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Tel Aviv to Set Up City-Owned Shared Workspaces

The first locations will be at the Tel Aviv Port shopping and entertainment district and will be operated on a for-profit basis

Dotan Levy 14:1825.04.18

The city of Tel Aviv is planning to open three shared workspaces at Tel Aviv Port, a shopping and entertainment district in the city’s north, a person familiar with the matter told Calcalist on condition of anonymity.

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The first coworking space will open by the end of the year, the person said, adding that the project is planned to eventually take up more than 16,000 square feet of space (1,500 square meters). At this point, the city is exploring whether to operate the workspaces itself or open a tender for a private operator, the person said.

Tel Aviv Port. Photo: Orel Cohen

Calcalist contacted Tel Aviv Port’s CEO, Dan Menashe, for comment and he confirmed in an email that permitting has been obtained for workspaces at the port.

The project is being led by Atarim, a municipally owned corporation in charge of developing Tel Aviv’s coastline areas.

In recent years, the shared workspace market has been booming in Israel, with new locations constantly sprouting up, especially in and around Tel Aviv, the country’s tech and business capital, which is currently home to about 70 shared workspaces.