Boutique hotel and co-working space Kafnu to open in Alexandria
A new hotel and co-working space in Alexandria can offer the trailblazing entrepreneur everything they ever dreamt of — from a virtual fitness centre to a relaxation breathing pod or a brainstorming room.
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A new hotel and co-working space in Alexandria can offer the trailblazing entrepreneur everything they ever dreamt of — from a virtual fitness centre to a relaxation breathing pod or a brainstorming room.
It’s called Kafnu. Some call it a hotel, others a co-working space, but General Manager, Simon Hall said an urban village is the best way to put it.
Mr Hall is celebrating the completion of their latest project, located on Bourke St, Alexandria, right next door to The Grounds.
Featuring 16 hotel rooms, 32 offices, 80 desks, a virtual fitness centre, a brainstorm box, media production and podcasting room, a relaxation breathing room as well as a bar — Mr Hall said the space will have everything a trailblazing entrepreneur will need.
“It’s been developed for the new generation of creators,” Mr Hall said.
“We know that the entrepreneurial spirit, especially around here where it is thriving in Alexandria, Redfern and Waterloo, we feel that we can provide this for them and they will come.
“We know that a small business needs to grow themselves and are looking for that platform where they can do that.
“We believe we have put together enough of the right things, so we can encourage them to come here and use it as their workspace.”
Residents in Sydney can sign up for a membership to Kafnu, where they will have access to all the facilities.
While guests staying at the hotel can use all the facilities and business space included in their stay.
Each membership comes with 15 credits, and members will use these credits to hire out rooms, desk spaces, use the gym or buy a drink at the bar.
And when you run out, you can either pay for office rooms or services individually, or purchase more credits.
The virtual fitness centre has 1400 pieces of exercise content from some of the leading fitness instructors around the world.
Mr Hall said guests can participate in the scheduled sessions or select their own workout during free time.
The Brainstorm box is a small thinking room with a white board, thinking toys and bean bags.
It even has a mini putt-putt game.
The media production room has a green screen, small portrait photographic space and product photography space.
And the Podcasting studio has been acoustically treated and has two microphones, perfectly set up for interviews.
“We have six more rooms that size, so if we need more podcasting spaces we can do that very quickly.”
Mr Hall said Kafnu will also have a busy events calendar.
He plans to bring in experts who will discuss cryptocurrency, the evolution of social media and even hold Ted Talk series in the space.
“Everyone says, ‘oh my god, this is so different’,” he said.
“Co-working is exploding in Sydney, however, finding something where it’s not only a workspace but it is a community and a membership, we’re really thinking about what members want to get out of their work space.
“We want to create the right vibe.
“Hopefully we will be able to encourage the community to come in and have a look.”
To spice the place up, Mr Hall and his team worked with a Newtown art consultant, Art Pharmacy, who found eight local artists to create large murals inside the building.
Mr Hall said there is potential to develop more Kafnu’s across Sydney and they have already identified a space in Melbourne.
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