WeWork 5 Merchant Square, Paddington

WeWork 5 Merchant Square occupies seven floors of a waterside development on Paddington Basin, part of the wider Merchant Square scheme built alongside the Grand Union Canal and designed by architects Mossessian & Partners. The building mixes private offices with open lounges, bookable meeting rooms and a barista counter, in a considered, contemporary fit-out that WeWork positions as a calmer, canal-side alternative to the office towers around Paddington Station. It also carries WeWork's green-building credentials — zero waste to landfill, 100% renewable energy, and single-use-plastic-free operation.

This draft covers 21 of WeWork's current 1-9 desk private offices at the building — 78 desks in total across the 21 units, ranging from single-desk offices up to 6-desk suites on floors 2, 3, 6 and 7. Each unit is priced as one per-office monthly quote inclusive of WeWork's membership model — covering the desks, a meeting-room credit, Wi-Fi/IT support and the building's member amenities — rather than a bare desk-hire rate.

The building sits directly on Paddington Basin, a short walk from Edgware Road Underground station (Bakerloo line) — roughly 3-4 minutes away, which WeWork's own listing describes as ‘only moments’ — and from Paddington station itself, which WeWork quotes as an eight-minute walk for National Rail, the Elizabeth line and the Heathrow Express (a straight-line estimate to the nearest station entrance suggests closer to 5-6 minutes; not routed, verify). Warwick Avenue (Bakerloo line) is a further alternative around 11 minutes on foot. The canalside setting around Merchant Square also has a run of waterside restaurants and cafés directly below the building.