Regus Warsaw has 84,000 sq m of flexible work space in 95 locations 

Flexible working space in the Polish capital, Warsaw, now totals around 84,000 square metres, according to property company Savills. The offices are spread across 95 locations and comprise 44,000 square metres of serviced offices and 40,000 square metres of co-working space. In recent years a number of co-working providers have opened in Poland, including Regus, Business Link and CitySpace. Despite this increase, Savills noted that other international office providers such as WeWork and the Office Group have not yet entered the market in the country.

POLAND Warsaw has 84,000 sqm of flexible work space in 95 locations, including serviced offices (office space leased on a temporary basis) and co-working space, claims Savills.

Of this, serviced offices space accounts for 44,000 sqm while co-working space accounts for 40,000 sqm. Kraków is the second biggest market (25 locations with almost 15,000 sqm of such space), followed by Poznań, with a stock of more than 8,200 sqm in 18 locations.

“It is getting harder to tell the difference between co-working space and serviced offices. Both formats have more and more features in common and the flexible workplace sector is developing at a very rapid pace. What’s more, even traditional offices are increasingly resembling co-working areas with chill-out zones and activity based workplace solutions,” says Jarosław Pilch, the head of office tenant representation at Savills.

The last two years have seen the largest increase in the number of new co-working providers entering the Polish market. Business Link, opened in Warsaw’s Zebra Tower in 2011 and was the first large co-working centre in Poland. In the mid-1990s, Regus opened its first serviced office at the Sheraton Hotel in Warsaw. At present, the largest developers operating on the Polish market are working with flexible workplace providers. In addition to Business Link, partnered by Skanska, Echo Investment has also entered this market with CitySpace, while Ghelamco is planning to develop co-working space in its new project The Warsaw Hub. There are a number of flexible office providers with at least 3,000 sqm in total in at least two locations including Brain Embassy, Business Link, CitySpace, Dago, InOffice, Office Hub, OmniOffice and Regus and their share in total office take-up rose from 0.4 pct in 2010 to 1.9 pct in 2016. Poland’s largest co-working centre is Business Link (5,000 sqm) at the PGE National Stadium in Warsaw, while the biggest serviced office is InOffice at Warsaw’s Lumen building (2,700 sqm).

“Poland has a lot of potential and is an attractive destination for high-tech businesses. Moreover, large international providers such as WeWork, The Office Group and i2 Office have not entered the Polish market yet,” said Jarosław Pilch, head of office tenant representation at Savills.