The largest 'coworking' in Spain prepares to open in Barcelona already 50% full

Barcelona takes another step as a European benchmark in innovation and new work models. In the heart of 22@, Aticco is preparing the opening of what will be the largest coworking space in Spain and Southern Europe, with more than 20,000 square meters on Pere IV street and a capacity for 2,200 people. With the forecast that it will open its doors in March; shortly after announcing its future opening, the center's occupancy is already at 50%.

The workers who will begin to fill the new coworking space will do so hand in hand with companies of various sectors and sizes: Aticco has already closed agreements with about three companies of some 200 workers, and another four of approximately one hundred each, in addition to small clients. "We like the mix; we want to have large companies, but also SMEs and even freelancers, who ultimately are what brings our community together," defends Aticco's CEO, Gabriel Espín.

In addition, the center will go beyond conventional companies: it will include Aticco Garage, a space for startups in which the company has invested or that have gone through its acceleration processes. "We like to conceive this space not only as a coworking and events center, but also as an innovation center," Espín emphasizes. Thus, the new center will interrelate with the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the Catalan company, and of the city as a whole. Under the name Aticco Diagrame, the company will open the building, until now empty, after reaching an agreement with the property owner, Patrizia.

In parallel to this new opening, the company is working to close agreements for new centers. To do so, it prioritizes the management agreement modality, through which it manages 40% of the surface it operates. With this type of agreement, the property makes the investment to open the center and Aticco operates as the space manager and then distributes part of the income generated through its activity.

Pool, slide, and pickleball

In this way, it will not only have work areas, but will also include four terraces with city views —with more than 1,400 square meters of total surface area—, as well as event spaces with capacity for 200 people, a canteen, a lactation room, a play area and a gaming zone, in addition to a climbing wall. "We not only seek to offer quality workspaces, but to create a global experience designed to connect talent, accompany companies in the growth of their projects and strengthen our community," Espín defends. All of this is added to the essential workspaces, meeting rooms and rest areas.

The building —one of the first at a national level with WiredScore connectivity certification— will have parking to complement mobility with public transport, with the metro a few minutes away in Llacuna, and also in Glòries. The future coworking has been incorporated into Aticco's portfolio in an operation advised by CBRE, and which "reflects the new, more collaborative ways of working and the prominence of the Flex segment in office assets," according to CBRE's Head of Flex Office in Barcelona, Carolina Savasta: "More and more office owners are seeing that the Flex format is a good alternative to update their spaces and boost the market."

The fact that the center is located in 22@ —specifically, at number 105 of Pere IV— is no coincidence: the coworking will be part of an ecosystem that is adding innovative local and international companies that choose to land in the Catalan capital. The opening of the new center will feed back into the dynamism of this 22@ ecosystem, in a district that is committed to diversifying its uses beyond that of offices, as Espín has also defended.

From 22@Network, the president of the association that brings together companies and institutions in the sector, Susana Prado, has applauded the agreement: "With the opening of its third and largest space to date, Aticco demonstrates its firm commitment to the 22@ district." Prado, who has highlighted the fact that Patrizia is part of 22@Network as a partner, has guaranteed that the entity will continue "promoting and supporting this type of initiatives, which consolidate the district's leadership as an epicenter of innovation in Southern Europe."

This leadership of 22@ is consolidated with projects like this, according to Espín: "The more good flexible workspaces there are, the more demand there will be from both national and international companies that want to establish themselves in Barcelona." And it is that "large international companies that are debating between several cities choose based on several factors, and one of them is the availability or not of workspaces."

And in 22@, these spaces only continue to grow, as reflected in the evolution of the city's office market. In 2025, with market behavior similar to the previous year in Barcelona, 22@ once again emerges as the main focus of activity in the Catalan capital. So much so that, according to a Forcadell report, the technology district has concentrated close to 50% of the office space contracted in Barcelona during the third quarter of the year. All this in a market where the flexible office model is gaining weight, reflecting changes in work models in a context of global transformation.