Brokers are an important part
of the flexible workspace industry; they help attract clients, reach new markets, and they take some of the weight off of finding prospective workspace users.
These 3 trends are expected to impact the workplace in 2018 and will help power the growth and adoption
of flexible workspace across the world.
Flooded with light, dotted with greenery and
full of flexible workspaces that inspire its army of producers, designers, thinkers and innovators — Swift's new home is located in the heart of Portland's Slabtown neighbourhood, part of the city's thriving creative sector.
While flexibility at work (whether that be in the
form of flexible workspaces, remote work options, or flexible hours) may seem like a productivity hazard, employers can actually benefit greatly from it.
Like it or not, WeWork is a coworking provider — it's a
part of the flexible workspace industry, which has been steadily growing and gaining ground for 40 years.
And though many, including WeWork, argue that they aren't really a coworking brand, they do advertise as one, and they bring to light the
benefits of the flexible workspace industry.
Research shows that the
number of flexible workspace providers across the US totals more than 4000, half of which are concentrated in California, Texas, Florida, New York and Illinois, with California leading the way for the most number of flexible and dedicated co-working spaces.
Having secured a new 10 - year lease with building landlord McKay Securities, UBC will now undergo a full
refurbishment of its flexible workspace, totalling # 1.3 million, including the introduction of bespoke coworking space.
If things continue in this way, as the market evolves and more options become available to corporates, the adoption rates of coworking and other
types of flexible workspaces will grow at an even faster rate than they are growing now.
Regardless of the strategy, it's clear that Regus wants to break into the social
side of the flexible workspace industry and that they want to win over the new generation of workers.
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The Social Workplace Conference will also delve into the innovations and
insights of flexible workspaces that are already invested in the «social workplace», and that are playing their part in transforming the real estate landscape.
Amazon's futuristic new Seattle offices, set to open in 2016, will sport a boundary - bashing collection of glass biospheres, each housing five
floors of flexible workspace and a network of open green spaces.
Now better known as «flexible workspace» due to the increasing hybridization of workspace, which reflects continuing changes in business needs, the industry at large is home to a spectacular
array of flexible workspace offering everything from serviced and managed office space to coworking, hot - desks, virtual office services, meeting room rental, and business lounges, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
British Land, a property group, also reacted to the increased
demand of flexible workspaces by launching a new serviced workspace brand in the UK
In just 12 - months, flexible space has grown by 18 % across global cities, and the number of co-working and hybrid centres now total 30 %
of all flexible workspace.