Companies change focus: Office environments outside the city centre
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The rise of remote work has motivated many companies to turn to coworking and flexible suburban office solutions, which offer more freedom for teams of employees who just need to meet occasionally.
Since the pandemic, the trend has challenged office space traditionally located in city centers and central business districts. Today, suburbs and rural areas are attracting lower operating costs and locations closer to employees’ homes.
The demand for suburban offices has increased significantly in recent years because they offer companies and their employees an attractive alternative that prioritizes space, convenience, and accessibility.
In short, companies’ new headquarters or satellite offices outside the city center offer employees more flexible options in line with their hybrid workflows.
Increasing demand
"A well-located suburban office can save employee travel time and provide your company with more advantageous rent, operating costs, or the chance to secure more space or better facilities for the same price.
Therefore, we have seen an increasing demand for flexible, high-quality office space in suburban neighborhoods, which companies can use as alternatives to their city headquarters or as satellite locations for hybrid working employees," the CEO at Lokalebasen.dk, Jakob Dalhoff says.
  The demand for suburban offices has increased sharply in recent years because they can offer companies and employees attractive alternatives in terms of space, convenience, and accessibility. Photos: HEA A/S & Lintrup & Norgart |
According to a study by consultancy firm The Instant Group, both American and European companies are increasingly looking beyond city centres to suburban areas and smaller towns to find affordable and flexible office solutions.
In this context, MatchOffice News has selected a number of currently available office leases in properties located outside the city and town centres - vacant office space that can currently be found and rented via matchoffice.com:
Sandbjergvej 11, DK-2970 Horsholm, Copenhagen
Office in an atmospheric office community in beautiful surroundings, just a 15-minute drive from Copenhagen. The office community includes a staffed reception that handles telephone answering, customer reception, and mail delivery. Tenants can freely use the beautiful meeting rooms in the basement and our shared kitchen/canteen.
● Area: 297 sqm
● From €155 sqm/annual
Göteborgsvägen 51, 518 30 Borås, Gothenburg
Idyllic offices and facilities furnished in Stigen's factories located in Viken by the beautiful Viaredssjön, a 45-minute drive from Gothenburg. The surroundings are characterised by nature, greenery and harmony, just perfect for relaxing lunch walks, meetings in the green or a run around the lake.
● Area: 14-59 sqm
● Rental prices upon request
West Street, Farnham, GU9 7EQ, United Kingdom
Serviced office suites available on all-inclusive, flexible terms in an extensively refurbished, self-contained Grade II listed building in the centre of Farnham, approx. 1 hour drive from London City. All office suites come furnished and enjoy excellent natural light levels. Room layouts are customisable to suit your preferred configuration.
● Area: 3-160 desks
● £320 desk/month
Villa Westend Offices, Spreetalallee 1, 14050 Berlin
Fabulous office community in a magnificent Art Nouveau villa blending aesthetics and functionality in perfect harmony, located 5 km from Brandenburger Tor, accommodating office and coworking spaces, and available as an event location as well. Equipped with high-quality furniture.
● Area: 20 desks
● Serviced Office from €1100/month, Coworking Space from €300/month
De Maillé de la Tour Landrylaan 2, 1820 Schaerbeek, Belgium
The Ter Ham Castle in Schaerbeek a 10-minute drive from the centre of Brussels, has a fully equipped auditorium and a combination of small and larger meeting rooms with a capacity of between 16 and 70 people. A most unusual location for a seminar, meeting or small event also.
● Area: 10-120 sqm
● Rental prices upon request
3 rue Paul Tavernier, 77300 Fontainebleau, France
Business centre located 55km south-east of the centre of Paris provides high-quality serviced office accommodation, along with a great selection of business support services to suit all needs. The facilities at this impressive centre include 24-hour access/security, onsite parking and a security system.
● Area: 1-30 desks
● From €425 desk/month
Via dei Granai di Nerva, 48, 00142 Rome City
Next Digital Farm with coworking and event space, located in the EUR area 10 km south of Rome Centre, inside a private area of over 1000 square meters between internal open space and a green area offering flexible solutions and creating synergies between the professionals and the startups.
● Area: 15-300 sqm
● Rental prices upon request
330 Changebridge Road, Pine Brook, New Jersey 07058
Impress your clients with a professional, welcoming environment, located a 45 min drive from Manhattan, offering the all-in-one perfect solution for businesses that want premium turnkey office amenities in a convenient and accessible location, and providing the right setting for your meetings.
● Area: 1-20 desks
● $800-4,500 desk/month
20 S. Santa Cruz Avenue, Los Gatos, California 95030
Charming office building located n the luxurious suburb of Los Gatos in the southwestern edge of Silicon Valley, offering spacious and airy environment - private offices, workspace, meeting rooms - with natural light, high ceilings and original architectural features.
● Area: 10-50 sqm
● Rental prices upon request
2881 East Oakland Park Boulevard, Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Beautiful old colonial estate located in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale, just a 30-minute drive from Miami City, offering over 50 executive suites with a variety of sizes to choose from to fit any of your business needs. Furnished and unfurnished offices, several virtual office programs, meeting rooms and part-time offices.
● Area: 50-16,500 sqm
● Rental prices upon request
Find more charismatic office spaces outside the city centre
Read more:
Uniland.com: Are suburban offices the future of corporate real estate
Thenantwichnews.co.uk: How remote work is changing way we use office spaces
Allwork.space: Suburbs are the new business hotspots as flex workspaces skyrocket
Tensho-office.com: What is a satellite office - definition, types, benefits, notes in a nutshell
