Coworking spaces top 20% of the offices hired in Barcelona

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The new labor framework, the proliferation of startups and technological disruption in the workplace are some of the factors that contribute to the rise of coworking, according to Forcadell Consultancy.

Coworking has gained ground to traditional offices. Flexible spaces occupy 20% of the hiring of offices in Barcelona during the first quarter of 2019. In total, in the first months of the year have hired 132,000 square meters of offices in the Catalan capital, of which 27,600 square meters correspond to flexible spaces.

The percentage of coworkings over the total number of workspaces contracted in the first quarter of this year exceeds the 2018 quota. Last year, flexible offices accounted for 12.6% of the annual office hiring. The emergence of this type of space has been driven by "the new labor framework, the proliferation of start ups and technological disruption in the workplace," according to a study by Forcadell.

This situation has prompted the big coworking operators to continue betting on this market. In Barcelona, ​​the investment is concentrated in three main areas: the center of the city, the technological district of 22 @ and the axis of Avenida Diagonal to Paseo de Gracia.

At the end of the first quarter of 2019, Regus is the operator with the most flexible spaces in Barcelona, ​​but it could be surpassed by WeWork once it has opened the centers it has pending. Aticco, on the other hand, has been the operator with the most square meters contracted in the first quarter in Barcelona.

For prices, the 22 @ exceeds the center of Barcelona. The average rate of a coworking table is 203 euros per month, a figure that rises to 223.5 euros per month in the technology district. In the periphery of Barcelona, ​​on the other hand, the flexible table costs 138 euros a month, on average.

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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