pune as organisations start reimagining offices in the postpandemic world to ensure safety firms managing coworking spaces are witnessing a big demand boost our occupancy rate was up to 90 before the pandemic it slumped to 75 due to the pandemic with many firms vacating their office spaces to save costs in the early phase of the pandemic the narrative started changing when people realized that office spaces will remain an integral part of professional life at least half the workforce of a firm will continue to commute to office on a regular basis so when companies are looking for an office again as they are now they are looking for smaller coworking spaces rishi das whose firm indiqube runs a number of coworking spaces in bengaluru pune and hyderabad saidthe demand for coworking and managed spaces is reflected in yearend real estate reports property consultancy firm knight frank reported that coworking and managed spaces had taken up almost 42 of all commercial real estate in the pmr in 2020largely coworking spaces charge monthly rates per desk which helps smaller firms in keeping their offices to their ideal sizes we get a good mix of companies among our clients such a startups banks firms from overseas as well as ngos some of the larger clients require a lot more customizations than we have including fitting it out in their corporate identity or if they want to have their own server and lan setup but we still manage the space with the help of thirdparty entities who implement our cleanliness and sanitation standard operating procedures said robin chhabra the founder of dextrus that is operating coworking spaces at the bandrakurla complex in mumbai and setting up another at lower parel