Being productive together

Whether freelancer, solo entrepreneur or employee with home office days: Many of them appreciate not having to sit at home in isolation or in an expensive private office, but instead using coworking spaces. Whether the main motivation is to exchange ideas, benefit from office infrastructure and fast internet, or simply to have a workspace outside your own four walls, more and more flexible shared offices make this possible. And in times when the pandemic has made us value the proximity of work to home, even more people are considering coworking than before. Larger companies are also often desperately searching for top-equipped spaces for temporary team projects. In Seestadt, there are now three providers with different concepts: Lake1st, andys, and Seestern Aspern. What unites them? Top marks for sustainability, a great atmosphere, and the realization that location and business benefit more from cooperation than from competition. In the local business network, they all pull together.

The newest coworking provider in Seestadt is a “branch” of andys, present at six locations in Vienna and one in St. Pölten. Andys at HoHo Vienna,the world’s second tallest timber high-rise right by the lake park, opened in September. On 600 square meters of office space, you’ll find individual workstations, a meeting-event zone, and event rooms. With its interior made of local spruce and elegant furnishings, andys impresses with an exceptional working atmosphere. The Gate 9 Health Club fitness studio in the building is an extra perk. In theory, once you’ve checked in, you can use a desk flexibly at any location. Most users, however, choose one office, says Marcus Weixelberger from andys. Everything is possible, from hourly rental and ten-ticket blocks to your own room, with snacks, drinks, and use of the meeting room included. Thanks to its proximity to the subway station, Weixelberger says they don’t just want to attract users from Seestadt: “We want to inspire a rethink: not that people commute from the green outskirts to work in the city, but that they come from the inner districts to where the recreational area is literally on the doorstep. Because in this atmosphere and with a view of the lake, you’re sure to work much more productively than elsewhere.”