Choose a virtual office when your business needs a professional Sydney address and presence without a desk; choose a serviced office when your team needs somewhere to actually sit, meet and work. If you're weighing the two, Goodspace Eastgardens is about to make the second option much easier — two levels of serviced offices and coworking open this September at 96a Denison St.
What a virtual office covers
A virtual office gives you the address, the phone answering and the mail handling — the public face of a business — without a physical workspace. For sole traders and early-stage companies it's often everything required, and we've unpacked the inclusions in our guide to what a virtual office in Sydney includes.
What a serviced office in Sydney adds
A serviced office is the next rung: a private, furnished office inside a managed building, with reception, meeting rooms and utilities handled for you. You keep the flexibility of a membership rather than a long commercial lease, but your team gets a door that closes and a desk that's theirs. The tell-tale signs you've outgrown a virtual office are simple — clients keep asking to meet, hiring has started, and the kitchen table has stopped being charming. The upgrade doesn't have to mean a fit-out or a five-year commitment; in a serviced building you arrive, plug in and work.
What's opening at Eastgardens
The new front building at Goodspace Eastgardens houses two light-filled levels of premium workspace, designed so the working day stops commuting between places:
- Private serviced offices and dedicated desks
- Bookable meeting rooms and a boardroom
- An on-site café and a 24/7 gym in the building
- End-of-trip facilities for riders and runners
- Brand-new commercial warehouses at the rear, leasing now
A simple way to decide
If your business needs to appear established, a virtual office does the job at a fraction of the cost. If your business needs to operate — people in seats, clients in meeting rooms — a serviced office earns its keep from week one. Plenty of businesses graduate from one to the other; the good ones pick the moment deliberately.
Book a tour
Coworking and serviced offices at Goodspace Eastgardens open this September, and enquiring now gets you first pick of desks and suites. Call (02) 9145 8089 to book a tour at 96a Denison St, Eastgardens.