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✊ Coworking impact.
🐣 Childcare, coworking and Gen Z’s work-life crisis #
Liz Elam from GCUC shares a recent article about whether co-location of work and childcare can solve the work-life balance crisis.
Liz also reminds us that coworking + childcare isn’t something new, but a big piece in the ecosystems that will make working parents and caregivers feel more supported.
👉 Read this.
Coworking celebrations.
👏 Coworking brand featured in Franchise Buyer’s Guide #
Alex West Steinman shared that The Coven was featured on the first page of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise Buyer’s Guide.
Coworking franchising is a big emerging trend. We look forward to covering deeply it in a 2026 Undercurrents edition.
👉 Read this.
📰 Coworking news & views.
🏓 Warning signs from the Swedish Padel Crash #
Ben Nichols shares insights from Sweden going from no padel infrastructure to 4,000 courts (or 1 court for every 2,642 Swedes) to a burst bubble leading to closures, bankruptcies and a sporting crisis.
Why? Did people stop playing? No. "They focussed on filling courts, not building community. That’s what made it collapse" shares Daniel Asp. Are we taking notes?
(What is padel? It’s a sport similar but also very different from pickelball)
👉 Read this.
🇪🇺 VIDA + E‑Invoicing: What you need to know (and do) #
OfficeRnD shares a thorough guide covering everything you need to know about ViDA (VAT in the Digital Age) and e-invoicing and stay compliant.
With this now law, EU coworking spaces, or those doing business across European borders should take note.
👉 Read this.
👕 Swag… to give or to sell? #
Florian Kappes shares an interesting post from German brand Satellite Office, who are selling apparel with their flex brand’s logo on it. We’ve seen many brands dive deep into offering branded merchandise to their members, mostly giving it away.
Are there coworking brands with strong enough communities they can sell hats, tees, hoodies and mugs with their logos on? Yes. Have they? Have you?
👉 Read this.
📸 Coworking PR made simple: press kit essentials #
Rosee from Cobot shares how independent coworking spaces can get press-ready breaking down what to include, why it matters, and how they make it easier for others to feature your space.
Pro-tip from TWIC: Share your coworking Brand Profile link when reaching out to the press. It already includes your logos, previous press coverage, and links/contact if you’ve got Patron Status.
👉 Read this.
🧮 Back-of-the-envelope math: On $2.5M in rent, is $1M wasted? #
Andrea Pirrotti-Dranchak’s second article of her series on "the product-market fit crisis" explores some back-of-the-envelope math that highlights how of $2.5M in rent, $1M is wasted. A financial value that highlights what 40% utilization of a 50k sqft office costs.
Andrea digs into how for both landlords and tenants the true cost of office misfits is often bigger than initially thought.
👉 Read this.
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💻 Coworking technology.
😰 Are you dropping your long tail tour conversions? #
Craig Baute from DenSwap shares a fascinating look 3 years of tour conversion data from a coworking space in Chicago.
41% who converted made the decision to do so in the first business week. 26% did so on the first day. Another 16% joined within 2 weeks of the tour.
But… 11% of those who joined only did so a month later, 9% 2-3 months later and 9% more over 3 months later. If you’re assuming you lost anyone who doesn’t join within 30 days, you’re leaving 29% of conversions on the table.
👉 Read this.
❓ What should you ask in a coworking software demo? #
Demos are your chance to see a product being used, just as you need to use it. Jane Robathan sat down with the Nexudus sales team and put together a list of questions operators should ask when doing a software demo.
They cover scenarios that cross all size businesses, from single sites to enterprise, and came up with high-level and detailed questions that should give you a sure footing of who can do what.
👉 Read this.
🧑💻 Are you tracking these data points? #
Kate Tattersfield penned an article for Nexudus about how coworking analytics software helps operators track usage, forecast demand, and grow smarter using real-time space and member data.
The piece looks at key elements of analytics to track (desk utilization, peak hours and churn prediction) to data categories worth monitoring (space usage reports, booking heatmaps, and revenue by x) to how some operators are combining analytics and automation.
👉 Read this.
📈 Coworking data.
🤸♀️ Are Lifestyle Office Markets the future, already? #
Jesse Ainsman at JLL introduces us to Lifestyle Office Markets and digs into how Live-Work-Play districts are leasing 76% faster, commanding 32% rent premiums, and seeing 5% higher occupancy.
