Who says office spaces are boring? Check out IWG’s two new HQ offices in Muscat

·        IWG to open two new impressive HQ locations in Oman; Al Khuwair and Al Athaiba

·        Bait Eteen building in Al Khuwair will provide 76 offices, coworking desks and four meeting rooms on the Ground, 1^st, and 2^nd floor and is scheduled to open Summer 2023

·        Hi Office building in Al Athaiba will be an impressive 1,260 SQM spread cross the 5^th, 6^th and 7^th floors of a busy business district building and is scheduled to open Winter 2023

·        Both openings follow partnership agreements with building owners, who have invested in the IWG platform to create a branded flexible workspace in their building

·        The locations are a key milestone in IWG’s plan to add 1,000 new locations globally over the next year

IWG, the largest and fastest growing flex and office space provider worldwide, is marking its presence in the Sultanate of Oman with the opening of a flagship HQ flex office in Al Khuwair, as demand for hybrid workspaces continue to rise steadily in the Omani capital. The company will also deliver a new HQ office in the commercial centre of Al Athaiba in the capital city.

Capitalising on the emerging signs of market stability in the real estate sector in Oman, IWG will occupy the ground, 1^st and 2^nd floor of the 7-storey Bait Eteen building in Al Khuwair. Spread across 1,274 square metres, IWG’s new centre in Oman, scheduled for August 2023 opening, will offer 76 fully serviced private offices in an inspiring environment to focus, connect and collaborate with colleagues, clients and other like-minded businesses. Suitable for any size of team, these flexible, fully customisable office rentals are available for both short-term and long-term needs.

Opening in partnership with building owners, the HQ centre at Bait Eteen building in Al Khuwair will also have six coworking desks, designed with collaboration in mind in a shared working environment, and four fully equipped meeting rooms with IT and tech support. An energy efficient building, the new centre will be light and spacious and provide for all client needs.

In a new deal announcement, IWG will also partner with Fahad Al Dughaishi, to deliver a new HQ location scheduled for December 2023 opening. Covering 1,269 square metres across the 5th, 6th and 7th floors of a centrally located building in Al Athaiba, the new centre is found in a prominent business, retail and banking area in the Omani capital. Easily accessible from the highway, the flexspace will also provide ample parking facilities.

IWG’s professional and sociable workspaces are designed for maximum productivity, collaboration and idea sharing, and are trusted by the world’s largest companies including Microsoft, Disney, Uber, and Samsung, amongst a host of others. A leader in the workspace revolution, the brand already has a presence in more than 3,500 locations in 120 countries worldwide.

Omani capital, Muscat, currently has around 400,000 sqm of mid to higher grade office space for the rental market with a further roughly 100,000 sqm of office space under construction. In the capital, the rising demand is for high-quality offices equipped with modern amenities and abundant natural light.

In the post-pandemic period, Oman had witnessed a rapid evolution of the workplace with a growing potential for co-working spaces to better suit the requirements of start-ups and smaller companies who are key drivers of the ongoing economic transformation in the Sultanate. As the city adapted to the new world of work, the culture of flexible and hybrid office spaces was further welcomed as these offered a different development approach to more traditional office spaces.