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🎉 Coworking celebrations.
📖 Once upon a time… #
Marta Moksa shares a reminder that long before the pandemic, hybrid and the newfound understanding of remote work well.. working.. there was a group of people who started something new.
"Suddenly something new, strange and weird, became obvious, easy and helpful." Yeap!
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❤️ A reminder why we celebrate #
Marta Moksa from O4 shares a quick reminder why we celebrate International Coworking Day.
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🕰️ A reminder of how far we’ve come, already #
For International Coworking Day I put together a timeline to remind us how far coworking as a global movement has come since 1995. Excited for what comes next!
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❤️ To coworking community managers #
In honour of International Coworking Day, Optix created this superb video celebrating the people who do it all – community managers.
👉 Read this.
🇨🇦 Canada’s first WELL Coworking Rating #
The Instant Group shares that And-Co‘s new location has achieved the WELL Coworking Rating, the first space in Canada to do so.
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✊ Coworking impact.
🤩 A feed of how many coworking spaces celebrated ICD 2022 #
Over on the Syncaroo blog, you can see a feed of how brands, operating teams, members and supporting platforms celebrated International Coworking Day 2022.
We see posts celebrating community, posts sharing the benefits of coworking, posts educating follows about coworking, free passes, bring-a-friend-to-cowork campaigns, and well… a lot of love. So amazing to see the coworking movement go from strength to strength!
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📜 A reminder that coworking has been around far longer than most think. #
Ashley Proctor shares that even after seeing all the the progress of the coworking movement over the last 19 years, there is still a lot of work to be done, and reminds us that folks have been coworking (albeit by other names) for a long long time now.
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💡 August ’23 IDEA challenge: Disrupting domestic violence #
Bernie Mitchell shares this month’s IDEA Challenge, which is facilitated by Melody Gross. This month’s challenge (the 31st IDEA challenge btw) is asking you to disrupt domestic violence and make a difference to the voice you give it in your coworking space.
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🇰🇪 Workable Nairobi achieves EDGE certification #
Workable Nairobi has received the EDGE green buildings certification as (potentially) the first and only flexible office space provider in East & Central Africa to receive such a certification.
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📢 Baltimore coworking brands band together for coworking week #
Dr. Tammira Lucas shares how local operators Impact Hub Baltimore, Co_Lab Workspace and Books, The Cube Cowork and Spark Baltimore partnered up to run Baltimore Coworking Week – a series of events and coworking promos.
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📖 Going beyond that “what” (and the “why”) #
Christy Alexander from WorkSmart in Glen Falls shares that while what you build matters – but where and with whom becomes part of your bigger story.
We’re huge believers in the hyperlocal economic impact of coworking spaces, especially those who strengthen their roots and invest in something lasting.
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🐣 UK brand kicks affordable childcare back to the forefront #
work.life (in collaboration with wellbeing specialists The Happy Human Project and creative agency Defiant) are stepping up to support working partners by launching a free on-site kids club.
It seems like this is a one-day pilot-session called dream.play.grow at their event space at St Cross Street. It saw all 15 limited slots snapped up by members within minutes, hitting home the need for more affordable summer childcare, as rising costs see the 6-week break costing an average of £1,076 per child.
Outside of the summer, we wouldn’t be surprised to see UK brands exploring how concepts like Narra Collective in Jersey City, Hopscotch Labs in Boston, and BubbaDesk across Australia are doing more, long-term.
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🇿🇦 South African coliving retreat adds altruistic twist #
CoWorking Days are planning a new coliving retreat (aka a CoWorking Safari) in the picturesque village of Chinsta in The Eastern Cape of South Africa. As part of the launch of this new retreat in November, they’re offering a 50% discount on accommodation to any participants who volunteer at a local community school.
A lovely idea to merge digital nomad travel and volunteering.
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Coworking news & views.
🤦♂️ What was supposed to be this week’s intro paragraph #
For the introduction of this week’s email I dug into the buzz about WeWork, IWG and International Coworking Day and how they’re interconnected in an interesting way. The email got wayyy too long. So I turned it into a post and am sharing it here with you instead.
