Sales Promotion Department is established
Distribution Sales Division is merged with the Corporate Sales Department, Real Estate Brokerage Division is established |
| July 2011 |
The head office is moved to Minato-ku, Tokyo. |
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