Liberty Property Trust announced that the company will be welcoming a new trustee and that two long-standing trustees have elected to retire from the board after the May 17 annual meeting. Robert G. Gifford will join the company’s board of trustees, effective immediately. Mr. Gifford brings over 30 years of leadership experience in real estate investment, development and asset management to the board. Mr. Gifford will serve on Liberty’s Audit and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees. Current directors Frederick F. Buchholz and M. Leanne Lachman have decided they will not seek re-election to the board in May.