All Flexible workspaces articles
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InsightFooting the bill for hybrid working
The past two years have taught us a lesson in productivity: it’s possible (and acceptable) to conduct the nine-to-five from home, in a café, on a train, by the beach… We’ve grown accustomed to working anywhere and everywhere.
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Professional
Upswing in corporate flex interest could spark ‘turf war’
Corporate flex space occupation boom could sow tensions between flex operators and traditional landlords.
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News
Kinrise debuts in London and expands Leeds portfolio
Flexible workspace provider Kinrise has made its London debut by snapping up 49 East Road in Shoreditch, London, for £25m and has also bought another building in Leeds.
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Professional
Landlords urged to be flexible in an uncertain office market
Adaptability is key to making the new era of hybrid working a success for tenant and employee alike.
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News
WeWork’s 120 Moorgate goes under offer to Singaporean investor
A Singaporean investor has gone under offer to buy WeWork’s 120 Moorgate for around £148m, which would reflect a yield of 4.75%.
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Insight
Convert retail assets to flex space
Editor: News that banks are refusing to lend on portfolios that are heavily weighted towards retail is indicative of the continued evolution of the high street. In 2020 alone, year-on-year retail footfall dropped by more than 40%.
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Professional
Offices still have a role to play but must adapt to new needs
While it is not ‘RIP offices’, the market needs to embrace the fact that they are not the only places to work in.
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News
WeWork posts more losses in first results since IPO
WeWork has reported a further loss of $3.83bn (£2.85bn) for the nine months to 30 September 2021, in its first results since going public last month.
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News
Average flexible workspace rents slump by 22% across London
The average rent for flexible workspace across central London has slumped by 22% in the past two years – but has risen sharply in the outskirts and commuter belt, according to data from The Instant Group.
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News
IWG signs franchise agreement with Ashley Group
Flexible workspace provider IWG has signed a new franchise agreement with the Ashley Group that will see five new IWG centres open across the north London boroughs of Enfield and Barnet, along with Hertfordshire, over the next four years.
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Insight
Is metaverse the future of work?
As the corporate world collectively comes off mute, slippers are swapped for shoes and commuting is again part of our daily routines, we’re stepping out of 18 months of remote work and into hybrid working.
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News
WeWork shares jump 13% on first day of trading
Shares in WeWork have jumped 13% following its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, more than two years after its previous attempted IPO failed.
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News
WeWork to list on New York Stock Exchange tomorrow
Flexible workspace provider WeWork is set to join the stock market tomorrow after its merger with special-purpose acquisition company BowX Acquisition Corp.
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News
Essensys reports £2.9m pre-tax loss
Flexible workspace proptech provider has made a loss before tax of £2.9m for the year ending 31 July 2021, from a pretax profit of £300,000 recorded in 2020.
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News
Hines signs flexible workspace provider at Brindleyplace
Flexible workspace provider x+why has taken 40,000 sq ft at Hines’s Brindleyplace in Birmingham.
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Online
TOG doubles space in Gridiron Building
Flexible workspace provider TOG has doubled its space in The Gridiron Building, to become the sole office occupier in the Pancras Square scheme in London.
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Online
Q&A with Kate Smith, head of workplace and portfolio strategy at CBRE
Kate Smith, head of workplace and portfolio strategy at CBRE, is among the industry-leading line-up due to speak at Property Week’s WorkSpace Conference + Showcase on 1 October.
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News
Argent loaned £126m for TOG’s King’s Cross flexi office
Argent has secured a £126m loan facility for the development of The Office Group’s (TOG) 170,000 sq ft flexible office scheme at King’s Cross.
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Insight
Flexible working will drive the future of the office
The office is not dead, but it will need to evolve and adapt to offer more than one solution for everyone.
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Professional
Flexibility is key for employees
After a year of successfully working from home, many companies are contemplating whether office life is necessary. After analysing employee satisfaction levels and preferences for remote work (full or hybrid model), many companies have decided that a more flexible model is most appropriate post-pandemic.
