Switchyards

The world’s first neighborhood work club.

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🍕 Switchyards hints at new Club Proprietor model

Michael Tavani shares some backstory around how he first met Sean Dennison back in 2005. 21 years later, Sean’s opening Switchyards first Chicago club as their first "Club Proprietor", a new model they’re rolling out to put a local partner at the heart of each location.

Not sure if this works similarly to a franchise play, but interesting move to keep an eye on.

💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 17 days ago · 📩 Week 21, 2026 · 🤝 Market Moves

🇺🇸 Switchyards opens second East Austin location

Michael Tavani shares that Switchyards are opening their second ‘neighborhood work club’ in east Austin this March.

💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 117 days ago · 📩 Week 06, 2026 · 🤝 Market Moves

☕️ CRE Advisor becomes (self-proclaimed) “coworking junkie”

Marc Feldman at Stream Realty Partners explores how Switchyards solved the ‘experience’ gap’ and made him excited to head into a coworking space.

The 4 examples he shares are the power of "low-friction" rituals, radical simplicity over luxury, energy is a tenant requirement, and high privacy, low profile.

💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 128 days ago · 📩 Week 05, 2026 · 📰 News & Views

🔫 Shots fired from Switchyards’ investor

Bullpen Capital, who recently backed Switchyards shares a pretty interesting article about the company.

The shots fired? The piece is titled "Michael Tavani delivers what coworking never could".

💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 185 days ago · 📩 Week 49, 2025 · 📰 News & Views

🗞️ Sometimes going old-school is a differentiator

Kayla Gottschalk shares how Switchyards goes all old school, real printed tabloid for their club newsletters.

"The world has been so focused on digitizing documents, but if I know my industry friends of designers, architects, facility managers, artists – we all still gravitate to that physical paper touch."

💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 191 days ago · 📩 Week 48, 2025 · 📰 News & Views

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Based in Atlanta, Georgia. Recently raised $5M. Aiming for 200 locations by 2029.

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