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In it we uncover the tools, integrations, and trends shaping the industry’s future.
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✊ Coworking impact.
↗️ The Shop SLC launches a nonprofit incubator #
Friends of The Shop SLC, a brand-new social impact residency program, launched last week. They are offering three months of complimentary workspace, community support, and visibility, all designed to help nonprofits grow and thrive.
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💰 Coworking firm raises $23,500 for childhood cancer research #
WOTSO brought together more than 100 staff, members, family, and friends at North Head in Sydney for a fundraising event that raised over $4,000 for The Kids’ Cancer Project. The coworking operator has now raised $23,500 through the 2025 Better Challenge, a 30-day September initiative encouraging participants to walk, run, or move 90km while attracting sponsorship, with CEO Jessie Glew targeting $25,000 total.
WOTSO has supported The Kids’ Cancer Project since 2016, raising more than $240,000 through various initiatives for the organization founded 32 years ago by Col Reynolds. The org has invested over $75 million in childhood cancer research, contributing to increased survival rates for children diagnosed with cancer.
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📰 Coworking news & views.
💸 The $5k experiment that reshaped Michigan’s ecosystem #
Matthew Gira shares a fascinating look at Bamboo‘s founding story, from a $5k loan over 200,000 sqft of coworking space under management.
Fascinating to learn more about Amanda Lewan and the team’s early coworking story.
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💰 Flexible workspace emerges as standalone asset class #
Paul Stanton from boutique investment bank PTB explores how flexible workspace is establishing itself as a standalone real estate asset class as family offices capitalize on arbitrage opportunities that traditional lenders struggle to underwrite.
The Dart family office’s acquisition of two Financial District buildings totaling 1.5M SF for approximately $200/SF (previously trading above $1,000/SF for Class A) demonstrates the scale of opportunity, with the WSA-branded conversion offering 200-400 SF flexible offices targeting $300/SF rents that could generate 20% unlevered yield on $500M total project costs. Family offices are taking patient, long-term positions in flexible office conversions while institutional investors remain sidelined due to unproven market depth, limited operating data, and lender underwriting challenges.
The trend extends beyond mega-deals to smaller Class B office conversions, with observers noting flexible workspace operators can command significantly higher per-square-foot rents than traditional office leases when bundling space with extensive amenities and services.
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🦿 Space founder’s recovery leads to a remote operations playbook #
Charlie Ward, the founder of London-based Ramen Club detailed how he’s maintaining $15k monthly revenue and 90% capacity at Ramen Space while recovering from a broken leg at home. He has implemented eight key strategies including hiring an active community member for day-to-day operations, using digital tools to empower their cleaner to order supplies, and offering free event space to drive awareness through social media promotion by event organizers.
The space generates leads through their own monthly @IndieBeers event (6 years running, 80-100 attendees) and focuses on free trial days without credit card requirements, designating Tuesdays as the main community day to reduce decision fatigue. The operation includes a 500-person online community managed through automation tools including a custom Slack plugin called "Cosy," with upcoming collaboration planned with Generalist World. Speedy recovery, Charlie!
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⚖️ We need to be a host, and hospitable #
Stormy McBride from GCUC digs into why both hosting and hospitality both matter when it comes to being successful in coworking.
"A coworking space that only ‘hosts’ may run like clockwork, but it can feel sterile. A space that leans only on ‘hospitality’ may feel warm, but chaotic without structure. The spaces that thrive are the ones that do both: they set the table and invite members to help shape the experience."
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🎓 Brokers 101 for coworking operators #
Laura Green at EleVault shared a consolidated training reference for how coworking spaces who want to better engage with brokers.
The guide emphasizes that brokers typically bring larger headcounts, more qualified prospects, and higher usage of ancillary services through their established relationships with key decision-makers. She recommends finding brokers through platforms like CoStar and LoopNet, plus Google searches and networking events, while also sharing some relationship-building tactics including breakfast meetings, complementary open desk memberships, and LinkedIn campaigns.
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🗞️ From press kit, to securing coverage #
Last week, Rosee from Cobot shared a press kit guide for coworking operators.
This week, they go a step further with how to actually land coverage with by using it. From building the right media list to crafting pitches that get noticed, it’s a practical next step for coworking operators ready to share their story.
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📑 New exec’s plan for ASEAN expansion #
Paul MacAndrew, newly appointed executive of CEO Suite, shares his roadmap for the regional firm including their adoption of AI, a planned digital transformation, and regional partnerships to expand its portfolio of premium flex space.
