Office realty joins sharing economy

Popularity of the co-work space business spreads like wildfire among entrepreneurs, stoking a new culture

These days, "Shanghai 189 Lane", Citic Capital's colorfully decorated and brightly illumined seven-story shopping complex in downtown Shanghai, sees an endless stream of young people entering and exiting, morning till late night. The year-end winter chill is no bar for them - but Christmas shopping isn't what they are here for.

They are the city's entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals, out to view the floor plans of the top two stories of the complex.