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“Provide workers with workspaces closer to their home is the big need of today”

“Provide workers with workspaces closer to their home is the big need of today”

Work Near Home: new workspace solutions    Alisa Kapic is the Vice President Sales North Europe and Country Director Austria at IWG, the mother company supervising major Flex and Coworking brands in the world such as Regus, Spaces, Basepoint or Signature. Nowadays, with 3.400 locations around the world, IWG is by far the biggest provider of flexible workspace solutions on the planet. The...

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“We will soon have the most distributed coworking offering in the city of Berlin”

“We will soon have the most distributed coworking offering in the city of Berlin”

Unicorn Workspaces will soon have the most distributed coworking offering in Berlin   Inga Kayademir is the COO of Unicorn Workspaces, one of Germany's most important coworking players with 20 locations spread around Berlin, Munich, Cologne and Potsdam. The company is coming out of the Covid-19 crisis stronger. With the opening of two new locations in Berlin during the pandemia, Unicorn...

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“We integrate IoT within the coworking business”

“We integrate IoT within the coworking business”

IoT in coworking businesses   Alessandro Nacci is the CEO of SOFIA Locks (technology partner of ISEO), an Italy based company developing IoT (Internet of things) related smart access solutions. They have been focusing a lot, lately, on the coworking industry as technology allows to flexibilize office and real estate assets. Learn more about SOFIA Locks and IoT in coworking businesses in the...

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“Our coworking activities grew twentyfold in 6 years thanks to Lisbon’s sex appeal”

“Our coworking activities grew twentyfold in 6 years thanks to Lisbon’s sex appeal”

Distributed teams in coworking spaces: the perfect match?   Joao Simoes is the co-founder of IDEA Spaces, a Lisbon based coworking operator which started its activities in 2014 within a 400 sqm space. Six years later, IDEA Spaces is soon to open a third location, cumulating a total of 10.000 sqm surface under coworking management. Joao Simoes talks about how Lisbon changed in the recent...

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“The international TechHub franchise will keep going!”

“The international TechHub franchise will keep going!”

TechHub Riga: the tech coworking and incubator franchise   Viesturs Sosars is the co-founder of TechHub Riga, the tech coworking and incubator franchise that was launched eight years ago and since then played a major role structuring the Latvian tech and startup ecosystem and connecting it with the international tech scene.   Main takeaways The highlights from our conversation with...

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“The wave of corporations transforming their workplaces will hit in 2021”

“The wave of corporations transforming their workplaces will hit in 2021”

Flexible workspace operators as third spaces between office and home   Francisco Vazquez Medem is the Founder and President of 3G Office, a major architecture firm based in Madrid, operating in close to 50 countries, including Spain, Portugal and most of the Latin American countries. 3G Office designs corporate offices for big companies like Google, Orange or KPMG. In the last couple of...

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“We are the hot desking of parking lots”

“We are the hot desking of parking lots”

Employee parking for smart offices   Daithí de Buitléir is the Chief Marketing Officer of ParkOffice, a Dublin based startup which optimizes the management of parking lots for companies and landlords. The service is a natural extension of what happens with hot desking management within flexible workplaces and coworking spaces. Learn more about employee parking for smart offices in the...

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“The risk for real estate property companies is not to embrace coworking”

“The risk for real estate property companies is not to embrace coworking”

Flexible workspace model: the future of Real Estate companies?   Henrik Saxborn is the CEO of Castellum, the second biggest real estate company in Sweden. The Swedish company manages an assets portfolio of more than 600 properties, mainly in commercial real estate, representing a total value of more than nine billion euros. Castellum took over UnitedSpaces; is the flexible workspace model...

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“Occupancy is back in our Bratislava coworking spaces!”

“Occupancy is back in our Bratislava coworking spaces!”

A coworking space with childcare services in Bratislava   Michala Hrnčiarová is the founder of Coworking Cvernovka, a small coworking space that offers childcare services located in the suburb of Bratislava, Slovakia. In February 2020 just before the Covid-19 outbreak, Michala Hrnčiarová opened her second space named Kolabo Coworking at a shopping mall close to Bratislava Airport. Learn...

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“The traditional office model was not facing enough competition”

“The traditional office model was not facing enough competition”

John Williams and James Rankin are respectively CMO and Head of Research at The Instant Group, a multi-service company focused on flexible workspaces and coworking products. Instant has a unique position to spot the latest trends in the coworking market on the EMEA level as well as on the international field. We have interviewed these two very knowledgeable gentlemen to know more about where the...

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