This week is sponsored by… the GWA Fall Conference – Flex Forward.
The Global Workspace Association’s Flex Forward conference will be taking place in Frisco, Texas from Sept 21-23.
This Week In Coworking readers can use code TWIC100 to get $100 off all-access passes, and as a bonus if you’re not already a GWA member already, the discounted non-member pass gets you 1 free year of individual membership too!
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🎉 Coworking celebrations.
✊ Coworking impact.
💙 When you do local coworking right… #
A local blog called Glens Falls Living interviewed Cameron Gallagher about his business and moving to the town after living in NYC.
A lovely part of the interview is not only the mention that he’s based and growing his business from within WorkSmart, a local coworking space, but that he thanks the community’s founder for her support, stating "I owe everything to Christy, WorkSmart’s owner, and since moving my business downtown in late 2020, it has seriously changed not only my business, but my life!"
Great work Christy, and a glowing example of how supporting members can also lead to great local press and exposure as a bonus.
Coworking news & views.
💡 Some creatively wild ideas and inspiration for meeting rooms #
Helga Morena shares 30+ ideas and inspiration for designing and setting up meeting rooms.
💯 Local network touts 100% capacity #
In a recent news feature, Garrett Tychee notes that the 5 Hygge locations are at 100% capacity and are actively exploring and activating expansion opportunities.
🔑 Apartment residents can now get coworking passes from their… locks? #
WeWork and Latch have announced a partnership allowing tenants whose apartments with specific locks to get all access passes for workspaces.
An interesting partnership, and I guess one that sidesteps making deals with independent residential landlords by going straight to the infrastructure providers. Interesting.
📦 Long-time Seattle operator launches new space after forced move. #
The Pioneer Collective recently announced a new location after being forced to move out of its flagship home of seven years in 2021.
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💻 Coworking technology.
🔥 Any burning workspace tech questions? #
I’ll be moderating a very-techy and only-slightly-geeky panel at the GWA conference next week, ft Ginger Dhaliwal from Upflex, Miro Miroslavov from OfficeRnD,, Sofia Stolberg from PilotoMail and Brian Sutherland from Yardi.
Whilst we’ll be diving through the past, present and future of workspace technology stacks, I have put out an open call for any burning tech-related questions from my network. Feel free to reply to the linked post, ping me a DM, or reply to the TWIC email to get your questions to me.
💰 $1M seed for tech co founded by coworking leader #
FlexOS, led by Daan van Rossum and ft other coworking leaders, has raised a $1M seed round.
Coworking data.
🇮🇳 20% of office space total net absorption is coworking #
Anarock have shared some numbers about the coworking industry in India for H1 2022. This year coworking operators make up 20% of the 20.8M sqft of total net absorption of office space across 7 major cities. This is up from 6% of 9.33M sqft in H1/2021.
🌎 Flex space supply up 230% in Latin America #
Luis Perez shares data from The Instant Group’s data on coworking in Latin America. This growth through the pandemic is even greater when compared to the 196% increase in the US.
Coworking market moves.
⚠️ Two landlord-flex-enablers partner up. #
Wybo Wijnbergen shares the infinitSpace (which helps European landlords setup whitelabel tech-enabled flex offerings) and Vallist (which helps landlords in MENA and APAC enable flex offerings) are now partnering up.
Whilst there isn’t much details about what the partnership actually means, but it does signal a growing appetite from commercial office landlords adding flex offerings into their product mix.
👩💼 Female-oriented network partners with landlord-operator in Chicago #
allwork reports that Hera Hub would be entering the Chicago market through a partnership with Expansive.
🤷♂️ Platform raised $16M to “prove we never actually liked coworking” #
Christelle Rohaut announced that a16z led Codi’s $16M Series A round. The linked article puts the platform in direct competition with the concept of coworking popularized by WeWork, to which I assume refers to the hot-desking/open-plan idea of coworking. The platform helps business get office space on flexible terms, and landlords can list available space so long as it’s at least 700sqft, has great WiFi, has loads of natural light and is available Monday to Friday.
My question is will coworking spaces with matching office inventory be welcomed/invited/wanted, or will this be a landlord-only play?
🚚 Transportation co launches coworking space in Stockholm #
Mikael Billström shared news that Scania have launched their own coworking slash thirdspace in Stockholm, noting that "The launch of Scania Sergel is the first step on a journey towards a global network of open places, emphasising Scania’s strong belief in flexibility and high focus on employee experience."
🎙 Coworking conversations.
Simone Franke and Vika Zhurbas talk about the upcoming Coworking and Coliving Meetup organised by the European Coworking Assembly: Coworking Nativo happening on the 7th of October 2022 at 11:00 – 20:00 WEST.
Jamie Russo dives into 5 truths about starting and running small coworking spaces.
📆 Coworking events.
🇩🇪 Virtual Cowork2022 (German) #
29-30 Sept: A 2-day virtual gathering of the German coworking movement organized by the German Coworking Federation.
🇵🇹 Coworking Nativo #
7 October: Coworking Nativo is a linked, audience-led event with a goal: to bring together the Portuguese coworking community and friends. They will talk about how to return to coworking roots, what that means, and what is needed to do to adapt to the post-COVID world we now live in, which is constantly changing.
