Analysis

March 31, 2020

Are coworking spaces doomed?

In the time of social distancing, what’s happening to the spaces that exist to bring people together?


Factory Berlin has, for years, been one of the hottest coworking spaces in the German capital, with hundreds of startups renting space in its 14,000-square-meter location in Görlitzer Park or its smaller site nearby.

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