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🎼 An ode to 6 years… and 6 lessons learned #
I looove reading people’s "coworking stories" (for the uninitiated, that’s how they landed up working in/at a coworking space), and Jessica Samson’s does not disappoint. From not knowing how to pronounce the space’s name, to 6 things learned and loved about coworking.
In summary they are: the power of collaboration, how community doesn’t just happen, making your net-work, the important basics, The Sims, and expanding impact beyond the 4 outer walls.
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🚀 Thoughts on a competitor’s earnings and trends #
Jamie Hodari from Industrious shares some insights around WeWork‘s second-ever quarterly earnings and on how they correlate with observed industry-wide trends.
_Focus and comparisons are made on growth, Europe and small business strength. _
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📝 Understanding leverage for flex workspaces #
The other day I was listening to a Founder’s Journal podcast episode on understanding leverage by Alex Lieberman.
In it he shares 5 types of leverage that are (as Naval Ravikant puts it) either permissioned or permissionless, with examples from his work. It made me think about flex spaces could also use this mental model to go about gaining these kinds of leverage for their businesses, and so I shared a few ideas on the topic over on my blog.
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📸 What a great coworking day (or any day) collab idea #
Kelli Freshman shared how they’re taking "environmental headshots" (I had to look it up, they’re more relaxed, but still professional, headshots) for members for free as part of the The Shop Workspace’s celebrations for Coworking Day.
I absolutely love spaces partnering up with talented local creatives to provide value-adds that members can get excited about.
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📨 Dear coworking newcomers… #
Cat Johnson penned (can we still say that these days?) an inspiring open letter to newcomers to the coworking industry. Whether you’re a landlord, investor, operator, manager, marketer, helper, or even member have a read.
"The most important point I want to make is that you’re part of something amazing. You’re part of something transformative. You’re part of something visionary and grounded; something deeply human and future-forward. All at the same time." Hear hear.
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🤔 Did we miss the real shift? #
Maksim Aizikovitch from Space Shack Coworking shares a post "with a clear sense of urgency" about how even though the way the world works has changed, "coworking spaces haven’t".
While it’s interesting to read, and I do agree that many spaces do still need to rethink how they combine design, technology, workplace strategy and hospitality to serve as true third spaces – so so many of you already are. Take this as a nod to keep at it!
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💳 Preventing card payment disputes and chargebacks #
Igor Dzhebyan from Spacebring shares some pro-tips on how to prevent disputes, and defend against card chargebacks.
Tips include proactive steps, well-worded membership agreement clauses, resolution strategies, what to submit when disputing a chargeback request, dispute fees, and preventing "review-bombing".
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📦 Could delivery bots shift where coworking spaces thrive? #
In a week where I passed delivery bots outside our building, robots walking through Manhattan, and heard about poo-poo-collecting bots coming out soon – I started to wonder where all these robots would "sleep" in big cities with not a lot of pavement space.
Logically they may be on the ground floor of buildings. The cost to fit out the spaces would be minimal, and the rents stable. So where does that move coworking spaces who usually were slotted into those underutilised spaces?
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🙋♀️ How does one become a GM before 25? #
Federica Gervasoni shares a fascinating look at her rapid ascension to the role of General Manager at Talent Garden Barcelona at "not even 25". Her secret? She wanted to do more, and asked.
We’re here for it. PS. Is Federica a Future Leader of Coworking? Yes. Is she also already a leader? Absolutely! Missed our podcast episode about investing in coworking careers? Here you go.
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🛍 Learning from retail’s 20+ years of implementing hybrid experiences. #
Daniel Wheble summarizes an article on what the workspace sector can learn from retails’ 20+ years of implementing hybrid experiences.
They note that digital and physical experiences should work together, places should be culturally relevant, stubbornness not being a virtue, and that people are most critical resource to any business.
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🇮🇹 Know who else celebrates on Aug 9th? #
The Italian Library Association’s national day of "coworking in the library". It was established 5 years ago by a group of awesome librarians (led by Viviana Vitari) who collaborate on fun experiments to promote that libraries are great places to work from.
This year they put together a fun video (in Italian), and explored how the idea of coworking in the library has evolved since 5 years ago.
👉 Read this.
