World’s largest flex platform underway in IWG and Instant merger

PlaceTech has joined the occupiers at AXA’s landmark office 22 Bishopsgate, where NewFlex, a leading operator of ‘space-as-a-service’ solutions with 50 sites across the UK, has been appointed to curate and manage the incubator and innovation workspace community.

The real estate management platform, used by Blackstone and Brookfield, has doubled down on its UK hiring spree with nine new appointments, including a senior director previously at WeWork.

Today’s property management industry faces unprecedented questions about how to reduce carbon while creating places that meet radically changing occupier needs. Retransform, a property management expert with more than two decades experience, uses technology to find the answers.

Offices and proptech are deeply connected, writes Bogdan Nicoara of Bright Spaces.

Finding flexible workspace in New York or London is straightforward enough. The rise in hybrid working has kept supply and demand high. But what if you live somewhere a little more out of the way? A new startup looks to become the Airbnb of workspace.

Maps can be deceptively simple. Visualising building boundaries is a basic part of real estate, but it also has potential for incorporating huge amounts of time-saving data, as Marcus Ginn, founder and CEO of Edozo, tells PlaceTech.

A US startup that seeks to make commercial real estate ownership accessible to small business owners, has hired two industry veterans in a drive to become a “true institutional investor”.

The real estate services firm has set up a UK flexible workspace team with the appointment of two former WeWork employees.

The latest product from the spatial data company works with a smartphone to capture 3D digital twins of any physical space with increased speed, precision, and consistency.

Nexudus, the white-label platform to manage coworking and flex workspace, has published what it claims is the largest study of the flexible workspace industry ever conducted.

In its first deal since going public, WeWork has agreed to acquire Texas-based flexible workspace provider Common Desk.