Flexible Friends: Will WeWork Work In Birmingham?
December 19, 2018

Flexible Friends: Will WeWork Work In Birmingham?

After a year of record take-up by the flexible office sector, is there room for more? Or will WeWork find the Birmingham market saturated by the time it arrives in the city?

Two of the leaders of the U.K.'s serviced office sector say Birmingham has to watch out for occupier needs, hospitality skills, charlatans and the risk that the flexible sector will be squeezed by an economic downturn.

Such hype, so much excitement. 2018 was the year that the flexible office sector arrived in Birmingham, and it did so with a bang. Today the sector claims around a quarter of take-up in the city centre office market. Can…

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