Briefs

Liberty Corner opens The Von der Heyden Group's Class A office development Liberty Corner opened at the end of November. Located where ul. Brackiej and ul Mysiej meet near Pl. Trzech Krzyży in Warsaw, the building consists of 4,765 sqm and its signed up tenants so far include: the Von der Heyden Group themselves, Knight Frank and the Polish Press Agency. Jones Lang LaSalle report fall in office rents Office rents across Europe have fallen by a further 2.1 per cent for the third quarter of this year, according to a report by Jones Lang LaSalle, with rents for prime space having declined by 5.7 per cent in 2003: seven per cent lower than 2002. Two of the reasons cited for the fall were that fewer companies are expanding at the moment and costs are increasingly crucial to tenants. For the third quarter of this year, rents in Warsaw declined once again, this time by 3.8 per cent. Take up in the Central and Eastern Europe regi