Office & Infrastructure

Choose on team size and entry stage, not unit cost. Early on, when headcount is small and still moving, coworking or serviced space gets you in within the week; once numbers settle and you need your own operating floor, a private lease is cheaper over time.

Beyond rent and area: the handover standard, when you can actually start work, who connects power and network, and whether you may operate during your real hours. Companies that are fully registered but still cannot start work are usually stuck on one of these.

This is the classic trap: developer, landlord, property manager and facility provider can be four different parties, with handover condition, connectivity and backup power each belonging to someone else. Name the responsible party per item before signing.

Assess it against your real operating needs rather than asking whether backup power exists. Confirm how long it lasts, which circuits it covers, whether switchover is automatic, and whether the line is dedicated with a second path. A 24/7 operation and a standard office need different answers.

There is no single best area — it is a trade-off between infrastructure quality, commuting access for staff, and rent. Tech and BPO teams usually protect the first two, because difficult commutes show up directly in hiring and attrition.

Connectivity activation, power, furniture, access control and inspection — with dependencies between them and lead times you do not control. Sequence them into a readiness checklist before handover, running in parallel.

Not for the search. Shortlisting, viewing and negotiating can all run first; signing usually needs the entity. Run it to signature-ready in parallel and sign the moment the entity exists, rather than starting the search afterwards.

Negotiate it into the lease: rights over adjacent space, break or sublet provisions, and a term that matches your expansion pace. These clauses cost almost nothing at signing and a great deal to obtain later.