Compass establishes European beachhead

The new Compass office, which will offer 200 to 230 workstations, will be able to accommodate up to 60 companies. The office operator rents out different kinds of offices (including the fully serviced and virtual offices) and conference rooms. It also provides administrative services along with the IT and communication support to its tenants. Compass Offices plans on opening five more locations in Poland by 2017. Two of the offices are set to be located Warsaw. According to what Hadley Dean, CEO of Compass Offices EMEA, told ‘Eurobuild CEE’, one of the planned Warsaw locations will be situated in the Plac Unii office and retail complex. “Over the last five years Poland has had the highest GDP growth in the EU and has become the centre of international projects and investments. It is a country where the economy is growing owing to the small and medium enterprises and start-up businesses. Demand for flexible and comprehensive workplace solutions is growing. This is why we are beginning our European expansion from Poland,” said Hadley Dean. The company opened its first office in 2009 in Hong Kong. Since then it has become the largest provider of serviced offices in that city. It currently operates in over twelve countries: Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Poland. Compass aims to open 70 centres in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region over the next two years.