Co-working spaces in Tiruchi show the changing face of business premises

Co-working spaces, premises that offer a shared flexible office environment for startups, corporate entities, and freelancers, have begun to make their mark in Tiruchi as they help enable a readymade model of business and reduce the overheads needed to set up operations from scratch.

The city’s geographically centralised location has made it an attractive destination for companies trying to expand their network beyond the metros. “Increasingly, professionals are finding it difficult to shift to Chennai for work because of the higher cost of living there. A co-working space in a Tier II city like Tiruchi gives companies of all sizes a chance to have employees closer to their home towns. It helps them overcome capital expenditure and structural uncertainty when compared to setting up a traditional office from scratch,” Bharath Raam, founder, KHEE Coworks, told The Hindu.