💡 A reminder that not all web traffic is created equal #
Maxime Dupré shares how two different traffic bumps affected her conversions.
Whilst not a coworking-related product, it’s a great reminder that traffic, for traffic’s sake, doesn’t matter when smaller campaigns can convert at higher numbers.
👉 Read this.
🛍️ Do you do member welcome packs? #
A well-crafted welcome pack can make a powerful first impression, helping new members feel at home, connect with the community, and stay longer.
Cobot shares a practical guide to building a hybrid welcome pack that blends physical items, digital resources, and personal touches.
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🎧 Are recording studios a good new side-gig for coworking spaces? #
The team at Spacebring break down the ins and outs of adding a recording studio business to an existing coworking space. This takes podcast studios to a different level, bringing in staff to support with recording, editing and producing.
👉 Read this.
🇦🇺 Provider’s annualized turnover 50% more than pre pandemic #
Tim Brown shares some insights into WOTSO‘s annual results.
Highlights include: NAV up 9%, WOTSO annualised turnover 50% higher than pre pandemic levels, WOTSO site profit contribution now AU$3.2m pa after rent, 5,000 WOTSO members and 3 asset acquisitions.
👉 Read this.
📨 How to create weekly member newsletters in under an hour #
Bernie Mitchell shares more tips on how busy community builders (ie you) can start to create weekly newsletters in under an hour each week. Tips include sections, scheduling, content capture, and experimentation among others.
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🧸 What does a teddy have to do with coworking? #
Sofia Stolberg from PilotoMail shares a story about how a souvenir purchased for her toddler at a baseball game (while at the GCUC conference) turned into a family tradition, created new interests, and sparked whole new adventures.
A slightly-meta reminder that the little things that happen in, and around, your spaces (and across the industry) do often create delightful ripples of change – in a whole bunch of peoples lives.
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✅ A guide for starting a successful coworking space #
Helga Moreno shares another deep resource from andcards, this time focussing on how someone can go from an idea for a coworking space, through planning, partnerships, deal-making, funding, technology, ops, community building.. and more. It’s thorough!
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📼 Another great flex space ad, this time out of South Africa #
I’m a sucker for great coworking adverts. This one is from Inospace who run serviced logistics parks (aka: co-warehousing) in Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa. Love the way they highlight ease of use, amenities and tie them all to working and their signature red "o".
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😍 Opportunity as businesses decouple rent from revenue #
Dror Poleg shares an interesting note about how thanks to AI and remote work, how businesses run and where-from is undergoing a seismic shift. Traditional office rents are facing a reckoning thanks to people picking where to work, and AI-assistance allowing fewer employees to do more units of work.
To paraphrase, as businesses employ ‘fewer people per unit of revenue’, they’ll also be willing to spend more per employee. This is where an opportunity exists for operators who are already experimenting and perfecting other revenue opportunities from services, tools, tech and data.
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🍎 Your brand is NOT just your logo. #
Kevin Russell shares a presentation that reminds us that a true brand and a logo/identity are not the same thing.
Spoiler: A true brand includes 1. how you make people feel, 2. the experiences you create, 3. what people say about you, 4. the promises you make, 5. the story you tell, and so much more.
I’d be a fool not to share that the Brand Profiles we generate for coworking brands are designed to continuously highlight points 3 and 5 (with a little of 1, 2 and 4 sprinkled in there too). Whether you keep your free profile, or upgrade to become a Patron Brand – I truly hope these little summaries of who you are and what you do contribute positively to the brand you’re building for your business.
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💡 Savills relocates Nottingham office into flex space #
I don’t usually share move-in (or move-out) news in these summaries, but when international real estate firm Savills shares that they’ve proudly relocated a local office into a Cubo workspace, it’s worth taking a beat.
Maybe this means more Savills’ brokers will better understand flex space products? I mean they should have a pretty good idea already given that Savills owns WorkThere.
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🌱 Vertical farm salads that started in coworking hits store shelves #
I love seeing success stories from businesses that started in coworking spaces, especially when it’s from businesses outside the ‘normal’ startup niches.
In this post Tony Margiotta shares that GrowUp Farms salads are now stocked in Tesco (a popular UK retailer, and remembers them running a vertical farm in their space in Whitechapel.
