Modern Office Desks Available in Surry Hills.
about this space
We have ten spare desks located in a modern and well-equipped office, ideal for freelancers, small start-up teams, and businesses seeking a quiet and focused workspace. Work alongside Man of Many, a digital media company that specializes in men's lifestyle and trends, within an environment designed for creative office activities. Desk features include large, fully furnished workstations with four power outlets and ample storage space. Our office provides access to a private room, suitable for confidential calls or small meetings, and a large conference room equipped with a television and seating for over fourteen guests. Facilities include two modern bathrooms with shower facilities, a fully equipped kitchen for unlimited use, and 24/7 secure access supported by professional reception services. The space is air-conditioned and offers bicycle storage, along with extremely high-speed business-grade fiber internet. Flexible contract terms are available to accommodate your needs, and a professional business address is provided to enhance your corporate image. Whether you need a casual day or a long-term setup, our collaborative and modern workspace is tailored for those engaged in creative and strategic tasks.
the fwv take
Take this Surry Hills floor as a working wholesale showroom and buyer appointment base rather than a public-facing pop-up, because ten fully furnished desks sitting alongside garment racks, fitting rooms and a private call room let a sales team host accounts and process orders inside the same 275 sqm without paying for a second back-office address.
The operational stack is what does the job here rather than the architecture: a conference room seating over fourteen with a television for linesheet walkthroughs, staffed reception and 24 hour secure access that let you manage arrivals discreetly, elevator load-in so sample trunks never go down a stairwell, and business-grade fibre fast enough to turn around order files and imagery the same day, though the basement level means no daylight at all, so we would not sell it as a content studio or brand shoot location without a lighting build through production and build.
The brand that fits is mid-scale contemporary rather than a luxury maison, usually a menswear, streetwear, activewear, eyewear or accessories label two to eight years into trading with a three to ten person core team, minimal and functional in its visual language, and relaxed about sharing a floor with a resident digital media company whose editorial tone already sets the room.
In our experience the May window around Australian Fashion Week fills first and wants eight to ten weeks of lead time, February and August move considerably more slowly, and the quirk worth knowing before you enquire is that this is a licensed desk arrangement inside an occupied office, so evening networking events and weekend workshops clear far more easily than full daytime takeovers, which are best scoped early against our activation timeline.
what's included
- Internet
- Air Conditioning
- Security System
- Stock Room
- Counters
- Fitting Rooms
- Garment Rack
- Lighting
- Furniture
- Sound & Video Equipment
- Electricity
- Heating
- Parking
- Elevator
- Kitchen
- Reception
- Wifi
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how to book this space
- 01
Check the shell and the dates
Review the gallery, 275 sqm floor plan and amenities for Modern Office Desks Available in Surry Hills, then note the window you want in Surry Hills. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.
- 02
Send the brief
Use the request panel on this page to send your dates, expected footfall and budget. The listed rate is a starting point at €37 per day.
- 03
Get availability and a quote
We confirm availability with the operator and come back within 24 hours with the all-in cost: rent, staffing, permits and fit-out for Surry Hills.
- 04
Lock the contract
Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.
- 05
Build and open
Fit-out, install and staff the pop-up. Our production team handles delivery, install and the strike at the end of the run in Surry Hills.
activation ideas
SS/AW Seasonal Showroom
This is the strongest use of the space, because garment racks, counters and fitting rooms are already installed alongside ten furnished workstations, so a sales team can hang a full range and process orders in the same 275 sqm. Brands running showroom rental in spaces like this typically zone the floor into a rail wall, a linesheet table and a desk bank for order entry. The private room absorbs confidential conversations, and the stock room holds reserve samples and packaging out of sight. Flexible contract terms mean you can hold it for a full wholesale season rather than a single week.
Buyer Appointments
Works well for scheduled wholesale appointments because the conference room seats over fourteen with a television for linesheet and lookbook walkthroughs while the private room runs a parallel one-to-one. In practice reception handles arrivals and holds guests without you pulling a team member off product, which matters when accounts overlap. Central Station is a six minute walk, so buyers moving between the CBD and inner east lose very little time. We usually pair this format with retail staffing so appointments are hosted while your sales team stays with the collection.
Private Sample Sale
Adequate rather than obvious, and only for an invitation-led sale where you drive the guest list yourself, because this is a basement floor with no street frontage or passing footfall. What makes it viable is that racks, counters and fitting rooms are on site, so you can trade with almost no fit-out cost at AUD 60 per day. Work to around thirty shoppers at a time so the fitting rooms and two bathrooms are not overwhelmed, and use elevator load-in for rails rather than moving stock by stairwell. Card payment infrastructure needs bringing in.
