๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—–๐—”๐—ง ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ? ๐Ÿข

๐Ÿšถโ€โ™‚๏ธ During a walk through a London office building with a potential client, I found myself pondering this question: Why do all CAT A spaces look the same?

We started our tour on the top floor, an office with a terrace and worked our way down through the more typical fit-outs.

As we discussed the details, I couldnโ€™t help but wonder why landlords continue to stick with this standard format. ๐Ÿค”

Are there reasons Iโ€™ve missed that make the traditional CAT A setup essential?

For those who need a quick refresher:

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ๐˜› ๐˜ˆ? (๐˜š๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜œ๐˜’-๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ)

๐˜Š๐˜ˆ๐˜› ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ๐˜๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ.

Ideally, a tenant would move in, sign a long lease, and accept the space as is.

However, with the demand for flexibility on the rise, this setup is often sub-optimal.

The market is evolving. Post-pandemic, landlords are diversifying; some are developing flex office solutions, and others are partnering with operators.

In my experience designing 'flex' and 'coworking' spaces, CAT A often needs significant modifications, leading to unnecessary waste and added costs. ๐Ÿ’ธ

But hereโ€™s where the opportunity liesโ€ฆ ๐ŸŒฑ

I believe thereโ€™s a way for landlords to make their CAT A spaces more appealing to the flex market...

๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—”๐—ง ๐—” - ๐—™๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฝโ€”๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€. ๐—” ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป-๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐Ÿ™Œ

Are you ready to rethink your CAT A space and make it more flexible? ๐Ÿš€ Message me for more info.

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