Choosing a Commercial Office in Maltepe and Kartal

Consider your usage needs when choosing a new building

New buildings are among the preferences our clients value. It helps to explain what this preference means for you: is the priority the office’s condition on handover, its interior layout, natural light, ventilation or technical infrastructure?

During an on-site visit, place workstations, meeting space and any separate rooms on the floor plan. Check whether the columns, circulation space and existing partitions suit your team’s working arrangements. Assess the usability of the office through this layout as well as its advertised floor area.

Consider the age of the building separately from the documents describing its technical condition. Clarify the building and office features that affect your use through the relevant documents and technical assessment.

Consider employees’ daily routines alongside the surroundings

Nearby places to eat and socialise are among the factors our clients value when choosing an office. When visiting the building, consider how lunch breaks would work, what options are available nearby for a short meeting, and how to reach them.

Take your team’s habits into account. A team that eats in the office has different needs from one that goes out at lunchtime. If meetings and visitor appointments are frequent, assess the options inside the building and nearby in that context.

If there is a shared meeting room, dining area or social space, ask about access separately. Opening hours, booking arrangements, charges and the rights allocated to your office should be clear. Ask building management how a space shown in the gallery can be used.

Assess access for employees and visitors

Assess transport in terms of employees’ commuting routes and visitors’ access. Consider the walk from public transport to the building, any transfers, the approach by car and parking arrangements together. Visiting a prospective office close to your team’s arrival and departure times makes the comparison more concrete.

At Ofisim İstanbul, a central location and suitability for employees’ transport needs are among the reasons for choosing the building that arise in our field conversations. You can explore our work at Ofisim İstanbul in Maltepe in this context. Assess it separately against your own team’s routes.

Compare employees’ starting points with the prospective office’s full address using İETT’s journey planner. Its least-walking and fewest-transfer options help you assess different commuting needs separately. Check the walking route from the stop to the building entrance in person as well.

Assess building management alongside the office spaces

In the example of Monumento Kartal, well-functioning building management, office spaces that cater to different companies’ needs, and the quality of the project stand out. Our Monumento Kartal reference describes our office sales and letting work during 2015–2019.

To understand how an office building is managed, find out who handles maintenance and technical requests, how communal areas are operated, and the access conditions outside working hours. Match the available spaces to your team’s working arrangements: a range of sizes does not mean that every option will suit your layout.

Compare prospective offices using the same questions

Working arrangements

How many people will be in the office each day, and what private rooms, meeting space and visitor areas are needed?

Usable area

Is the advertised area net or gross; what does it include; and which areas on the floor plan can actually be used?

Transport

What will walking, transfers and vehicle access involve along employees’ and visitors’ routes?

Surroundings

Where are suitable places for the team to eat and socialise, and how accessible are they during the working day?

Parking

Is any parking allocated to the office; what are the visitor arrangements, charges and entry conditions?

Management and communal areas

Who handles technical requests; what are the conditions for using and booking communal areas, their opening hours and charges?

Technical infrastructure

Do internet, electricity, heating, cooling and ventilation meet your usage needs?

Costs and handover

Which items does the offer include; what are the regular running costs and initial setup tasks?

Compare offices using the same floor-area definition and offer scope. Record net and gross floor areas separately; do not compare the gross area of one office with the net area of another. Write down clearly whether parking or use of communal areas is included in the offer.

Separate running costs from initial setup work

List regular running costs separately from work required before moving in. Understanding which services the building service charge covers, how heating and cooling costs are paid, and whether parking is charged helps you understand the scope of the offer.

If partitions, furniture, network installation or other preparation are needed, define the scope and timetable. Ask about building management’s rules on working hours, deliveries and alterations. Plan your moving date alongside this information.