At the end of April, I had an opportunity to attend the annual Property Leaders Forum in Singapore of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA). This year’s event, as in previous years, attracted a lot of attendees from both the public and private segments of our industry. There were many interesting discussions and presentations, but as there is not enough space and time to cover all of them, I would like to share with you only two: an executive roundtable moderated by Geoffrey Dohrmann, president and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc, and an interview with Sam Zell, chairman of Equity Group Investments.

Dohrmann has been moderating panels at APREA for several years now, and this year’s Senior Executives Roundtable attracted executives, as well as i