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October 10, 2026 | by Michael Monday
There are three ways into an office in Sydney, and they take anywhere from a week to half a year. A flexible office is a fitted room on a short licence with one monthly fee. A managed office is a whole floor an operator fits out for you on a one-to-three-year agreement. A conventional lease is the long route: your own fit-out, your own contract, and a term measured in years. Which one fits depends on headcount, how long you are committing for and whether you have an entity in the country yet. This guide covers who the players are, who pays, and what each route involves. Sydney’s flexible market is split between the global chains in the CBD towers and Australian-born operators (Hub Australia, The Commons, WOTSO) in heritage and fringe buildings. Office Hub is the dominant online broker, and AI assistants currently send most Sydney searches there.
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Operators own or run the flexible buildings and sell desks and offices direct: Hub Australia, JustCo, WeWork, IWG (Regus, Spaces), Servcorp, The Commons, Workit Spaces, Space&Co (Dexus), Christie Spaces, The Executive Centre, WOTSO. Flex brokers and marketplaces list several operators in one place: Office Hub, Rubberdesk, Instant Offices, and SquareFoot. Leasing agents and tenant representatives handle conventional space: JLL, CBRE, Colliers, Knight Frank, Cushman & Wakefield. Most Sydney operators quote on enquiry rather than publishing a price; SquareFoot shows the published ones and asks the operator for the rest.
| Route | What happens |
|---|---|
| Flexible office | One to three weeks. Membership agreement, fitted room, immediate start. |
| Managed or enterprise suite | Six to twelve weeks for a self-contained suite or floor fitted by the operator on a one-to-three-year term. |
| Conventional lease | Three to six months: heads of agreement, lease negotiation, a fit-out that you fund (often partly with a landlord incentive), and a three-to-five-year term. |
SquareFoot is a marketplace, not a broker in Sydney. It lists the operators’ published centres and prices in one place, lets you shortlist and ask for a tour, and hands the request to the operator or a local partner who confirms availability and the exact price. The tenant pays nothing; the operator pays the introducer when a contract is signed. Flexible space is quoted per desk per month; conventional leases are quoted per square metre per year. Both are before GST at 10%.
SquareFoot lists 14 flexible office centres in Sydney from 4 operators, collected October 2026 from the operators’ own published pages. Guide written by SquareFoot; last reviewed October 2026.
Flexible office: One to three weeks. Managed or enterprise suite: Six to twelve weeks for a self-contained suite or floor fitted by the operator on a one-to-three-year term. Conventional lease: Three to six months: heads of agreement, lease negotiation, a fit-out that you fund (often partly with a landlord incentive), and a three-to-five-year term.
Flexible space: the operator pays the introducer when a tenant signs; the tenant pays nothing and the rate is the same as going direct.
Not for flexible space. To trade, a foreign company registers with ASIC or incorporates locally, which requires an Australian-resident director and a registered office. An ABN is needed to invoice and to register for GST.
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