Industrious partnered with Brightline to open workspaces at four Florida train stations including Miami Central, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, offering meeting rooms ranging from 210 to 652 square feet with video conferencing capabilities. The spaces feature private phone booths, quiet work areas, lounges, and complimentary food and bar access, with bookings available to anyone through the Industrious website, not just members. A unique offering includes the ability to book an entire private train car accommodating up to 66 people for team meetings or events while traveling between cities.

This initiative follows Industrious’ $800 million acquisition by CBRE in early 2025 and other travel partnerships including Delta Business Traveler and the IKEA Hej! Workshop location in San Francisco, as the group sees partnerships as a model for future expansion into high-traffic, non-traditional spaces.

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.

This Coworking Values podcast episode features Alex Young, Director at Projects Brighton, discussing how to create genuinely accessible coworking spaces rather than just compliant ones.

CoworkingCafe‘s UK and Ireland Q1 2025 State of the Coworking Industry Report, explores workspace inventory at national and local levels — including a breakdown of leading coworking markets — alongside median subscription prices and top coworking operators.

Key findings:

Combined inventory now stands at 4,090 spaces (up from 3,326 last quarter). 3,335 of these are in England, 291 in Scotland, 119 in Wales, 84 in Northern Ireland and 261 in Ireland. Nearly 30% of the UKs spaces are in London, followed by Manchester (93 spaces), Glasgow (67), Birmingham (63), Edinburgh (58), Bristol (56), and Leeds (52). Cardiff is largest in Wales with 38 and Belfast leads Northern Ireland with 32.

Price-wise in the UK, median open workspaces sat at £175 p/month, while dedicated desks fetched £248 on average. Interestingly Brighton and Hove saw the highest rates for dedicated (£300/month), while Oxford leads on hotdesks at £295/month. VOs average in at £50/month while meeting rooms came in at £27/hour. In Ireland the average dedicated desk was €295/month, hotdesks at €200/month, VOs at €75/month and meeting rooms fetched €40/hour.

Location-counts: The Largest operators in the UK were Regus (198), Fora (63), Workspace Group (53), Workpad (41) and Spaces (41), while Ireland’s charts are topped by Pembr (18), Iconic Offices (14) and Regus (9).

Jamie Hodari shares that Industrious has been tapped by Brightline Trains to activate coworking spaces in both train stations and commuter cars.

"When Industrious tested outdoor workspaces a few years back, spots sold out in minutes. People don’t just accept new work environments—they crave them. They’re curious about them. The truth is, people are already working in trains, in stations, in airports, in hotels — so it’s less about bringing work to places it doesn’t currently exist. It’s about making it a more delightful and humane experience."