Owner and manager of Westfield malls, Scentre, and co-workspace operator, WOTSO, are opening a co-working centre in the Woden shopping centre in Canberra. The Woden move come as the co-working model matures to become a mainstream option, while retail landlords look for ways to diversify their malls and attract more visitors as they negotiate changing patterns of consumption and challenging conditions in the retail sector. The new space, which will be called “Woona”, is expected to open by mid-2017. The companies’ co-working venue at Westfield Chermside in Queensland, which was the country’s first co-working facility in a shopping centre, has been reconfigured three times, in response to increasing demand, and has a waiting list for membership.
Owner and manager of Westfield malls, Scentre, and co-workspace operator, WOTSO, are opening a co-working centre in the Woden shopping centre in Canberra. The new space, which will be called “Woona”, is expected to open by mid-2017. The companies’ co-working venue at Westfield Chermside in Queensland, which was the country’s first co-working facility in a shopping centre, has been reconfigured three times, in response to increasing demand, and has a waiting list for membership.