#24 "We transform C Class buildings into coworking communities" - Puzl Coworking (Bulgaria)

Zsofi Toth is the "Navigator" at Puzl Coworking, a Bulgarian based coworking operator with a community of more than 600 members. She is also co-founder of the Budapest office.
Puzl Coworking is working on the opening on new locations in Hungary and Romania with a model based on the reconversion of C Class Buildings and old factories into cool coworking communities with a focus on the digital industries.
The company initially was a offering IT services and was looking for new offices. As it struggled to find a proper location, Puzl figured out to create its own environment taking the opportunity given by an old industrial compound inherited from the Communist time in Sofia. This C Class old concrete building, home of a sewing factory decades back, was chosen to put in place a new coworking concept.
Five years later, the Puzl Coworking community host more than 600 members spread between two building, re-furbished and renovated. Puzl Coworking choose to position one the digital ecosystem in Bulgaria. Most of the individual, companies and startups are operating in the IT and digital worlds.
Through that experience, Puzl managed to build an expertise in the revitalizing and repurposing of old-fashioned and old industrial C Class buildings. Puzl has it's own architectural studio in house. They design the interior, the kitchen, lounge area or even the furniture, explain Zsofi Toth, who also supervises the Puzl Coworking expansion in Hungary.
"Puzl is now looking to grow in Hungary and Romania", says Zsofi Toth, who can't tell yet when the new locations will open, although finding appropriate C Class Building remains Puzl's touch and approach.
The company is now also addressing bigger team needs and scale-ups. They recently signed up contract to host a 150+ big company.
"For the last 2 years, corporates have been showing a more open mind to join and come into coworking spaces with strong community such as Puzl. The trend is there. A growing number are not in need of a premium office suite in a A class facility to accommodate their needs and some will be happy to engage with other style and players. They also look more and more for flexibility. This is clear", tells Zsofi Toth.
"Coworking has been hit very quickly and hardly by the Covid-19 crisis. So there has been a need for us to innovate and diversify rapidly. Open offices for bigger teams is definitely something we have been accelerating the development of."