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🤩 Some reception desk inspiration #
You only get one chance at making a great first impression. And when it coms to coworking, it’s more than just the front desk. Interaction Ltd, shared some photos of their favorite reception areas.
Editor note: While these are all client projects that Interaction is rightly proud of, we’re sharing them as reception area inspiration from some amazing brands like x+why, Runway East and FOUNDRY.
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👩💻 The Future of Coworking is a career, not a gig #
While you were running your space, Bernie Mitchell has been talking to the future—three FLOC leaders, one message: it’s time to choose careers over gigs.
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🆚 The indie-vs-chain coworking chart #
Jennifer Blanchard Belk shared why their offering at LOOM Coworking is different from "chain coworking companies", and just the right fit for their ideal members.
Do you find yourself comparing yourself to other ‘kinds’ of coworking offerings to prospects? What aspects do you focus on? Let us know.
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💻 Coworking technology.
🏜️ How to overcome the data desert #
John Preece from Hub Australia penned this piece on the Spacebring blog about why your data is the first step in all of us unlocking our industry’s future, together.
"This is the only way to unlock our industry’s full potential as an investable asset class, and therefore the only way the sector will meaningfully grow and flourish."
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😣 Secret shopper shares their day pass process frustration #
Lauren Walker, CMO of Coworks conducted an accidental secret shopper experience at an unnamed coworking space, revealing significant operational failures in the day pass process which included inquiry forms, 2 days of no responses, "buy when you get here", pricing/detail opacity and that was all before even arriving at the space. What followed was even worse.
The actual visit only lasted 35 minutes before she left, highlighting how operational oversights can drive away warm leads and revenue. But you’ve already solved these obvious day pass operational issues? Right?
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📈 Coworking data.
🇮🇳 India’s flex market outpaces the rest of the globe #
Frank Cottle shares that India have scored a perfect 100 on Cushman & Wakefield‘s maturity index, surpassing traditional leaders like the U.K., France, and the U.S. in flexible office market development. The country currently holds nearly 80 million square feet of flexible workspace inventory across its top eight cities, with Bengaluru commanding 30% of that space, and is expected to reach 85 million square feet by end of 2025 and surpass 100 million square feet by 2026.
Demand has increased nearly sixfold since 2020, with flexible spaces accounting for 15% of all new office leases in 2024, while international enterprises drove 72% of flexible seat absorption compared to 28% from startups. Flexible workspace providers leased 33.5 million square feet between 2022 and 2024, with the managed office model now representing 70-80% of post-pandemic leases, and four operators have already gone public with more IPOs expected.
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📐 Aligning for when big US tenants rebalance office portfolios #
Andrea Pirrotti-Dranchak’s third post in this series on the Product-Market Fit crisis digs into what will happen to office buildings when (not if) companies like Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Apple, and Amazon shift just 5% of their portfolio to flex.
Roughly, that’s 3M sqft of new flex space demand. (~900K employees, assuming 60 sqft per person so total need of ~55M sqft of office space. 5% of that ? Nearly 3M sqft).
Add the rest of the top ten occupiers, and we could be looking at ~10M of demand. The math is rough — and that’s the point. The numbers don’t need to be exact to see what’s coming: demand for flexible formats can quickly overwhelm today’s supply.
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🙏 16 important spaces for employees #
Wesley Edmonds from OFS breaks down Gensler’s recent report on the workspace experiences that employees crave.
Top 10? F&B options, coworking, lounges, rest spaces, deep-focus area, focus rooms, outdoor workspaces, phone booths, libraries and well-being areas.
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🤝 Coworking market moves.
🇮🇳 IA acquires MySOHO #
India Accelerator (IA), a leading startup accelerator founded in 2017, has acquired coworking operator MySOHO in an undisclosed cash-equity deal that signals convergence between startup incubation and flexible office industries in India.
MySOHO currently operates 18 centres across eight Indian cities, covering 8,300 sqm with 1,800 desks and maintaining close to 90% occupancy rates.
The acquisition enables IA to scale its coworking footprint to over 45 hubs in more than 30 cities, projecting 60k sqm and 12,500 seats that will integrate coworking with startup-focused clinics, mentorship programs, and investor networking.
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🚀 Enter Workspace launches after TNW shutdown #
Following the announcement of TNW (The Next Web) shutdown after over a decade serving the European tech scene, former TNW team members have co-founded Enter Workspace with Thomas Zwart and Renée Appelo to build environments focused on community, creativity, wellbeing, and sustainability.
