We’re seeing AI everywhere, and in almost every platform. But growing AI utilization at Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) pricing is unsustainable. Marty Kausas, CEO at Pylon, points out that Cursor already ditched seat-based pricing for its Bugbot feature, and Salesforce has changed Agentforce pricing three times in 18 months, landing on a messy mix of all models at once.

The three main options out there, per seat, usage/credits, and outcome-based, each come with real trade-offs, and no one, including Pylon itself, has settled on what actually works. So if you’re seeing AI in your products, be sure to ask about which pricing model(s) you can expect today, tomorrow and next year.

CoworkingCafe’s latest analysis explores how live-work-play (LWP) developments have expanded across the US over the past decade. They tracked 542 developments completed between 2016 and 2025, along with 94 more projects in the 2026-2029 pipeline, to see how this building model is evolving nationally and across major cities.

The 542 LWP developments spanned 129.45M sqft. 2025 alone saw 67 completed projects. Residential remains the defining feature of these projects, averaging 62% of the sqftage nationally, compared to office (27%) and retail (11%).

The number of coworking spaces located within these developments in the top 10 cities for LWP buildings, rose from 35 in 2022 to 56 in 2026 – a 60% increase – highlighting the growing connection between flexible work and mixed-use environments.

With 119 developments, New York City has the largest LWP footprint in the country, well ahead of other major markets. The city also has 17 coworking spaces within these properties, reinforcing its position as both a mixed-use and flex office leader.

Several smaller markets stand out for coworking integration. San Francisco, for example, has just 7 developments, but six include coworking, giving it one of the highest coworking concentrations in the study. Meanwhile, cities such as Rochester and Philadelphia stand out for relatively large office footprints in their live-work-play projects, but no coworking presence so far.

AfricaWorks expands in Lagos via first deal of the investment fund that bears the same name (AfricaWorks Investment Partners).

AWIP acquired the mixed-use business park in Lagos, Nigeria and will redevelop it into a flex hub set to open in Q3, 2026.

A look at some of the numbers from OurHouse, which I introduced to many of you recently when they got backed by Blackstone. During 2025, across 2 Houses, members booked 37,800 hours of kids’ classes, 55,000 hours of adult fitness classes and 98,000 hours of childcare in 2025 from Jan to Dec.

While Charlie Gardiner doesn’t explicitly share how many coworking hours were booked in 2025, his observation that their value comes from "a mix of things happening under one roof and the flexibility that gives families" rings true to what we’re seeing with mixed use and childcare projects.

Mike Day shares data from The Wall Street Journal that details how developers in New York have already transformed 2.8M sqft of office space into residential buildings, with 25 more conversions (around 820k sqft) now in the pipeline.

Some of these conversions will remove office supply, others will lean towards mixed-use buildings often including some form of flex workspaces.