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Co-working centre operators have leased over 1.91 lakh seats to corporates across top 8 cities during January-June period, a 68 per cent annual increase, amid rising demand for flexible managed office spaces, according to Cushman & Wakefield. These operators leased 1,91,306 desks during the first six months of this year as against 1,13,623 in the year-ago period. Real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield noted that corporates are increasingly preferring to adopt flexible workspace solutions offered by the coworking operators. As per the data, the leasing of coworking seats in Bengaluru rose 32 per cent to 57,487 desks in the January-June period from 43,616 desks in the corresponding period of the preceding year. In Hyderabad, the coworking operators leased 40,451 desks during January-June 2026, a more than two fold jump from 14,936 units in the year-ago period. Mumbai too saw a sharp jump as coworking operators leased 25,820 desks in the first half of this year as against ...
Smartworks Coworking Spaces, which plans to launch IPO on July 10, has said that the company's total debt stood at Rs 382 crore at the end of April. Gurugram-based Smartworks currently has 48 operational centres with over 1.9 lakh seating capacities. "Our total outstanding borrowings as on April 30, 2025, were Rs 3,819.67 million, on a consolidated basis," the company said in a Red Herring Prospectus (RHP) filed with SEBI. Smartworks will hit the capital market on July 10 to launch its Initial Public Offering (IPO). The issue will close on July 14. The company has revised its IPO size downward. The size of the fresh issue has been reduced to Rs 445 crore from the earlier planned Rs 550 crore, while the Offer For Sale (OFS) by promoters has been cut to 33.79 lakh shares from 67.59 lakh shares. Out of the total proceeds from the fresh issue of shares, the company will use Rs 226 crore for capital expenditure related to the fit-outs in new centres and security deposits for these ne
Smartworks Coworking Spaces, which plans to launch IPO on July 10, has posted a net loss of Rs 63.17 crore in the last financial year despite rise in income from operations. Its net loss stood at Rs 49.95 crore in the preceding 2023-24 financial year. However, the revenue from operations rose to Rs 1,374.05 crore in the 2024-25 fiscal year from Rs 1,039.36 crore in the preceding year, according to red herring prospectus (RHP) filed by the company. Gurugram-based Smartworks currently has 48 operational centres with over 1.9 lakh seating capacities. "These losses were on account of our total income being lower than the expenses for the relevant fiscal," the company said in the RHP. Smartworks said it aims to generate and sustain increased revenue levels and decrease proportionate expenses in future periods to achieve profitability. Smartworks will hit the capital market on July 10 to launch its initial public offering (IPO). The issue will conclude on July 14. The company has rev