The new company operates existing locations including WFC Flex Offices in Amsterdam and Lotus Campus in Rotterdam, while announcing a new partnership with AI AM in Amsterdam. Enter Workspace positions the AI AM partnership as creating what they believe will be the leading hub for applied AI in the Netherlands.
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📈 WeWork expands Partner Network by 1000+ spaces #
WeWork announced the expansion of its Coworking Partner Network by adding more than 1,000 third-party locations across the U.S. and Canada, nearly one year after launching the program in October 2024.
The network now includes more than 600 national, regional and specialty coworking operators providing access to workspaces in more than 500 U.S. and Canadian markets, with partners including EXPANSIVE and Pacific Workplaces.
The expanded network is currently available to WeWork’s large enterprise members through the WeWork Workplace technology platform, building on the initial partnership with Vast Coworking Group which provided access to 75 locations in 50 markets. WeWork is investing more than $80 million in capital investments across its portfolio this year. For more information on the network, check out this interview we did back when this was announced last year.
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🇦🇺 Hub announces 2nd West Coast clubhouse #
Hub Australia will open One Two Five by Hub at Brookfield Place in February 2026, marking its second Clubhouse location on the West Coast. The new workspace, located at 125 St Georges Terrace, is being developed in partnership with Brookfield Properties and will feature a rooftop terrace, sports lounge, restaurants, bars, cafés, gyms, and childcare facilities.
Hub Australia describes the space as designed for "serious business" with premium interiors and amenities that aim to balance work and lifestyle needs. The facility will offer comprehensive hospitality services beyond traditional coworking, positioning itself as a full-service business hub.
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🇫🇷 Social Hub launches Toulouse location #
The Social Hub, originally founded as The Student Hotel in 2012, has opened a new space in Toulouse, France.
The location follows the company’s hybrid model combining student accommodation, hotels, coworking, dining, cultural programming, and events under one roof across its 19-city European network including Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and Vienna. The coworking space offers daily passes and flexible monthly memberships of 1, 6, or 12 months, with members gaining access to additional facilities including onsite dining, gym, rooftop pool, and event programming such as debates and workshops.
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🇵🇱 The Shire opens new Warsaw coworking location #
Oskar Odziemczyk shared that THE SHIRE – Beyond Coworking has opened a new location in Warsaw’s Harmony Office Center building.
The project was developed in partnership with Catalyst Capital and Savills Poland. The opening represents the continued expansion of The Shire’s network across major Polish cities.
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🇬🇧 Legacy UK flex brokerage up for sale? #
Jon Seal from technologywithin summarized Green Street’s (infuriatingly email-gated) report that UK-based flex workspace brokerage Officio has engaged consultancy firm Deloitte to float a potential sale for the firm.
The news has not been confirmed by either parties, and we dislike sharing any form of gated content, but it does point to consolidation trends in the industry as it matures. Also makes us wonder what ripples this will cause across Rubberdesk, Instant/Worka, Office Freedom, Hubble/Yardi and the likes of C&W, CBRE, JLL who are all diving deep into flex.
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🇫🇮 POOL expands to Ruoholahti #
Tuomas Sahi shares that Antilooppi‘s POOL brand is epxanding to Ruoholahti, Finland with a new location opening in November.
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🎙 Coworking conversations.
In this Behind The News episode Hector Kolonas hosts Andrea Pirrotti-Dranchak and Wybo Wijnbergen to delve into InfinitSpace‘s mission and their bold entrance into the US market.
In the BCO‘s latest Workspace Unwired podcast, Samantha McClary talks with Emma Roche, a Partner and coworking and office space specialist from UK law firm Greenwoods about reforms to the Landlord & Tenant Act, a ban on upward-only rent reviews, and increasingly popular new type of managed space agreement.
Brave Corp CEO, Caleb Parker and OfficeRnD Chief Product Officer, Ivan Giberkov to explore why coworking must adopt an Airbnb-style e-commerce mindset before it can achieve the brand power of Soho House.
In a crossover episode Fanny Marcoux is hosted by Bernie Mitchell on the Coworking Values Podcast (the "world’s second-best coworking podcast") to discuss what happens when you collect 36 stories from coworking operators across three continents.
Kane Willmott, CEO of iQ Offices, sits with Jamie Russo on this Everything Coworking episode to reverse-engineer the Switchyards model
Cassandra Kavanagh chats with Giovanni Palavicini about how a sink or rethink moment led to Rethink Your Workspace in Newcastle, Australia.
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