One of the big audit and consulting companies PricewaterhouseCoopers has signed a long-term sublease agreement with one of the Moscow leading legal practices Norton Rose (Central Europe) LLP for 1,409 sqm in a landmark office project, White Square Office Center, that was opened last autumn. Cushman & Wakefield was a leasing agent of the PricewaterhouseCoopers space. Norton Rose (Central Europe) LLP was represented by Knight Frank.

White Square Office Center is located in the Center of Moscow on Tverskaya Zastava square with 75,000 sqm of office rentable space. It is one of the complexes with low vacancy rates and high quality tenants like PricewaterhouseCoopers, McKinsey & Company, Deloitte & Touche, Microsoft, Coalco and Swedbank.

Mark Pollitt, Partner, Head of Office Agency, Cushman & Wakefield, commented that the sublease transaction between PricewaterhouseCoopers and Norton Rose (Central Europe) LLP proves that White Square Office Center is a premium location for international tenants.

The share of subleases on Moscow office market increased significantly at the end of 2008 and reached 120,000 sqm which was about 5 percent of all the vacant premises. During 2009 this amount decreased by two times. Tenants active on the market are in a hurry to sublease business space in prime office buildings with low vacancy rate as the number of offers is reducing and no new ones are coming to the market. The main advantage of sublease in prime office building is to acquire the smaller blocks with fit out offered at reasonable rates.

Knight Frank was the exclusive agent of Norton Rose (Central Europe) LLP. Norton Rose selected the building and agreed a long-term sublease with PwC due to the attractive terms that were offered and the high quality of the base build and fit out.

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