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💬 Weekly Recap Discussion
🎉 Coworking celebrations.
🎂 Maggie’s turns 4! #
Congrats to Patrick Hemus, Maggie O’Neill and the community on 4 years, and supporting 3,000+ local residents.
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🎂 Lime Tree Work Shop turned 3! #
Huge congrats to sisters Sandie, Cathy and the Lime Tree Work Shop community!
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📰 Coworking news & views.
🤯 Well…we got got (April Fools Update) #
While we pride ourselves on the fact that we only publish verifiable news, we’re only human. Perhaps we should have stuck with our gut – the story last week about the coworking bus was so good that we fell for it! April Fools indeed!
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⛴️ Operator expands workspace perks with Amsterdam boat rentals #
Beyond workspaces has added boat rentals to its extensive member benefits program, allowing Amsterdam members to conduct meetings on the water or enjoy discounted dinner cruises. This joins an impressive collection of perks including hotel discounts with Hyatt, wellness services, nature retreats, fitness memberships, entertainment deals, and financial support services across their London, Amsterdam, and Berlin locations.
Not to be confused with the April Fools story about the coworking bus. This coworking boat is very much a real thing and sounds like a creative alternative venue for your next offsite.
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🤔 Is your biggest competitor your greatest asset? #
Colleen Moselle from Coco shares why sometimes (ok most times) your biggest competitor could be your greatest asset.
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🫙 Turning underutilised buildings into thriving spaces #
Larisha Marques dives into the ‘trick’ of partnering with the right operators, understanding your market, and making smart, scalable design choices when activating underutilized spaces.
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🚀 Coworking exec search firm expands into EMEA #
Bottle Rocket Search, led by Derek Lutz and Liz Elam in North America, announced an expansion into EMEA, bringing in Cameron MacRae and Gaia Almeida to spearhead further support for brands across Europe find and place the right people at the top.
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📈 Coworking data.
🤝 Coworking market moves.
🇵🇷 Local operator adds a new location for teams and solopreneurs #
Sofia Stolberg shares that Piloto 151 are expanding to Dorado on April 7th. The new location is designed for teams, solopreneurs, and remote workers looking for more than just office space. It’s where business meets balance
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🇬🇧 HealthTech-focussed hub launches in London #
Natalie Brown shares that Spacemade‘s Hale House has officially opened. This HealthTech hub is in partnership with Harley Street Health District.
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🇺🇸 The Root launching in Downton Omaha #
Ben Von Drehle shares that The Root Coworking is launching in Downtown Omaha’s Building District. The new space spans 25k sqft and is set to open in June 2025.
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🇫🇷 French operator expands 5th Paris location #
French premium workspace operator kwerk has launched its fifth Paris location in an upscale district, marking the company’s first expansion in several years. The new "Messine" workspace occupies a historic 1875 building that underwent extensive renovations led by co-founder and architect Albert Angel, featuring a custom-built "levitating" dome in the main lobby that required 7,000 hours of French artisan craftsmanship.
Certainly a trend in Europe, we’ve seen multiple established operators announce new locations in historic buildings that are being repositioned into flexible workspace.
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🎙 Coworking conversations.
Hector Kolonas from Syncaroo joins Bernie Mitchell on the Coworking Values Podcast to dig into the core difference between poor revenue and great revenue in coworking businesses.
Mark Dixon joins Frank Cottle on the The Allwork.Space Future of Work® Podcast to unpack the real story behind the rise of flexible workspaces through IWG‘s lens.
On the 2 Marketers and a Coworking Podcast, Taylor Mason and Kevin Whelan discuss ten KPIs that matter for coworking spaces—not just the ones that make your dashboard look good, but the ones that help you figure out if your marketing’s doing what it’s supposed to: driving revenue.
Tashi Dorjee joins Kate Save and Tobi Skovron on the Hear Me Roar podcast and shares how the story of a $10M meltdown, and why it may have been one of the best things to ever happen to him.
Tim Schabsky joins Hector Kolonas on the TWIC Podcast to dig into the merger that formed Rivvers and what we need to know about the German coworking market since 2013.