WOTSO, Australia’s largest home-grown coworking operator, is opening its 20th Sydney location at Norwest Business Park in a strategic expansion to the fast-growing Hills District.
WOTSO Norwest is scheduled to open in October, 12 years after WOTSO launched its first coworking location at Neutral Bay on Sydney’s lower north shore.
It now has 40 operating flexspaces across Australia and New Zealand, with fitouts underway at another three, including Norwest.
WOTSO’s core strategy is ‘Work Local’, focusing on suburban and regional hubs with a shortage of local coworking spaces.
Initial interest in Norwest has been strong, says CEO Jessie Glew.
“Norwest is one of Australia’s leading business parks with great access thanks to the Metro and is a strategic addition to our network, giving sole traders and small businesses from the Hills District a new coworking option.”
Glew says western Sydney is one of WOTSO’s strongest regions with nine locations including Blacktown, Rhodes, North Strathfield, Penrith, Gregory Hills, Macarthur Square, Jamisontown and Liverpool.
She says members can work at any location across the WOTSO network through the WOTSO Passport Program.
“The western suburbs are the most dynamic part of Sydney and we’re seeing an increased number of our members working from different locations across the region while also utilising our CBD flexspace when they have meetings in the city,” says Glew.
She believes that Sydney, a vast metropolis with local tendencies, has potential for further growth.
“There’s so many different suburbs that need coworking spaces in Sydney – we’ve only just scratched the surface.”
WOTSO has added nine new locations in the past year and now has 6,800 members.
