Week 25, 2026
This week, we explore landlords (and capital markets) betting on operators, happiness data, Spain’s coworking revenue surpassing €427M, a $10M raise, more market moves than you can shake a stick at, and more.
Week 26, 2026
This week, we explore ten-year careers, tenures, influencer campaigns, block parties, the Knicks, zero-cloud agents and more...
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🎉 Coworking celebrations
🏆 Quest named top women-owned business #
Laura Kozelouzek and her team at Quest Workspaces just got recognized by the South Florida Business Journal as the 11th largest women-owned business in South Florida, across 14 locations. Laura uses the moment to ask whether the industry is doing enough to remove barriers for the next generation of women founders.
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🎂 JAGA Workspaces turns 7! #
Swaroop Kaushik, founder and CEO of JAGA Workspaces and President of the Australia India Business Council Canberra Chapter, marked seven years building community-focused flexible workspaces.
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👏 Coworking impact
🏆 GWA opens community manager nominations #
The Global Workspace Association have opened nominations for its 2026 Community Manager Awards to recognize people driving connection and member experience in flexible workspaces.
The CMAwards celebrate community managers who make a standout impact on their teams and organizations. Nominations are open via the association’s website.
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🏅 Dragon Coworking earns B Corp certification #
Dragon Coworking, founded by Roland Stanley, just earned B Corp certification after a two-year process.
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💡 Coworking News & Views
🏀 The Knicks created a belonging machine #
Sports fandom creates space for people who might otherwise never cross paths. In the stands, at watch parties, and online, people from different generations, professions, cultures, and political beliefs gather around a common interest.
Cat Johnson shares how community doesn’t require everyone to be the same, it simply requires everyone to care about the same thing.
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🎶 When marketing looks like throwing a block party… #
Anne Olsen of The Shop Workspace helped host a Carroll Street Bridge reopening celebration in Gowanus that drew hundreds of neighbors, members and local businesses. She says community events like this are core marketing for coworking spaces rooted in their neighborhoods.
She will share lessons on Cat Johnson‘s next Coworking Convos session.
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✨ A meteoric ten year career at MediaCity #
Rebekah Lloyd-Beere, now Head of Flex Workspace at MediaCity, marks 10 years on site after starting as a receptionist on a security team before the buildings were even finished. She rose through community, operations and leasing roles and says early occupiers from her first building are still tenants today. Her post credits mentors including Lynn Haime and peers across the flex sector for shaping her career.
Love to see it. Here’s to more coworking careers. PS. You’ve taken the Coworking Tenure survey already? Right?!
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😄 Industrious taps in CEO of Corporate America #
Industrious and Ben Sweeny partnered up for a satirical workplace video on LinkedIn that racked up 1,500+ reactions with the line "People here are suspiciously happy."
While it was posted 2ish months ago, it was still doing its rounds this week and popped up a few times in my feeds, it’s a great example of coworking operators partnering with content creators or influencers and so shareworthy this week.
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🏢 HQ-as-a-Service model takes shape #
Sahar Naim, founder and CEO of PopHQ, argues distributed teams still need headquarters for onboarding, leadership alignment and customer visits, just not full-time occupancy.
She makes the case for a new term, "Headquarters-as-a-Service": access to HQ outcomes when they matter most rather than permanent space year-round.
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⚠️ Operators sound warning on management deals #
Dana Berggren backed Gian Starita’s warning about IWG/Regus management agreements after her own experience in which nearly all members left at turnover.
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🏢 What it really means to lead Industrious #
Jamie Hodari, co-founder of Industrious and now head of CBRE‘s Building Operations & Experience segment, is hiring a new CEO and wrote a personal letter explaining what the job actually entails. Rather than listing responsibilities, he describes the 100,000+ members across 250+ locations as a community of communities, each making small bids for connection that the next CEO must be ready to take. The right candidate needs full P&L experience, real financial fluency, and the ability to scale a hospitality-first culture inside a large public company without losing what makes it distinct.
