Carlos Ballesteros recapped day one of the 2026 Coworking Spain Conference in Barcelona, noting the market is maturing, with projects like Aticco‘s 20k sqm space showing real scale alongside smaller operators with very different realities.

Key takeaways include management agreements between operators and landlords gaining traction in Spain, a growing connection with Latin America, and AI showing up more across marketing, sales, and onboarding. The event brought together 15 years of community, with Manuel Zea Barral, Marc Navarro, and Laura Martin Nicolas among those who made it happen.

Cubo will be opening an 18k sqft hub in Derby, their second in the city. This follows news that their sister company Staton Young acquired the building in January this year.

Marc Brough teases that the 8th Cubo hub will be launching in Manchester.

Marc Brough shares that Cubo Work have closed an investment deal with Literacy Capital plc.

The details, as I can see them: the investment was 8 figures, and is to fuel growth into all commercial regions in the UK and expanding internationally.

Marc Brough shared that Cubo Work had recently completed their 7th location and their second in April. He also hinted that the next location would be outside of England.