👉 Read this.
🌓 More than half of respondents leverage flex space #
Heather Scott shared Cushman & Wakefield‘s (ungated) Global Trends in Flexible Office 2025 report. In it we learn from the results of their and Corenet’s 2025 survey of global occupier execs.
55% use flex. 17% plan to increase usage, while 8% plan to eliminate some flex usage. 43% do not use flex and have no plans to incorporate, but 2% do not and are planning to. The report goes into regional comparisons and more – like YoY changes in bookings when comparing meeting rooms vs desk space.
👉 Read this.
🤝 Coworking market moves.
🗽 The Shop BK opens at 40% occupancy #
The Shop Workspace opened their third location (their first in NYC) this week at 40% occupancy.
The space spans 14k sqft and consists of private office, the brand’s signature commons space and a new product offering – art studios.
👉 Read this.
🇬🇧 Vallist announces UK debut #
Alexander Passler and Vallist shared that they’ll be launching Finlaison House, Holborn — a 31,000 sqft flagship location opening in Q4 2025.
👉 Read this.
🇺🇸 Brand launches “Indy” Manhattan locations #
allwork.space shares how Industrious are launching 3 locations in Gramercy Park, Times Square and Columbus Circle, adding 54k to their NY network.
Each location is designed to offer smaller workplaces only offering 182, 130 and 100 seats each. They’re expecting to open these smaller hubs by the end of 2025.
👉 Read this.
🇸🇪 Firm bounces back from restructuring #
Swedish operator Quick Office charts a new course after a tough restructuring, appointing Petra Kyllerman as CFO, to work alongside CEO Pernilla Ytterbring and their team.
During the process, the network had to close 5 locations, renegotiated leases and set up a new org structure for the remaining 7 spaces.
👉 Read this.
🇮🇪 Dublin gets latest BE Offices location #
Jonathan Weinbrenn shares that BE Offices are partnering with a pension fund to launch a multi-layer flex offering in the heart of the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), at 5 George’s Dock, Dublin D1.
The offering will include meeting, event space, serviced space and managed space alongside "conventional" leased space.
👉 Read this.
🏨 Convene forms hospitality parent company #
Ryan Simonetti shares that have launched Convene Hospitality Group (CHG) as a parent company combining Convene and etc.venues under one organization.
The multi-brand approach allows CHG to serve different market segments, with Convene focusing on larger customized events and etc.venues specializing in turnkey small-to-medium meetings across London, Manchester, and New York City locations.
👉 Read this.
🇦🇺 WOTSO opens 1st Sydney CBD location with Stockland #
WOTSO has launched its first Sydney CBD coworking space through a partnership with Stockland at the Piccadilly Complex on Pitt Street. The 233 sqm space represents WOTSO’s most compact site and inaugural "Coworking Café" concept, with all private flex offices already fully occupied. WOTSO CEO Jessie Glew said day passes start at $55 ($440 monthly) while private offices begin at $660 per month.
The operator, which has over 30 sites across Australia and New Zealand, worked with Stockland’s S Connect team to develop the plug-and-play workspace with no lock-in contracts or deposits.
👉 Read this.
🇮🇹 Italian operator launches 4th Milan space #
Italian coworking operator WAO (We Are Open) will launch its fourth Milan location, WAO Bassi, in January 2026 within the Bassi Business Park in the city’s Isola neighborhood. The 1,800 sqm space will offer 200 workstations and is already fully pre-let to Italian companies.
Founded by CEO Massimiliano Zampini, WAO currently operates three Milan sites and is developing WAO Certosa, a coliving project with 190 apartments.
👉 Read this.
🎙 Coworking conversations.
Caleb Parker and Sam Gamble have deep dive convo with Bryan Koop, Executive VP of BXP, the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of premier workplaces in the U.S. to discuss their premium office playbook.
Hector Kolonas chats with industry legend Megan Brown about her coworking journey, what she’s up to now at the ULI, what The Missing Middle is, and where coworking fits into the equation. The GWA, The Root Coworking and Jamie Russo get shout outs.
Jamie Russo digs into how boutique gyms and play cafes highlight that private offices, events, and other add-ons are often the true engines of coworking profitability on the Everything Coworking podcast.
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