What is it about?
Most studies of co-working spaces and flexible offices take the tenants or members’ perspective. We took the opposite approach and investigated the real estate companies and third-party space providers’ strategies, business models, and choices of locations for operating co-working spaces and flexible offices in the Greater Oslo area.
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Why is it important?
The Greater Oslo area is Norway’s most important market for office spaces. Since the turn of the 21st century a booming service economy has replaced Oslo’s former manufacturing economy. Oslo has also gradually transformed from an almost textbook example of a monocentric city towards a more polycentric structure. These transformations have changed the Greater Oslo area’s market for office spaces.
Perspectives
This study highlights that "hybrid" spaces which combine private, lockable offices with shared communal facilities like lounges and meeting rooms have become the de facto industry standard. These arrangements are significantly more profitable for providers than unreserved "hot desks" in open areas.
Associate professor Knut Boge
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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This page is a summary of: Coworking Spaces and Flexible Offices in the Greater Oslo Area from the Space Providers’ Perspectives, Nordic Journal of Surveying and Real Estate Research, April 2026, Nordic Journal of Surveying and Real Estate Research,
DOI: 10.30672/njsr.121250.
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