The Office Pass to open new coworking centre in Gurugram; total capacity to expand 2700 seats in 13 centres

NEW DELHI, Nov 19: Coworking operator The Office Pass will open a new centre in Gurugram this month with a capacity of 100 desks as part of its expansion plan.
The company has 12 coworking centres in Delhi-NCR comprising of 2,600 desks and its capacity will reach 2,700 seats spread over 13 facilities.
The new office will be launched in Unitech Cyber Park, Sector 39, Gurgaon, The Office Pass said in a statement.
This will be the company’s 11th office in Gurugram and third one in Cyber Park complex. With this opening, it will have a capacity of 1,200 seats in Cyber Park complex itself.
“As companies move away from traditional leases and people prefer to work from an office close to their place of residence, we are experiencing good demand for our neighborhood coworking model,” said Mr Aditya Verma, Founder & CEO, The Office Pass (TOP).
Besides Gurugram, The Office Pass has one centre each in Noida and South Delhi.
“This expansion will strengthen TOPs dominant position further and will make it the largest Coworking operator in Delhi NCR with 13 operational offices,” the statement said.
On demand drivers, The Office Pass said that corporates are opting for flexible workspaces over traditional leases and this trend has got amplified over the past 12-18 months.
Coworking operators are able to pass on an economic benefit to corporates that helps them lower their office operational expenses by 18-22 per cent, it added.
“This is critical during time of an impending slowdown,” the company said.
The demand for flexible workspace was largely driven by freelancers and start-ups in 2015-2019. However, post COVID, organisations of all sizes have developed a fancy for this format, the statement said.
Going forward, The Office Pass said that the demand will be largely driven by small to mid-sized corporates, large companies and MNCs using coworking facilities for their distributed / hybrid office formats. (PTI)