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✊ Coworking impact
🎨 The Shop Workspace opens doors for Gowanus artists #
The Shop Workspace is partnering with nonprofit Arts Gowanus to transform their newly open space into an art gallery featuring 30+ artists this weekend at the 29th Annual Gowanus Open Studios event.
The firm is converting 15+ of their offices and shared spaces to make space for additional artists and exhibitions – alongside their resident artists.
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📰 Coworking news & views.
👍 We can do hard things, and why you should take those career leaps #
Sarah Travers digs into her thought process around the decision around whether (or not) to hop into the role of CEO of Workbar, and how a story her brother taught her to never turn down a promotion.
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💅 Community brings back nail salon amenity #
Olivia Lutz shares how they’ve brought back the popular nail salon popup amenity to their Venture X location.
We love seeing creative partnerships and amenities that make ‘popping into the office’ even more helpful for employees and members.
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🫵 You are a media company. Yes, you. #
Cat Johnson shares that the good news is that you now have access to a fast-moving, powerful media ecosystem to build your brand, business, and community. Which makes you a media company.
The bad news is that being a media company is ridiculously challenging.
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🤔 What CRE heads think about “all things flex” #
Simon Moore the COO at Serendipity Labs shares some takeaways from the recent WorkSpaces conference in Napa.
Core notes: Flex is universal, flex as an extension of corp HQs, direct > brokers, best-in-class > global networks and how Gable, Deskpass, Desana and Upflex are a growing part of the conversation.
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👣 Layout tips for connection, comfort & growth #
Cobot’s latest newsletter explores how coworking design shapes connection and focus.
From multi-story layouts to inclusive details, they highlights smart, thoughtful ways to improve flow, comfort, and community in your space.
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🔽 The TAM for legacy office space is shrinking #
The total addressable market for legacy office space was assumed to be boundless: workers, teams, firms — all needed fixed desks and square feet. But demand has fractured across homes, third-places, and flexible work options. The result: the Total Addressable Market (TAM) for legacy, long-term leases is smaller than it once was.
Andrea Pirrotti-Dranchak makes the case that some landlords have an opportunity to develop their own agile office products to recapture demand. Is this a risk or opportunity for flex space operators?
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👋 How to spend less time on admin, and more with members? #
Ever wondered what to automate, how to start, and who’s doing it well?
Lucy McInally digs into how some operarators are removing tedium for their teams and processes in this piece for Nexudus.
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🔂 Beyond retention: designing top-performing flex spaces #
Long-term retention only happens if your space is financially sustainable in the first place. Smart design isn’t just about flashy finishes or Instagrammable corners – it’s about making sure every square foot is working hard, generating revenue while keeping members happy.
Charlie Moss from Interaction Ltd shares how they approach this through setting metrics early, balancing space types around business models, considering the monetization of meeting/event spaces, balancing commercial and usability needs, smart budgeting and turnaround speeds.
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💻 Coworking technology.
📺 Why you need a digital sign (Or 5?) #
You’ve seen them here and there, but do you know what you’re looking at? Coworks talked to FireWorks Coworking, The Shop Workspace, Pursuit Coworking, and Burbity to find out how they use their digital signs, and what you need to know before you invest.
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💳 VISA adds another AI acronym #
VISA, alongside platforms like Worldpay and Cloudflare have launched the Trusted Agent Protocol (TAP) to better facilitate how agents are verified during potentially unassisted ecommerce transactions.
Why this matters: AI agents tasked with carrying out transactions won’t wait around to try and make your systems work for them, especially in competitive markets. Not being ready for these "new kind of transactions leaves you vulnerable to not being included in future buying decisions.
Discovery is not about keywords and endless scrolls anymore, PYMNTS argued. In the era of the AI agent, queries become contextual and conversational: type in “a black dress for a summer cocktail party” and you’ll get just a few options.
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📈 Coworking data.
🏔️ How the flex space industry found stability in 2025 #
OfficeRnD shares how their 2025 Q2 FlexIndex shows global stability, rising revenue, and new opportunities for coworking and flex space operators.
Some takeaways: Global desk occupancy held steady at 72.5%. Revenue per Occupied Desk climbed to $500.59 while Revenue per Available Desk reached $363.14.
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🤝 Coworking market moves.
🇷🇼 Firm breaks ground on innovation hub in Rwanda #
KOFISI shares that they have broken ground on KOFISI Innovation City, set within a 61-hectare ecosystem of universities, tech pioneers, and research institutions in Kigali, Rwanda.
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🎨 LABS refreshes brand and positioning for 2026 #
Matt Watts shares that London-based LABS new brand and positioning.
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🇩🇪 German operator intros cheaper Friday team tickets #
Following along on the trend we’re tracking around pricing strategies and new revenue stacks, we see news from Germany’s 1000satellites who have introduces cheaper team passes for Fridays.
The firm is pricing packages for 10, 20 or 50 people with plans to address pre-weekend lower occupancy. Priced at €319 for 10 tickets (or around €32 per person) per day compared to €369 for 10 team tickets for use on other days.
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🌴 First-ever business center on Palm Jumeirah launches #
Onespace Dubai announced the launch of the 8,000 sqft enterprise workspace at Golden Mile Galleria, in Dubai’s most iconic destination – the man-made palm tree islands.
Although the new center is operational, Onespace is currently refreshing the interiors with new furniture and finishes to match the brand’s signature enterprise-grade aesthetic. The company offered a first look at the space this week, giving clients and partners a sneak preview of what’s to come.
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🇧🇪 Clockwise readies new Brussels location for launch #
Clockwise Offices are counting down to opening "The Louise by Clockwise" in the heart of Brussels.
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🎙 Coworking conversations.
In the latest episode of the TWIC podcast, Hector Kolonas sat down with Greg Miley (now at Clockwise Offices), whose career has touched almost every seat around the flex space table (prev at Flexioffices, Instant, WeWork, Kitt, and Desana), to discuss strategic career moves, to insights on industry trends and the role of brokers.
Alex Young shares how work is changing, how to build and position yourself for your dream role and how to thrive once you’re there – without burning out.
Jeannine van der Linden runs the De Kamer coworking space network in the Netherlands and leads the European Coworking Assembly and shares more about talking to councils so they actually fund your projects on the Coworking Values Podcast.
In this episode, Brave Corp CEO, Caleb Parker, moderates a panel (with leaders from LOOM by Merlin Properties, Newmark, Sutega, Assembly Buildings, and the World Trade Center Barcelona) discussing how operators and landlords are turning buildings into workplaces people choose, why OPEX in people can beat CAPEX in marble, and how amenity strategy, programming, technology, and brand convert into office value.