PS. Industrious team, we’ve got a Coworking Jobs board too :)
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⚙️ Coworking technology
🔍 Google letting some profile owners reject “collected” data #
Hiroko Imai, a Google Business Profile Diamond Product Expert, flagged new help docs for a Collected info menu letting owners review and reject data Google auto-updates from calls and messages.
The feature shows collection dates and sources, but rollout appears limited by region and is not yet live in Japan, or a lot of the US. It follows Google Maps’ April 2026 blog post on easier business profile management.
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😮 Zero-cloud, zero-key local agentic workflows on Macs #
At Apple’s 2026 World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC26), Angelos Katharopoulos shows off how new Macs can run powerful agentic workflows on-device. While a slightly technical presentation, it does include a demo of how just a MacBook with an open-source stack, and no AI keys (or token fees) could build an iPad app in ~2 mins.
Trend: While a lot of folks are focussing on the shift from SaaS to AI, there’s a huge undercurrent of bringing data from clouds back ‘on prem’ (or onto devices a company own, controls and manages), and then plugging in compute and processing into that.
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💻 Making the case for best-in-class stacks #
Eyal Lasker of Flexspace AI argues coworking operators should skip all-in-one platforms that treat revenue tools as add-ons, and instead build connected stacks of specialized software. He says platforms providing dynamic pricing, conversion, and marketing need dedicated focus, the way Shopify does for e-commerce.
Their own SmartPricing and SmartMarketing agents plug into existing systems via APIs rather than replacing them completely.
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🇬🇧 COMAD launches Manchester coworking pilot #
Kaziwa B. launched COMAD to give remote workers and freelancers flexible workspace access across partner locations (starting in Manchester) with no long-term contracts.
She is recruiting 15 people for a free one-month pilot and offering founding member rates for life to the first 100 waitlist sign-ups. The platform targets workers who want occasional in-person company without committing to a single office.
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🤖 Nexudus shows off MCP server for agentic actions #
Jane Robathan at Nexudus shares a practical guide (and introduces their MCP server) that explores some ways coworking operators can start using AI today, without changing everything overnight.
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🚀 Spacebly launches direct flex marketplace #
Peter Dudley has launched spacebly, a marketplace connecting businesses directly with flexible office operators, with zero broker fees.
ICYMI: The platform was renamed from Seek to avoid clashing with the recruitment brand with the same name.
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🎙️ Platform teases voice AI channel #
Adrian Palacios, co-founder and CTO at Nexudus, says the team added a voice channel to its multi-channel AI agents for workspace operators and members. He tested fluid conversations in two languages on speakerphone and says colleagues pushed it with complex requests that it handled successfully.
The feature is still in development but moved beyond prototype stage internally.
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📱 QR sticker generator for coworking spaces #
Spacebring launched a free QR code sticker generator for coworking operators to drive members to their branded app or web portal. Operators can customize colors, download single stickers or A4 print sheets with six stickers, and place them at desks, meeting rooms and reception. The tool works for any operator, not just Spacebring customers.
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📊 Coworking technology
📊 No best coworking brand, only fit #
Christoph Fahle of One Coworking analyzed 82,074 Google reviews across 1,351 European spaces and found each major brand leads on a different strength, from WeWork‘s location (99%) to Techspace‘s staff (100%). Spaces, Regus, Mindspace and Design Offices each scored highest on different aspects like connectivity, network reach, atmosphere and events.
The takeaway is to match needs like client meetings or quiet floors to the right operator rather than chasing a single winner. As someone with a pet peeve for ‘top coworking spaces in x’ lists, this hits home for me.
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🏛️ Some numbers on local councils funding affordable workspaces #
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham highlights five UK council models for affordable workspace, including Lambeth’s £8 million Future Workspace Fund launched in 2020. Case studies cover Bloqs maker workshops in Enfield, business rates support in Lewisham, and the £2.7 million Productive Valley Fund across north London.
Haringey’s Hornsey Town Hall deal with Far East Consortium also secured a coworking hub as part of a wider redevelopment.