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🚧 Network turns a motorway closure into an opportunity #
The team at Work Inn jumped right into the conversation around the 15ish week closure of the A40 motorway in the Ruhr region of Germany, to fix a damaged bridge near Bochum. They quickly addressed the frustration many commuters are probably feeling, presenting their network of locations as an antidote to even worse traffic jams than A40 commuters were already used to.
Nicely played WI team, I’d love to see data around how many people took up the offer and stayed after the motorway was reopened.
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🗽 Yahoo finance spends 7 mins digging into impact on NYC real estate market #
When looking at a potential WeWork collapse, Yahoo Finance looks at what impact this could have on NYC’s real estate market.
Interesting to hear from Lea Overby (Barclays Head of CMBS Research) that even though the coworking firm rents 6.8M sqft in Manhattan, which is roughly twice the size of the Empire State Building, it is still just a little bit over 1% of all "outstanding (office) exposure within Manhattan".
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💻 Coworking technology.
🏨 Work and stay partnership announced. #
Deskpass and anyplace partnered up to make finding accommodation + workspace easier when working remotely.
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⚠️ Business Profiles now considers duplicate photos & posts as spam #
Google has updated their content policy for Business Profiles and have started flagging and disallowing posts with duplicate photos, media and/or logos as spam, according to Search Engine Roundtable.
If your Maps strategy included reposting the same content to bump up in the results order, it’s time to change that up.
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🦜 Platform merges flythroughs, virtual tours and 3D models #
Sam Stewart shares an exciting (well, if you’re a flex space tech geek like me) video demo from Inspace which helps CRE firms build interactive digital presentations.
By bringing together maps, models, virtual tours and flythroughs – prospective members (or investors) can get a fuller idea of where your building is, what it looks like, and more. I’m a huge fan of changing how people explore spaces before clicking ‘book’.
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🪪 Operator extends Nexudus with automated identity checks #
Syncaroo were brought in to help a workspace tackle a challenge around implementing and automating required background and identity checks for prospective and active members. In this post we see some notes from the custom implementation.
Of course, not every coworking or flex space needs that level of check. Most wouldn’t. But it is interesting to look at how far automations and integrations are reaching in our industry.
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🧮 Kube zigs with new CRM integration #
Yardi Kube have released their new Hubspot integration.
The integration brings contact, booking, and e-commerce triggers and automations from their workspace management system into the popular Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.
👉 Read this.
🧘♂️ Can ChatGPT find coworking spaces that pass the vibe check? #
Taylor Mason at Talemaker used ChatGPT’s Agent Mode to find coworking recommendations based on both: specs and vibe.
He shares what it turned up, what you can do to optimize your online presence, and make sure you show up how it counts as the future of search evolves.
👉 Read this.
📬 Platform upgrades mail management app #
Following Nexudus‘ recent introduction of their rebuilt Virtual Office Module, they’ve now redesigned the interface for NexDelivery, their mail management companion app.
The upgrade removes friction on the standard workflows (think mail notifications and scanning), while offering new additional monetization options tied to virtual office memberships.
👉 Read this.
Coworking data.
📊 Stats and prices as UK and Ireland surpass 3k spaces #
CoworkingCafe‘s newly released quarterly report shows the state of the coworking industry in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
In summary, the UK has 2,806 coworking spaces and Ireland has 210. Breaking those numbers down more, 2,460 are in England, 188 in Scotland, 102 in Wales, 56 in Norther Ireland. Digging deeper Greater London is the coworking capital with 788 spaces, Dublin boasts 101, and they’re followed by Manchester with 69.
In the UK, the national median price for a dedicated desk is £215p/m (£310 in Brighton and Hove), open workspaces £155 p/m (£250 in G.London), virtual offices £40p/m (£99 in G.London) and meeting rooms £25 p/h (£45 in G.London).
Within the top 15 UK cities, Fora runs 60 spaces, Workspace Group runs 55, The Boutique Workplace Company runs 38, WeWork 37 and Landmark 35.
