The 2010 CoreNet Global Summit, Singapore, explored what is happening now in corporate real estate in Asia, how the uncertain economic and business environment is impacting our industry and our organizations and explore opportunities to create balance and move together towards an uncertain future.

The ongoing economic crisis has served to create multiple contradictions for corporate real estate professionals; there are deals to be made, but limited financing. There is talent available, but workforces are still shrinking. There are extraordinary opportunities, but the uncertainties create enormous risk. How do you make decisions and choose the right path when the future is unknown and unknowable? Waiting for conditions to be right may mean jeopardizing your company’s future. This is the paradox: it is hard to move forward, but you can’t stand still either.

At the Summit, we discussed and debated the paradox of corporate real estate today and how to keep moving ahead in these unprecedented times. Colleagues and peers joined for invaluable knowledge sharing and networking.