… and 10 years in the making. Jamie Brown shares how he started with a tour by work.life cofounder David Kosky. He got a hot desk in Camden, then an office 12 months later, then moved to Soho in 2019 – growing through 4 different offices as their team grew.

As another bonus, the workspace brand has also worked with Jamie’s firm (Two Boys) for all their design and marketing for over 6 years.

Congratulations to David Kosky, Elliot Gold and the whole work.life team!

Tom Sleigh from Colliers shares a post about how pension funds turned student accommodation into a cash cow, posing the question whether the flex office sector will ever be accepted by investors like student housing is. Tom makes a great point and highlights the many parallels between the two short-term real-estate sectors.

The comment thread includes posts from industry heavyweights like David Kosky (Work.Life), Zac Goodman (TSP), Will Kinnear (HEWN) and Lisa Cations (IWG) and all seem to say a similar thing, "it’s coming".

From what I’m seeing across the industry, it is coming, but many are waiting for certain PE firms to sell their flex space portfolios, defining "officially" how much above zero dollars per sqft an activated flex space is worth to investors.

David Kosky, from Work.Life, joins Nick Carman on the Accelerating Careers in Real Estate Podcast to share his story, the evolution of coworking spaces, challenges and why this may be the best market for entrepreneurs and disruptors.

Joel Freeman shares a shout out to Work.Life founders Elliot Gold and David Kosky to celebrate the firms recent B-Corp certification. It makes them one of just 3 operators in the UK to become certified.