If most employees today work at the office just two to three days a week, what makes the office environment worth the commute?
That was the challenge that flexible workspace operator Arcc Spaces was grappling with as it was conceptualising its fourth and newest location in Singapore. Earlier this month, the local operator launched a new centre at the Bank of Singapore Centre at 63 Market Street.
Spanning 25,782 sq ft across three floors – the fifth, sixth, and seventh – its newest workspace also marks the fifth collaboration between the co-working operator and Singapore-based design firm The Afternaut Group.
As return-to-office mandates increasingly become the norm in most companies in Singapore, the biggest shift in the office market isn’t companies leaving the Central Business District (CBD), but how they choose to utilise space. Instead of signing long leases, businesses are looking for headquarters they can expand, shrink or redesign within months.
With its newest centre, Arcc Spaces is attempting to address the gap between plush offices...