Wish businesses save on office rental triggered the emergence of Ukraine kovorking centers, where to rent office space offered is not, as some jobs.

that in times of crisis, many companies are forced to refuse to rent professional office space which is several times more than they should in fact already written. But as a separate office to find a simple, small companies, entrepreneurs have begun to unite, hiring locals for the Rights of subtenant.

Moreover, given the trend in the real estate market of Ukraine began to develop the format of public office centers, which shall not separate rooms, and equipped individual workstations. They are called kovorking centers (coworking England. - Working together). The idea of creation is to provide kovorkeru not just a job, but a number required for the working man of services: telephone, internet access, the opportunity to receive mail and parcels, to use the room for presentations and (or), meeting rooms, reception for guests, etc.
    

kovorkinga founder of the American programmer Brad Nyuberg. In 2005, he invited all those who wish to sublet vacant jobs in the office, which he shot himself. For several years this type of office leases became popular not only in the United States, but worldwide.
    

In Ukraine, such offices have begun to appear relatively recent. In particular, according to Valery Bykanova, Director kovorking Center X1 (Kharkov, in 2009), the country's five classic kovorking center: X1, Korovka (Dnepropetrovsk), QB ( g.Kremenchug, Poltava region.), STATUS and Holosiivskyi (both - Kiev). However, in the capital is still an international company Regus Group, which offers 1 thousand offices worldwide. But, as explained in the Ukrainian representation, despite the fact that their facilities could indeed withdraw the office of one person, kovorkingom it can not be named because a Regus rented offices including companies, as well as a broader range of services than traditional kovorking centers.

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clients kovorking-points more likely to be freelancers - the scope of IT-specialists, designers, lawyers, konsaltery, accountants, as well as novice entrepreneurs, who can not afford to rent a separate office.

On the one hand, it is interesting to people who rent a separate office for the financial or organizational reasons, inappropriate. On the other - such centers may be of interest to small companies, employees who wish to work in a come-and-work -- explains Andrew Mingazeev, co-founder kovorking center STATUS.

According to him, the advantages kovorking centers are the availability of additional services, and convenient location (often they are arranged in the center of town). This is especially true when kovorkeru need to meet with clients in their territory. True, as Mr. Mingazeev in the working area in the heart of the visitors are not allowed - this provides room for negotiation.
    

With regard to payment for use job, it is in the Ukrainian kovorking centers varies in the range of 0,5-1,2 thousand. per month (in full working day) in the regions up to 2 thousand. in Kiev.
    

To kovorking center worked breakeven, says Mr. Bykanov enough to rent half of existing sites (ie, in the case of X1 - 7-8 seats from 15, the center area - 95 sq m) . If the center filled kovorkerami completely, given the costs of development, the business can achieve the level of profitability of about 20%. In turn, Mr. Mingazeev argues that kovorking center STATUS originally created as a non-profit project, and even when it is absolute occupancy (area Center - 60 sq m, up to 10 people.) Money received from clients, lacking only for the cost of rent and maintenance.

businessman claims that its draft kovorking centers - ideological (allows you to bring together business people of different directions. - Ed.) profit is generated other areas of the founders, so deal with them as the main business is not advised.
    

However, in our opinion, the allegations of Mr. Mingazeeva is not uncontroversial. For example, simple calculations show that occupation kovorkingom may be not only a loss, but also a lucrative business. In particular, if one believes the words of Irina Lukhanin, general manager of real estate agency Blagovest, the minimum monthly rent for offices in the area ul.Mihaylovskoy is 75 UAH. for 1 square meter (ground floor and cellars of buildings).

Thus, if, for example, assume that for the lease of 60 square meters spread the tenant at least 4.5 thousand. per month (excluding utility charges), then sub-lease of 10 jobs, he receives 20 thousand. (by 2 thousand., as already mentioned, with the job), but on condition that all the seats in kovorking Center will be filled.

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experts rightly point out that to make kovorking a truly profitable business, you can only have their own room. However, during the crisis hardly anyone will buy even podeshevevshuyu property. But for a temporary lease kovorkeram vacant jobs in their own offices - a very profitable even for those enterprises, which until the crisis was far from that area. For example, an international consulting company NAI Pickard (Kiev, real estate full cycle consulting, since 1992) began to pass some jobs in his office back in 1992

truth, according to Svetlana Súľovské, deputy director of the company, this practice can not be called a classic kovorkingom, because most of their clients - businessmen, who come from business enterprises (eg, small investment companies, or structure, are just beginning their work in Ukraine ). According to Ms. Súľovské in their office, there are now about four vacant jobs.

particularly far from the classical kovorkinga example NAI Pickard doing that last year's fee office neighborhood of $ 980 per month for a job (so the high price is mainly due to the fact that tenants of jobs are the representatives of foreign companies. - Ed. ). Now it has fallen almost by half.
    

By the way, increasing rent in the sublease space is not only us - the owners of offices, but the company renting office space in the professional business centers. In particular, we are talking about companies that have entered the long-term leases, which terminate almost impossible, because the contract in this case provides for stringent penalties. Whereas in the past year, the average rental rate in the business centers class A and B is $ 70 per 1 square meter per month, now it dropped to $ 35 per 1 sq.m. The difference forced extra cost basic tenants to attract so ponevole subtenant.
    

But, again, as noted by the experts called underlet kovorkingom does not. Sublease hardly a kovorkingom, because in this case, as a rule, excess facilities shall one company and not split up for jobs with the subsequent delivery of a variety of companies and private entrepreneurs, - explains Eugene Wise, head of the division of work corporate real estate department of the office of international consulting company Colliers International (Ukraine).

Outlook

Experts predict that kovorking development centers in Ukraine - a promising direction. The company reduced staffing to a minimum, more profitable to rent temporary jobs than spread the money for the lease of an entire office.
    

, however, are themselves pioneers kovorking business does not sit idly by. For example, most recently, they created the Association kovorking centers of CIS, which included a Ukrainian centers, and centers of Russia - Ekaterinburg, Togliatti and St. Petersburg. Now tenants kovorking single-center free of charge may be assisted by the center-partner.

The only thing that is taken into account wishing to develop such a direction as kovorking - is competition from the apartments, equipped office. As already mentioned, even in the very center of this office can be rented at a price starting from 75 hrv. for 1 sq.m. In addition, the offer of office space in recent years greatly exceeded the demand. For example, only ul.Mihaylovskoy, according to EN Blagovest, in July proposed to lease 43 uninhabited space area of 18 sq m up to 1,5 thousand sq. m.

Elena Romaniuk

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