In Ireland, the median dedicated desk price is €299p/m in Dublin (€280 nationally), open workspace desks €200p/m and virtual offices for €50 p/m (both nationally and in Dublin). Meeting rooms in Dublin come in at €44p/h compared to the national median price of €37.
The top three operators in Dublin are Pembr, which has 18 coworking spaces, Iconic Offices with 12 spaces and Workhub with 6 spaces.
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📈 Remote work stats, and why they matter to coworking spaces #
Cat Johnson summarizes some interesting stats around remote work, and highlights the opportunities they present for coworking spaces everywhere.
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🇬🇧 Some parts of London saw 36% increase in office prices #
Jules Robertson summarized the changes in desk rates between Q2 2023 and the quarter before.
Euston and Kings Cross (+36%), East London Prime (+32%), Midtown (+29%) and South West London (+25%) saw the biggest increases where North West London saw the biggest decrease of -37%. West London, West London Prime and East London saw 0% changes.
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🇬🇧 H1 results from Manchester highlight flex space growth #
Joe Rigby shared CBRE’s H1 Manchester highlights. It’s a lot of office CRE stuff, until slide 7. That’s where we get their Q2 Flexible Office Roundtable data. In it we see that Manchester has 1M sqft of flex space and that number is growing (actually 2 of their 3 largest deals were into flex spaces).
They also report that regional landlords are continuing to invest in flex offerings, and that demand for serviced space has continued to rise, with flexibility being a valued commodity.
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💸 Are you addressing this silent profit killer? #
Oliver Easton-Hughes (prev. Huckletree, now at Koho) shares how revenue leakage is a silent profit killer for flex space operators.
What is it? In short, it’s "unexpected or unintentional loss of revenue". Oliver digs into the challenges in identifying revenue leakage, and how tho think about combatting it.
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🪹 Are there 500+ fully-built coworking spaces sitting empty? #
Ben Wright from The Instant Group shares some shocking numbers, noting that just 30% of recently closed fully built-out coworking spaces are now occupied by another operator.
When asked, some say they are waiting for a traditional tenant, but only 18% of these closed spaces have been taken by such tenants. Ben notes that this does leave over 500 "ready-to-go" spaces that other operators could activate, and asks what we as an industry are going to do about it.
I have two of my own questions. 1. Are any of those 500+ spaces now landlord-run flex spaces? 2. Some of those landlords need to chat to the folks at DenSwap about maybe listing those turnkey spaces on their marketplace for buying coworking businesses.
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🌍 UK & Ireland one away from 4,200 locations #
CoworkingCafe‘s Q2 2025 industry report for UK and Ireland explores their data from the 15 largest markets.
The UK boasts 3,949 spaces, (3,456 in England, 279 in Scotland, 124 in Wales, and 90 in Northern Ireland). Greater London is largest market (1,202), followed by Manchester (118), Birmingham (68), Glasgow (61), Bristol (61), Edinburgh (55) and Leeds (54). Cardiff has 41 spaces, while Belfast has 38. Median coworking memberships are £180 p/m, day passes at £25, VOs at £95 and meeting rooms at £30 p/h. As for the brands, Regus is largest (249 locations), followed by Fora (63), Bruntwood (53), Workspace Group (51) and Spaces (46).
Ireland has 250 spaces, nearly half of which are in Dublin (119). Median prices are €205 for memberships, €35 for day passes, €134 p/m for VOs and meeting rooms are €40 p/hour. The largest brands here are Pembr (18), Iconic Offices (14) and Regus (10).
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🇺🇸 Locations down, footage up across 50 US markets #
CoworkingCafe’s latest quarterly report, leveraging proprietary data as of July 2025 breaks down availability across the 50 largest markets, along with their size and distribution, subscription prices and top coworking operators.
For the first time since the pandemic, the number of locations is down 1% QoQ to 7,742 spaces. Total square footage growth slowed to 0.3%, down from 3% last quarter, bringing the total to 141.25M sqft.
Birmingham, AL and San Fransisco saw the most new locations at 10% and 6% growth respectively. Long Island, NY saw 11% bump in coworking square footage (reaching ~911k sqft).
The average size of coworking spaces in the US did grow by 2% to 18,245 sqft (~1,695sqm).
