BHIVE Workspace, a flexible and managed office company, has opened the world's largest coworking space totalling 8000 seats dedicated to startups in Bengaluru. The facility was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai. The day-long event also marked the presence of Tejasvi Surya, Member of Parliament from Bengaluru South constituency, Mohandas Pai, Chairman of Manipal Global Education, among other dignitaries from the state government and the start-up ecosystem.
The coworking space, situated in HSR, Bengaluru, is spread across 2 acres and offers over 8,000 seats and a multitude of retail offerings including food and beverage, sports arena and concierge services.
It also counts some of the marquee start-ups across all the sectors as its occupiers and has been witnessing rapid adoption due to its state-of-the-art infrastructure, facilities and value-added services. BHIVE Workspace has been witnessing immense traction among start-ups with 50% of the seats already sold out.
Shesh Paplikar, Co-founder and CEO of BHIVE Workspace said, “We are so happy to be able to create the world’s largest coworking space in our dear city Bengaluru which is known as the Silicon Valley of India. The property offers unparalleled facilities that no other co-working space in the world offers, and yet has been priced in a way that is affordable for the Indian start-ups”.
BHIVE Workspace has touched over 1 million square feet across Bengaluru, making it one of the largest shared office space providers with over 25,000 seats in total in the country. The company aims to double the seats offered in the next one year as it looks to support the burgeoning start-up ecosystem in the state.