Corio Nederland was able to keep the average occupancy rate of its € 1,817 million operational retail portfolio at a high level of 98.4% (2008: 98.8%) as a result of active centre management and letting management. Like-for-like net rental growth of the retail portfolio (excluding parking) was 1.2%. The occupancy rate of the operational office portfolio of € 50.4 million rose to 95.3% (2008: 89.2%)