Overheard at my 20th MIPIM...

Bonjour, MIPIM, the world’s premier real estate fair, just ended in France. Here are my personal favorites of what I heard, overhead or read:

- “When the going gets tough the tough get going...To the south of France!” Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
- ”There were two kinds of people at MIPIM. Those complaining about the lower number of visitors, and those happy with the higher ratio of C level people there.” Magnus Svantegård of Datscha
-“We are all feeling the impact of this new world order where what happens in a blink may affect our lives and those of our clients.” DLA Piper
- "We feed our investment team prozac on a regular basis." Janice Stanton of C&W
- “Ready to kick assets.” Laura Chesters of Property Week
- “There’s no talk about sovereign funds or Russian oligarchs compared to last year.” Dietrich Heidtman of Morgan Stanley
- “It is not the strongest of the species who survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change." Charles Darwin quoted by Robert Newhart of Innovation Center
- “When money no longer controls your culture, there’s room for new ideas to establish themselves.” Wolf Priz, leading architect
- “The era of me is over – the era of we is here.” Michael Buckley’s mega-mixed use session
- “2.5 billion people have suffered through disasters in the last 30 years. How could your skills help?” RICS www.buildaction.org
- “Be open to new people, everyone is in the same boat today.” Steve Felix, Aviva
- "The immediate future is very much in the hands of our banks and the success of our government support.” Nigel Roberts, JLL
- “The US government should stop saying they will sweeten the pot. No one wants to be seen as a premature ejaculator.” Ken Patton, Dean New York University RE Institute
- Question: “What can I do for you?” Answer: “Pay my mortgage!”

Voila, stayed tuned for more soon...Meanwhile for MIPIM attendees’ own commentaries and videos, or to post your own, go to http://creopoint.com/profile/MIPIM.

Onwards and upwards, JC

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