Price (median) averages saw open-plan memberships at $225 p/m, VOs at $159 p/m, Day Passes at $30, meeting rooms at $45 p/h.
Regus saw 6% bump in location count to 1,141 spaces. HQ was up 14% to 319, while Industrious (164), Spaces (164) and WeWork (150) take the remaining slots in the largest five operators nationwide.
👉 Read this.
Coworking market moves.
🔻 WeWork issues warning and starts 12 month timer #
During the firms company result’s leadership shared that its ability to stay in operation comes down to whether they can improve liquidity and profitability over the next 12 months.
‘WeWork is warning there’s “substantial doubt” about its ability to stay in business over the next year because of its financial losses and its need for cash, among other factors.’ Many have speculated that a possible route through bankruptcy may be on the cards.
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🇺🇸 The Root hops over state lines #
The Root Coworking share that they’re opening their first location in the state of Arkansas, with a space in Fayetteville.
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🤑 IWG reports record H1 results #
IWG reported a 48% surge in half-year profits of £198M, a growth of 32% in Worka revenue to £153M along with £54M in debt reductions, and a 14% bump in org-wide revenue to £1.7B
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🛋️ “Coworking for therapists” niche is growing #
The team at Optix share 7 coworking spaces focussed on supporting therapists.
The list includes Brooklyn Hourly Offices, Brightside Space, Center You, The Therapy Commons, Therapists Coworking by Epistamai, Therapy for the People, and Therapy Suites. This is a growing niche we’ve been following closely, including moves made by MOSS Wellness Workspace and Be Well Private Practice Community.
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🗽 East-coast coworking space expands Jersey City location #
Natasha Mohan shares that WorkSocial, a woman- and minority-owned coworking brand, is expanding their Jersey City location from 8.4k to 14k sqft.
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🇩🇪 Mindspace opens their 11th location in Germany #
Ela Günes shares that Mindspace Münzstraße, the brand’s sixth space in Berlin and 11th in Germany, has now opened.
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🆕 Exec suites brand moves location after 30+ years #
Dorthy Bright shares the news that Barrister Exec Suites have upgraded one of their locations. After 30+ years, they’re moving one of their locations from 5850 Canoga Ave to a Class A space at 21300 Victoria Blvd (a short 4 min drive).
Barrister also tease that they have multiple expansions underway, including new centers in Manhattan Beach and Santa Monica.
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⛲️ Town center coworking network adds team memberships #
Gareth Jones shares that Cowork Local (a B Corp that operates a UK-wide network of spaces) now offer a Teams membership, after successful deployment in both Devon and Oxfordshire.
It’s interesting to see a gov-funded network that works in collaboration with the UK Government and local communities, follow the trend and opportunity in supporting teams via workspace passes.
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🪑 Office furniture industry sees “surprise” $2.2B acquisition #
Rob Kirkbride of OfficeInsight breaks down the news of HNI Corp’s $2.2B acquisition of 113-year office furniture industry anchor Steelcase.
The cash ($7.20) and share (0.2192 shares of HNI common) deal values the firm at $18.30 a share – an 80% premium on Friday’s close.
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3️⃣ 3 coworking locations change hands in Southern California #
Kiln have acquired BLOC, and will take over the operations of their three locations in Leucadia, Carlsbad Village and Solana Beach.
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🇨🇦 4 Canadian brands partner up to create network #
Jesse Sharratt shares that LAUFT, ClickSpace, Werklab Inc and CoWork Halifax are partnering up to create an 11-space network in Montreal, Greater Toronto, Vancouver and Halifax.
I had questions, so I pinged Jesse. In short: the network is designed to make sure members of each brand can access other spaces as they travel, or have remote work needs. They have an offer called CANADAYPASS where members of all participating brands can redeem $25 day passes across the network. And the underlying agreement is to offer discounted access to members of the other brands.
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🇬🇧 Wigan makes its own coworking moves #
Rosemary Jones shares how Wigan is making moves with their new Civic approach. The goal? Helping more local creatives and business connect and grow – without having to commute into the nearest "big city" (Manchester) every day.
👉 Read this.
