Coworking Space: Hastings Commons - The Observer Building in Hastings

Hastings Commons is community led regeneration. Since 2014, they have brought over 8,000 square metres of floor space into custodian ownership across a whole cluster of buildings in the centre of Hastings, renovating them to a high quality, offering genuinely affordable rents, and supporting residents and businesses to collaborate and take more control of where they live and work.

The Observer Building is an enormous and precious building, consisting of 4,000 square metres across seven floors. Since it came into the Commons, vital repairs have been undertaken and the lower floors of the building are now fully refurbished. The building is opening in a phased approach - it currently offers affordable workspace and host desking space, a 500-capacity venue and a creative technology hub called OBX. 1066 Crossfit gym occupy the large Alley Hall and future plans include creating capped rent housing on the upper floors and a public roof garden.