Collection Preview
A credible choice for a controlled preview to a small invited group of press, stylists and key accounts, largely because reception-managed access keeps the room discreet ahead of an on-sale date. Brands typically run these as timed slots of ten to fifteen guests, using the conference room television for a campaign film and the racks for close product handling. The kitchen covers light catering without an external supplier, and 24/7 access allows a build the evening before. Surry Hills sits inside a dense creative district, so guests are already in familiar territory.
E-commerce Shoot
Functions well as a controlled content studio for ecommerce output specifically, because a basement floor gives you consistent artificial light with no daylight shift across a long shoot day. On-site lighting, sound and video equipment, power at four outlets per workstation and extremely high-speed fibre mean you can shoot and upload the same day. Fitting rooms and garment racks sitting next to the shoot area shorten changeovers on high-volume look days. For editorial requiring natural light this is the wrong space, and we would say so before you book.
Content Creation Day
Suits a social and short-form content day for a crew of six to twelve, with desks doubling as edit stations and the fibre connection handling upload of large files without stalling. The conference room works as a talking-head or podcast set, and the kitchen and showers keep a long day running without leaving the building. Sharing the floor with Man of Many, a resident digital media team, means the environment is already set up for this kind of work. Lock the conference room in advance rather than assuming availability on the day.
Video Production
Workable for interview, product and tutorial formats, with the caveat that ceiling heights are standard office and the floor plate is basement level, so this is not a space for large rigs or wide sets. What makes it work is elevator access for gear, 24/7 secure entry for out-of-hours schedules, and the ability to leave a lit set standing overnight in a locked space. If your brief needs backdrops, a cyc or a built environment, our production and build team can install and strike inside your booked days.
Workshop or Creative Workshop
Genuinely well suited to a full-day workshop, because the conference room seats over fourteen with a television for presentation and the wider 275 sqm floor gives you breakout space for group exercises. Air conditioning, unlimited kitchen use and two bathrooms with showers cover the practical side of an all-day session, and reception check-in handles attendee arrivals cleanly. Forty three cafés and restaurants within walking distance solve lunch without catering spend. For anything above twenty five participants we would recommend a larger single-room venue instead.
Masterclass or Training Session
Works for a paid or brand-hosted masterclass of roughly fifteen to twenty five people, with the conference room television and on-site sound equipment handling delivery and the desk banks available for hands-on exercises. In practice the fibre internet supports live streaming or hybrid delivery to remote attendees without additional connectivity hire. Bus stops sit two minutes from the door and Central Station six minutes away, which keeps attendance rates up for evening sessions. Confirm the timing early, as evening and weekend use clears more easily than a daytime full-floor takeover.
Networking Event
A realistic option for a standing evening reception of around thirty to fifty guests, because the open floor across 275 sqm clears easily once desks are grouped and the kitchen supports drinks service in-house. Reception and the security system give you controlled guest list management, and the elevator handles supplier deliveries without disruption. Alcohol service and any public-facing element need checking against City of Sydney requirements, and our permit guide sets out what applies to temporary use here. Surry Hills bars and restaurants nearby give guests an obvious onward venue.
Press Day for Small Media Lists
Adequate for an appointment-based press day rather than an open-door press event, since there is no shopfront visibility and the space works on invitation. Set the racks and counters as a product wall for hands-on review, use the conference room for scheduled sit-downs, and keep groups to ten or twelve so the fitting rooms and bathrooms hold up. Three hotels within walking distance, including ADGE and Hotel Harry, help if you are flying in interstate press or a visiting sales team for a multi-day schedule.
use cases
location
what's around
6 stores within 600 m, incl. Desmond & Molly Jones, Johnson's, Nail Lounge
brands nearby
- fashion stores
- 4
- beauty
- 2
- galleries
- 1
- hotels
- 3
- cafés
- 20
- restaurants & bars
- 23
- other retail
- 7
- Elf & Taco110 m
- Pasta Emilia130 m
- Tessuti fabrics150 m
- Alive150 m
- Desmond & Molly Jones160 m
- Pizza Al Taglio160 m
getting here & street life
nearest transit
- Central Grand Concourserail491 m · 6 min
- Capitol Squarerail · 2000200613 m · 8 min
- Albion Street / Commonwealth Streetbus151 m · 2 min
- Campbell St before Riley Stbus · 304166 m · 2 min
- Campbell St at Riley Stbus · 304173 m · 2 min
- Surry Hills Childrens Court, Albion Stbus · 201035175 m · 2 min
street activity
high footfall.
