“We handed over a building we were managing badly and got back an operating line we understand. The rent roll stopped being a guess.
Experience-Led Workspace
Space worth
showing up for.
We run flexible workspace like hospitality — so people stay longer, the building fills, and the asset earns more.
The Thesis
Space is no longer a cost line. Run with hospitality, it becomes the reason people stay — and the reason an asset compounds.
People now choose space the way they choose where to spend a day — not on cost per desk, but on how a place feels, who is there, and whether it is worth the commute. As the building fills up, it behaves less like a landlord and more like a host.
The Ecosystem
One connected experience, run end to end.
01
Hospitality
Hosted reception, service and curation that make people want to be there — the warmth of a hotel, inside a workplace.
02
Amenity
Café, wellness, meeting and social space designed as one offer — not a list of perks bolted on afterwards.
03
Performance
Operated for occupancy, retention and yield — measured continuously and reported back to ownership on a clear cadence.
What Experience Returns
+24%
uplift in net operating income across managed assets
94%
average occupancy, held through the cycle
1.4×
longer dwell time versus conventional lettings
The Method
From empty floor to thriving ecosystem.
01
Assess
We read the asset, the area and the audience — what the building could be, and who for. The service model is scoped against real demand, not assumptions.
02
Design
Space and service model are shaped together, so hospitality is built in — not added on. Reception, café, wellness and social space read as one coherent offer.
03
Operate
We run it day to day — front of house, technology, café, events and community as one team. The building is hosted, not merely managed.
04
Report
We track dwell, occupancy and retention — the numbers that move asset value — and report them back to ownership on a clear cadence.
Conventional Letting vs. Foyer
Conventional
- Space let as a cost line
- Tenants tolerate, then leave
- Void risk on every break
- Value tracks the lease
Foyer
- Space run as an experience
- People choose to stay
- Occupancy held through the cycle
- Value compounds with dwell
In Practice
Buildings people choose to stay in.
Foyer turned our floor into the reason people come in — attendance is up, and so is what we'd pay to stay.
Head of Workplace · FTSE 100 Occupier
+79
NPS, hospitality-led service
−45%
reduction in void periods
+31%
uplift in lease renewals
Testimonials
What owners say after a season of hosted operation.
“We had two floors dark for eighteen months. They were let within a quarter of handing over operations.
“The reporting is the part I did not expect. I can see dwell and retention monthly, not at rent review.
Our clients
The owners we partner with.
Case Studies
Assets run as an experience, and what it returned.
Three mandates, in ownership’s own numbers — occupancy held, voids closed, value compounding.
1 / 5
Dublin
St George’s Dock
A first for Dublin — 41,600 sq ft of genuinely integrated workspace. An ecosystem that brings together serviced, managed and conventional office solutions under one roof.
€220+ psf
Record rents achieved
1st
Managed deal — 5 year fixed term
41,600
Sq ft
55%
Pre-let
1 / 5
Southampton
Grosvenor House
A dynamic regional hub of 12,000 sq ft — delivered and managed for EY to their exact design and culture guidelines. A vibrant, design-led flex amenity added across the ground floor.
8 years
EY entering into their 8th yr with Foyer
79
Occupier NPS
12,000+
Sq ft
3
Lease renewals
1 / 5
London, Fitzrovia
20 Rathbone Place
The building that kept on giving: Centrica 12,100 sq ft, monday.com 13,000 sq ft and Savills 6,200 sq ft. All three fully customised and hosted by Foyer to elevate the employee experience.
5+ years
Occupier tenure
Record-breaking
All-inclusive rents achieved
31,300
Sq ft
3
Clients
Questions
Questions owners ask us.
What is experience-led workspace?
Flexible workspace run like hospitality: hosted reception, amenity and community designed as one offer, and operated for occupancy, retention and yield.
How does Foyer partner with landlords?
We work under management agreements or hybrid structures combining base rent with a profit share, scoped to each asset and its audience.
What does Foyer take on day to day?
Everything front of house: reception, technology, café, events and community, run as one team. We assess, design, operate and report.
What results have you delivered for owners?
4.1× base rent achieved and two lease renewals at Adelaide Exchange, 5+ years occupier tenure at 20 Rathbone Place, and +81 occupier NPS at Ragged School House.
Can you operate part of a building?
Yes. We take on anything from a reception takeover and a single floor to whole buildings, and scale as occupancy grows.
How do you report performance?
We track dwell, occupancy and retention — the numbers that move asset value — and report them back to ownership on a clear, agreed cadence.