🇪🇸 Spanish brand repositions, drops ‘Workspaces” #
Aticco share that they’ve repositioned, and why.
Moving away from sub-brands like Aticco Workspaces, AticcoLab, Aticco Living and Aticco Ventures to just one top-level brand… Aticco.
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🇦🇺 Aussie operator rolls 3-minute pitch challenge #
Tobi Skovron shares that CreativeCubes.co are opening up 10 spots (that include 12 months of free office space, and $100k in "Metal Platform Credits") to AI and tech scale ups through a "Pitch For A Spot" competition.
👉 Read this.
💰 Startup buys building at 50% discount #
The SF Standard reports on how StartupHQ acquired a building in San Francisco’s SoMa neighbourhood for $6M. What makes this a story is the previous owner paid double that.
What makes it coworking-related? Well the building’s been sitting empty since WeWork left it in the pandemic, and well because the building will once again become a shared workspace for early-stage businesses.
👉 Read this.
☕️ Brand launches into Seattle, taking over a WeWork location #
Centrl Office are launching in Seattle, taking over a former WeWork location in the Capital Hill neighborhood. This is Centrl’s 8th location (joining 3 in Portland, 2 in LA and one in both Lake Oswego and Sacramento. CEO Alex Hughes shared that they’re seeing a lot of groups in traditional office space evaluating more flexible options when their leases are ending.
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🇬🇧 Former town hall in London becomes a coworking hub #
General People share that they’re opening a community and workspace hub in a former town hall.
Located in Elephant & Castle (that’s a real place in London, I swear), Walworth Town Hall is an iconic building which has been a focal point for the local community since 1894. The 50k sqft hub will have offices, coworking space and meeting rooms. This location becomes GP’s 5th in/around London.
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🆕 A new player has entered. Welcome IKEA! #
IKEA have shared that they have partnered with Industrious to build a new 46,470 sqft coworking space in San Francisco.
"Hej! Worksips" is a partnership between the two and Ingka Centers (formerly Ikea Centers) who owns and leases space to 381 IKEA stores. IKEA follows other retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue and SUCCESS in adding coworking spaces into their diversification strategies.
👉 Read this.
🇺🇸 SimplerSpace opens new Chino location #
SimplerSpace, the suburban "sub-brand" of TailoredSpace, are opening a 50-office location in Chino, California – covering about 13.5k sqft. This locations is their 3rd, following previous SimplerSpace launches in Calrsbad and Placentia.
CEO Drew Sanden notes that the SimplerSpace will continue a growth and differentiation strategy within suburban markets.
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🇺🇸 Local operator adds 3rd party fractional spaces to offering #
The team at Green Hive Spaces share that they are experimenting with fractional office products, offering their members (and the general public) the ability to book workspaces by the hour, day or week at their partner locations via their website and app.
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🤫 Coworking hub switches to exclusive members club #
Liam Doe shares how (and why) Old Bond Store has shifted to only accept new members via invitation only. They diverted all marketing budget to reward members for introductions, and focussed on building a community existing members want to be a part of.
It’s an interesting shift as we’ve seen members clubs become coworking hubs, coworking spaces charge large fees to be more exclusive and now this. I do hope Liam continues to share learnings and how things go. I for one wonder if this will lead to a less diverse community due to the invitation-only approach.
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🛫 Asia’s first pay-per-minute coworking center in an airport #
JustCo and Changi Airport Group have announced a partnership to launch an amenity-packed 24/7 coworking center in the airports’ Terminal 3. The space, estimated to open next quarter, will be closer to an airport lounge than a rentable booth, which we’ve seen great pilots of so far. Keep an eye on this trend of coworking in train stations and other travel hubs.
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🇬🇧 New franchise space to open in Cambridge #
John Arenas shares that NewFlex are opening a new Serendipity Labs in Cambridge, UK.
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🎙 Coworking conversations.
Guenaelle Watson joins Emily Breder on the Coworking Values Podcast to dig into creating inclusive environments catering to neurodiverse individuals.
Katelyn Hendricks and Richie Parsons join the Flex Uncensored podcast to discuss how coworking space business can understand and leverage SBA loans.
