The world’s first neighborhood work club.
The world’s first neighborhood work club.

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Michael Tavani shares some backstory around how he first met Sean Dennison back in 2005. 21 years later, Sean’s opening Switchyards first Chicago club as their first "Club Proprietor", a new model they’re rolling out to put a local partner at the heart of each location.
Not sure if this works similarly to a franchise play, but interesting move to keep an eye on.
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 17 days ago · 📩 Week 21, 2026 · 🤝 Market Moves
Michael Tavani shares that Switchyards are opening their second ‘neighborhood work club’ in east Austin this March.
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 117 days ago · 📩 Week 06, 2026 · 🤝 Market Moves
Marc Feldman at Stream Realty Partners explores how Switchyards solved the ‘experience’ gap’ and made him excited to head into a coworking space.
The 4 examples he shares are the power of "low-friction" rituals, radical simplicity over luxury, energy is a tenant requirement, and high privacy, low profile.
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 128 days ago · 📩 Week 05, 2026 · 📰 News & Views
Bullpen Capital, who recently backed Switchyards shares a pretty interesting article about the company.
The shots fired? The piece is titled "Michael Tavani delivers what coworking never could".
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 185 days ago · 📩 Week 49, 2025 · 📰 News & Views
Kayla Gottschalk shares how Switchyards goes all old school, real printed tabloid for their club newsletters.
"The world has been so focused on digitizing documents, but if I know my industry friends of designers, architects, facility managers, artists – we all still gravitate to that physical paper touch."
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 191 days ago · 📩 Week 48, 2025 · 📰 News & Views