Choosing where you work is becoming like choosing where you live, train, shop, or grab your morning flat white. You explore your options first, then experience the one that feels right. Workshop17’s new Private Office Market place brings that same lifestyle ease into workspace decisions. Real-time availability, side-by-side comparisons, and instant clarity upfront. Paired with their team on the ground, who guide the final step with human warmth, local insight, and good judgement. Fast when you want it. Human when it matters.
Search, compare, enquire, and book in minutes. This evolution matters now because it centres on trust, not merely speed. Today's professionals want decisions that feel effortless and reliable. While hybrid work has compressed timelines, decisions still hinge on certainty, what’s truly available, when you can move in, and whether the space matches the rhythm of your work and lifestyle. A compare-then-view flow shrinks a week of emails and scenic tours into an hour on site: expectations are set by the online listing, while the ‘vibe,’ aesthetic, and community are confirmed in person. It’s clarity upfront, experience on arrival.
You could be fooled into thinking this is clever marketing disguised as tech, but it’s something far more useful - A working marketplace for private offices within a coworking ecosystem. It meets customers where their expectations already live; think Airbnb, Booking.com, and Uber. It brings that same clarity and comfort to choosing where you work. Providing availability, layout views, and move-in timelines, all conveniently displayed on one screen in real time. In minutes, teams can search, filter, compare, and refine their office shortlist and book an on-site viewing with just one click. It’s the ease of modern living, applied to finding your next workspace.
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“Think of it as see-before-you-tour,” says Mark Seftel, co-founder of Workshop17 and head of WorkSpaceMan, the brand’s software development partner. “Digital does the admin at speed, live availability, like-for-like comparisons, and instant inquiry. People do the part that decides outcomes.”
The nuts and bolts. Made simple
Under the hood, the Workshop17 Office Marketplace, App, and in-location screens borrow the best instincts from modern consumer tech, all without losing the hospitality, warmth, and human touch that define their spaces.
A single source of truth
Real-time syncing of inventory, layouts, and inclusions means what you see online is exactly what you’ll find when you walk through the door.
Fast, clean flows.
Instant enquiries. One-click viewings. Clear confirmations. Everything moves at the pace people expect, with accuracy they can trust.
In-space UX that makes sense
Door tablets outside meeting rooms show live status and what’s coming up next. Scan the QR with your W17 App to book a walk-up room on the spot.
TheW17 App
Book meeting rooms in seconds, check your credits at a glance, and tap into a message board that connects you with the wider Workshop17 community.
Reliability & clarity
Secure payments, dependable uptime, and insights into usage patterns keep availability accurate and planning effortless for members and teams alike.
“Digital handles the pace; people bring the connection,” Seftel notes. “Put them together and you get clarity without losing the feel.”
The result is visible: speed, transparency, and confidence. Site visits shift from hopeful gambles to simple confirmations. Companies find the right fit faster, and teams can start sooner. Private offices inside coworking spaces move from the fuzzy, hard-to-compare category to a practical choice with clear timelines and real trade-offs you can see, refine, and act on. In short, you get on with business sooner.
If office selection has felt out of step with modern expectations, this is the reset. Digital clarity upfront and personal attention at the moment that matters. Office space evolved. Workshop17. DM