Hello Ivan, Thanks for your informative and helpful message. In our town there are no coworking centers. The vacany in the office building can be temporary because of being them higher in prices and not ready for a chance in the market. They had a big corporate client which took all the building and when downsized and vacated the building, they were not ready to deal with smaller companies. They even don't have a coffee corner/small cafeteria in the building. I am not sure about the potential freelancers and IT specialists in town but I guess as everywhere else should be.
I would be glad to cooperate with coworking specialists who want to be active in this part of the world. I am located in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. It is a major oil town with lots of investment projects going on. Best Regards, Caner Onoglu www.altaca.com On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 1:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > The idea you are proposing sounds reasonable, especially if they have such > a high rate of vacancies. Before searching for a solution - any idea on why > they ended up in such a situation in the first place? > > The city size argument doesn't really matter. You are not going after the > general population. Instead, they should be looking at the IT/freelancers > scene. Plenty of potential, if you have people in those professions living > in the city. I can give you an example of a city in Bulgaria called Plovdiv > (population around 350k). However, there are around 3 places > <https://www.coworker.com/bulgaria/plovdiv> and even more opening in the > area. Why? Because more and more IT professionals are moving there and > would like to get a place to work without the need for long-term > commitments. > > In this context I would also check if there are already coworking spaces > in the city and how are they doing. This might give you an idea of the > viability of the idea. > > Hope this helps. > > Ivan Guberkov | OfficeR&D > > Website: officernd.com > > On Monday, April 23, 2018 at 2:23:29 PM UTC+3, Caner Onoglu wrote: >> >> Thank you Raghu. Your advices and leads are very valuable. If you are >> already in this business and may be interested in expanding in Atyrau, >> Kazakhstan I will be glad to cooperate. >> >> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Raghuveer Kovuru <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello Caner, >>> >>> It is true that larger spaces are hard to lease out as compared to >>> coworking. Maybe you could talk them into converting a small part of the >>> aforesaid space into coworking and test it out. However, I suggest that you >>> back it with some facts and figures (For eg: No. of freelancers in your >>> city, any business travelers etc.). Moreover, the space utilization >>> efficiency is much higher in coworking as compared to a traditional office >>> where a lot of common area is wasted. If not anything else, coworking will >>> especially work out if a lot of tourists visit your town. Maybe you could >>> add in a coffee shop to hang out with great wi-fi along with coworking! All >>> the best! Do get back to me in case of any queries. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Raghu >>> >>> >>> On Friday, 20 April 2018 01:36:28 UTC+5:30, Caner Onoglu wrote: >>>> >>>> A Business Center is in need of new tenants. They are almost 70% >>>> vacant. I suggested them converting one of the floors to a Coworking. (each >>>> floor is around 600 square meter and they have 9 floors) I told them having >>>> a coworking will promote their building and in the long run help them find >>>> new permanent tenants assuming some of coworking members will rent them >>>> permanent offices at other floors eventually. What are your thoughts on >>>> that? Has anyone had similar case? They say "coworking is good for big >>>> cities, in our 300,000 populated city it will not work. I don't think >>>> it is true. How can I convince the building owners about the benefits of >>>> having a coworking floor? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Caner >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
