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Real Assets, New Skills: The AI Talent Quest Reshaping APAC Real Estate

AI is redefining the global workforce and repositioning Asia Pacific as a central hub for technology talent, with direct implications for real estate demand. As human–machine collaboration accelerates, demand is shifting toward high-quality office environments that support productivity, collaboration, and talent attraction rather than simple space provision. For investors, markets with deep talent pools, strong infrastructure, and integrated live-work-play ecosystems are likely to see sustained demand and resilient office fundamentals.

Rohini Saluja

Rohini Saluja

Managing Director, Head of Consulting and Integrated Client Solutions, Advisory Services, Asia Pacific, CBRE

Rohini is responsible for driving business growth, product innovation, and leading meaningful discussions with clients on complex real estate strategies. With more than 20 years of strategic consulting and transaction experience working from bases in India, Hong Kong, and Singapore, Rohini has championed several product, technology, and organizational design initiatives that are established as global best practice standards.

She has also led strategy and transformation programs for large occupiers across the region, including the evaluation of labor, economic incentives, retail strategies, and location and demographic studies, driving significant cost and space savings for clients.

Udit Sabharwal

Udit Sabharwal

Associate Director, Head of Consulting, Advisory Services, Asia Pacific, CBRE

Udit is the lead for Location and Labor Analytics in the APAC region and is part of the Leasing Services business. He oversees client engagements across APAC, focusing on six core areas: global location strategies; country and city selection and expansion strategies; near-shoring and offshoring decisions; headquarter and regional portfolio selection and optimization; talent benchmarking and assessments; and economic incentives.

Overseeing a team of regional labor experts, GIS specialists, data scientists, and consultants, Udit has advised on hundreds of projects for a wide variety of clients, ranging from start-ups to global investment funds and Fortune 500 companies.