11 places within 200 m · 13 stores · 43 cafés and restaurants
- within 200 m
- 11
- within 400 m
- 60
- within 600 m
- 60
the neighbourhood
The Crown Street Reservoir is a heritage-listed reservoir located at 285 Crown Street, Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was built by Donohoe and Vaughan. It is also known as Crown Street Reservoir & Site and WS 0034. The property is owned by Sydney Water, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 18 November 1999.
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- Crown Street Public School · 310 m
frequently asked
Not in the conventional street-facing sense, because this is a 275 sqm basement office floor in Surry Hills with reception-controlled access rather than a shopfront. What it does support is an invitation-led format such as a private sample sale, a friends-and-family shopping day or a collection preview where you drive your own guest list rather than rely on passing footfall. The garment racks, counters and fitting rooms already on site mean you can trade from the space without a full fit-out. If your brief genuinely needs walk-in customers on Crown Street or Oxford Street, tell us at enquiry stage and we will put a street-level alternative alongside this one so you can compare both before you book.
who it suits
Brand Scale
This space fits a brand with a 3 to 10 person core team, roughly 2 to 8 years of trading, and an operational need for a Sydney base rather than a customer-facing storefront. Ten desks inside a 275 sqm serviced office, with a private call room, a conference room seating fourteen and business-grade fibre, is built for teams doing wholesale admin, ecommerce operations, content planning and market entry groundwork. In our experience the profile that gets the most from this space is an Australian or overseas label opening a Sydney office ahead of stockist expansion, or a brand studio needing a professional business address with flexible contract terms. Where we see mismatches is when a brand wants a retail-facing launch: this is a basement office floor with reception and secure access, not a shopfront, so a DTC label chasing walk-in trade should look at street-level browse all spaces options instead. Larger houses with 30 plus staff will outgrow the ten desks quickly, and solo founders will find the conference and meeting infrastructure more than they need to pay for.
Aesthetic Fit
Contemporary, clean and understated brand identities read best here. The fit-out is modern commercial office language: fully furnished workstations, neutral surfaces, controlled artificial lighting, air conditioning, and a media-company neighbour in Man of Many that sets a digital and editorial tone. That suits menswear, streetwear, activewear, accessories, eyewear, grooming and lifestyle brands whose visual world is minimal, functional and photographable against plain backdrops. It also supports garment racks, counters and fitting rooms already on site for fitting sessions and internal reviews. What will not work is a heritage luxury house, a couture or bridal label, or an artisanal brand whose identity depends on daylight, raw architecture, high ceilings or period detail. A basement floor plate with no natural light and standard office ceiling heights cannot carry a romantic or gallery-led aesthetic, and dressing it to do so would cost more than moving to a space that already has those bones.
Best Use Cases
First choice is a working fashion showroom and wholesale appointment base, because ten desks, garment racks, fitting rooms and a private room let a sales team run buyer meetings and admin in the same footprint. Second is a team offsite or strategy intensive, with the fourteen-seat conference room and television handling full-day sessions and the kitchen removing catering logistics. Third is a creative workshop or training day, well served by 275 sqm, reception check-in and secure 24/7 access. Fourth is a collection preview or internal press day for a small invited list, with fitting rooms and lighting already in place, though a public press day is better placed elsewhere. Fifth is a content studio day, since controlled lighting, power at every desk and fast fibre suit ecommerce shoots and edit turnaround, and our production and build team can add backdrops where needed. Sixth is a networking or private evening event for around thirty guests, supported by the kitchen, bathrooms with showers and bicycle storage. A public pop-up shop or sample sale ranks last: the basement level and lack of street frontage will not deliver footfall.
Budget Signal
This sits at the accessible end of the Surry Hills market and well below any comparable temporary retail space or fashion week venue in the same postcode. For a rate in the desk-licence tier rather than the event-hire tier, a brand gets 275 sqm, ten furnished workstations, a fourteen-seat conference room, professional reception, kitchen, showers, secure access and a business address, which is materially more than a co-working membership delivers at similar cost and far less than prime Crown Street or Oxford Street commercial frontage. Against hotel event spaces nearby such as ADGE or Hotel Harry you pay a fraction and keep the room for a full working day rather than a hire block. Brands at this stage typically find the trade-off is visibility: shared pop-up formats cost more but put you in front of customers, while this space buys operational capacity and credibility. Run the numbers against a retail-led alternative with our budget calculator before committing to a longer term.
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