#48 MindPark: "We are now asked to take in charge the management of whole new buildings"

Sanna Ekström is the co-founder of MindPark, a coworking operator more than a decade active in the Southern part of Sweden. The company which started in 2008 as a simple café in the small city of Helsingor, on the shore opposing the Danish capital Copenhaguen, operates now 4 coworking locations and is one of the most visible brand in the region. The company has lately signed up with a major property developer to run a big slice of a new building to be constructed in the outskirt of Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden. More and more, the coworking company is asked by property owner to take in charge the management of the ground floor, the restaurant and café, if it is needed around the block and well as the reception, some facility management elements and more. The service is growing more and more complex, observe Sanna Ekström, although the coworking, hospitality and community management part is what remains the most important revenue generator for Mindpark, which has is attached to the usage of their brand. Those deal are more and more needed in regional areas, and not only in the main city centers.