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by gw67 1276 days ago
In Milan, Italy their renting price are too expensive (550€/month + VAT for a dedicated desk) and their space are almost empty. For context, an house in same location costs 30€/sqm/month.

I don’t understand why the keep their price so high if nobody is going there.

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I was very recently at their central Milan location next to the cathedral for a few days and found it to be quite busy. In fact, some days I wasn't able to get a slot to use the shared space.

However, a not insignificant percentage of people in the shared space were students on a discounted membership who were there due to inadequate study space at the local university.

I also found their more central Madrid locations to be quite reliably busy.

The shared desk (200€/month) in the lounge with music is busy, I was referring to the dedicated desk (550€/month)
I used it in São Paulo for a monthly subscription of BRL 750, something like $150. I also noticed that there weren't a lot of people there. I thought that was due to them focusing on leasing it to companies instead of individuals. But overall it was a pretty pleasurable place to be in, but they could definitely make it cheaper.
I was curious and I searched locally, can't even get a price out of them on their website.
30€ / day doesn't seem too bad to me. Can you really get space for less than that?
The coworking space down the street is 375€ +VAT / month