Liz Elam and Jason Anderson, President at CoWorks LLC and Chief Strategy Officer at UFG, chat about blending businesses, sitting at the head of a 20-year ecosystem table, and the organized chaos of having 135 open locations with different concepts, sizes, layouts, and amenities.
Ernest Lee discusses citizenM hotels’ innovative approach of merging coworking spaces with luxury hospitality with Liz Elam on the GCUC podcast.
Jamie Russo digs into why newsletters should be part of your coworking marketing mix.
Reuben Lau, Founder of Spacefully, joins Kevin Whelan and Taylor Mason on this episode of 2 Marketers and a Coworking Podcast to help simplify Google Ads strategies for single and multi-location coworking operators.
Kevin Whelan (Everspaces) chats with Liz Elam all about uncovering and harnessing unique niches for explosive growth on the GCUC Coworking Podcast
Julie Firth and Sonya Whittam, founders of STORY22, StoryBrand guides, and Unreasonable Hospitality coaches, joined Bernie Mitchell on the Coworking Values podcast to remind indie operators to stop competing on price, and start competing on connection.
Kate Dezarnaulds from Worklife chats with Carrie Kwan and Lucy Kippist about discovering community and connection at the same time as building a successful coworking space on the Mumbition podcast.
Brave CEO Caleb Parker travelled to Amsterdam to tour Mr Green Offices and chat with their CEO, Rogier Braakman about their "super flex" model, “properator” strategy (ie owning and operating buildings), and their Net OS fractional office platform that lets companies share the same SqFt on different days to boost revenue – while slashing wasted space.
Michael Everts and Jamie Russo discuss building a better coworking tech stack on the Flex Academy series by officernd and Everything Coworking.
Jamie Russo delivers a masterclass on lead sources on her Everything Coworking podcast, exploring what platforms like Deskpass, LiquidSpace, Gable, Peerspace, Flexspace.ai, Google Maps and Syncaroo do – and why they may matter to your coworking business.
Jamie Russo chats with Marina McCoy about managing Hula coworking where theres a four year waitlist for their private offices on the Everything Coworking podcast.
Tasha Hydar chats with Jamie and Gio about taking the stress out of managing a coworking space IT network on the Flex Uncensored podcast.
Tashi Dorjee shares his rapid-fire presentation (and the slides) on "Finding an additional 10% in revenue" from the recent Flexible Workspace Australia conference.
Cat Johnson joins Simon Hodgkins on The Global Discussion to chat about the benefits of coworking spaces.
📆 Coworking events.
📬 Key elements to designing your VO offering #
Aug 23: Discover the essential components to craft a successful virtual office offering. Whether you’re a seasoned coworking space owner, community manager, mail operator, or someone just starting out in the industry, this interactive session will prepare you with the knowledge and strategies to design a thriving virtual mailbox service for your community.
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👩🏫 Convo: Educating your community about coworking #
August 26: How can you educate your community about coworking? Let’s chat about it.
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🇨🇦 GCUC Canada in Toronto #
Sept 12-13: GCUC returns to Canada for a 2-day event at The Vault.
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⚖️ How to simultaneously optimize coworking for culture and revenue #
Can you stimulate community and business growth simultaneously? What is the current coworking conundrum? Are technology and automation hindering or empowering the coworking culture? What are the best ways to optimize space coworking monetization?
Join this free webinar to hear what David Walker (CoworkingConsulting.com), Anne Olsen (The Shop Coworking), James Crenshaw (Gather Coworking) and Daniela Mallarino and Bernie Mehl (both at Kisi) have to say about these, and other exciting questions.
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🇬🇧 GCUC UK in London #
The coworking event you’ll actually want to talk about afterwards.
One community rewriting the future of work.
This isn’t another stale industry conference. GCUC UK is where the real conversations happen — in Manchester and London — with the people who are actually shaping the coworking movement.
Each stop brings together operators, landlords, developers, investors, and workspace thinkers for one full day of smart sessions, sharp ideas, and zero filler — followed by a social that feels more like a night out than a networking obligation.
And because we’re not here to talk at you — we’re here to build something with you.
🎟️ Discount code for This Week In Coworking Subscribers: 10% off with code TWIC10
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