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🤝 Coworking market moves
📦 FlexEtc opens Phoenix cowarehousing hub #
Shannon Price of FlexEtc announced a nearly 70,000 sqft cowarehousing hub opening in Phoenix’s South Mountain industrial corridor this summer.
The site will offer flexible warehouse suites, loading access, conference rooms and content studios for entrepreneurs, e-commerce brands, trades and distributors.
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🤝 Second Home hires fractional sales lead #
William Garrett-Levy joined Second Home as Fractional Sales Director on a consultancy basis after six years at Argyll.
Trend: Fractional leadership in coworking. Watch this space.
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🏢 Jay Suites opens Brooklyn landmark site #
Jay Suites opened its first Brooklyn location, a 30,000 sqft floor in the 1909 Pioneer Building at 41 Flatbush Avenue with 65 private offices, four meeting rooms and a planned rooftop deck.
Jack Srour, Co-CEO of Jay Suites, says the site replaces a former Spaces floor near Barclays Center and major subway lines.
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🇵🇱 The Shire opens 11th Poland site #
The Shire will open its 11th location in Poznan in October 2026, leasing nearly 2,000 sqm across two floors at Poznan Financial Centre with Adventum Group. The operator grew from seven to 11 sites in three years and its Poznan flagship will make up about 35% of its portfolio.
Founded in 2018, The Shire now spans five Polish cities with 25,450 sqm serving around 1,200 members.
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🏘️ UK-town coworking franchise model explained #
Sara Harrod explains how Nook & Huddle franchising lets partners open boutique coworking spaces in UK towns using the brand’s systems, design and marketing from the Malmesbury launch.
The model targets coaches, agency owners and community-minded entrepreneurs who want a local workspace plus membership income from desks, meeting rooms and events. Bookings, payments and access are largely automated to keep day-to-day management light.
Trend: Franchising in coworking will only grow. Prepare accordingly.
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🇩🇪 Industrious launches Frankfurt centre #
Johnathan Ramsamy, Senior Manager for EMEA and APAC Technical Operations at Industrious, celebrated the operator’s Frankfurt launch as part of its European expansion.
👉 Read this.
🇺🇸 Premier expands Newport Beach presence #
Premier Workspaces has opened a new location at Lincoln Property Company’s Redstone campus, restoring the whole fourth floor at 4041 MacArthur Boulevard.
The 23,789-square-foot office space was previously part of a two-floor WeWork operation in 2024.
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🏢 Fora signs 76 Southbank deal #
Fora signed 76 Southbank, bringing its flex workspace offer to a Grade II listed riverside building near Waterloo with 46,000+ sq ft of space. The site will include a café, event spaces and a full wellness offering as enquiries open for prospective tenants.
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🤠 The Malin plans Austin 30th floor #
The Malin is taking the full 30th floor at Sixth and Guadalupe in downtown Austin, with 15-foot ceilings, terraces and Capitol-to-hills views.
Opening in early 2027, the 30,000 sqft space includes 21 private offices, 30 dedicated desks, 7 meeting rooms and 22 phone booths above a 25,000 sqft rooftop park.
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Week 24, 2026
This week, we explore redemption arcs, prime ministers, click-less search results, coworking Olympics, public staff surveys, another CEO acquisition, and more.
Week 23, 2026
This week we explore the growing demand for private team spaces in flex offices, how building an AI ‘context layer’ could give workspace operators a competitive edge, a Danish operator nearly quintupling its profits, the European Coworking Assembly’s key takeaways on community-building, and a wave of market moves including Industrious expanding in London, a Venture X acquisition in Palm Beach, Hub Australia simplifying its flex memberships and more.
Week 22, 2026
This week, we explore the shift to a personality economy, if we’re failing neurodivergent workers, melting org charts, token burns, indie data, a new industry tenure survey and more.
Week 21, 2026
This week, we explore a day pass pricing experiment, an amenity quote, individual contributors, a mega library, data out of Poland and Berlin, and more.