Sim: Overall residential development standards are higher and have evolved to cater to homebuyers' needs today (Photo: Samuel Isaac Chua/The Edge Singapore).As CEO of Edmund Tie for 2½ years, Desmond Sim is a first-time judge on the EdgeProp Singapore Excellence Awards 2023 panel. Before joining Edmund Tie, Sim spent nine years in research at global commercial real estate services firm CBRE, where he was head of research for Southeast Asia.Sim found the experience as a judge on the panel interes