Hackney Office Space

Hackney office space can refer to business accommodation within the district in East London or the wider borough, of which it forms around two-thirds, and to which it gives its name.

The borough spans parts of the traditional East End of London, and some of its northwest areas are located in North London and areas referred to as the City Fringe.

It was formed in 1965 when it merged with Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, and today, it includes the area around Old Street, dubbed Silicon Roundabout and Tech City.

The inner-city borough is one of London’s greenest, with parks such as London Fields and numerous green spaces, a Picturehouse cinema and a revived theatre and bar at Hackney Empire, plentiful markets, art galleries, and pop-ups.

Its bars, restaurants, gastropubs, and microbreweries led the Michelin Guide to describe it, somewhat tongue in cheek, as a ‘Hipsters Paradise’ and celebrated establishments such as the 24/7 bakery Beigel Bake on Brick Lane, Bib Gourmand recipient Popolo, which specialises in Italian small plates, and Michelin-star-recipient Brat, with its Basque-inspired approach to cooking over fire.

Businesses and organisations seeking office space in Hackney are offered various options. They can choose properties with industrial heritage that have been retrofitted to provide chic office space with ultramodern amenities, characterful period properties that have been elegantly renovated, and brand-new sustainable office developments built to meet the ESG requirements of modern businesses.

They will also find a range of choices for occupying space. There are numerous opportunities to rent office space in Hackney, typically through traditional leases and an increasing number of premium, flexible office space and workspace solutions.

Also sometimes referred to as flexible workspaces, these agile workplace solutions include serviced private offices, managed office spaces and co-working spaces.

Managed office spaces are ready-fitted, and the client leads the furnishing and fit-out process. Custom offices can include private reception areas, meeting rooms, private offices, open-plan working areas, hot-desking zones, kitchens, bathrooms and shower facilities, and clients can choose a customised service level pack.

The private serviced offices are fully furnished, fitted, and equipped with state-of-the-art business technologies. Clients enjoy premium communal amenities, including bookable meeting and boardrooms, breakout spaces, quiet zones, fully stocked kitchens, fitness and wellness facilities, cafes, and outdoor areas.

There is also a wide range of co-working membership options available. Individuals can choose dedicated desks or hot desks, start-ups, scale-ups, and small businesses can choose clusters of designated desks, and larger companies can choose corporate coworking membership plans.

The serviced and managed offices are let via flexible licences with relatively low commitment in terms of agreement length; however, options to extend are provided.

The option to expand into a larger space within the same building provides agility during times of business growth, and there are many offices in Hackney with space for 500 desks and above.

Equally, the office licences allow the client to be nimble and contract into a smaller space if required.

Another attractor to this form of business accommodation is the all-inclusive pricing model. The monthly rent covers overheads such as utilities, cleaning, broadband, furnishings, reception staff costs, complimentary refreshments, and social and networking events.

The high-end offices in Hackney are wellness-focused and managed sustainably, so they offer end-of-journey facilities including bike spaces, showers, changing facilities and EV chargers.

However, occupiers in Hackney enjoy excellent public transport links, with services from stations including Hackney Central, Hackney Downs, and London Fields.

The wider borough also offers a large number of public transport links.