On 9/6/07, wilsonwrites <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Coworking Owners...I Need Your Help Again! > Today I went to the Small Business Developement Center to see what > resources they offered for ALT^SPACE. I met a really nice counsler and > he was very helpful. I was told by him to downsize the scale of the > space I needed to start Alt^Space. I was wondering what the square > footage is on the spaces you guys have at the different spaces already > up and running. > > I figured I would need about 2000-3000 feet to start but he told me to > start with about 1200 square feet. My house is bigger than that.....I > need to find out am I trying to start too large by wanting 2k-3k > sqft? The commercial real estate market here starts at about $15 sqft > and up for the high traffic areas. Our downtown area wouldnt be a > good place to start due to the parking issues and higher prices....so > I have a dilemma. I have spoken with a few independents and the > interest level is very high but all want to know what area of town we > will be in. So location is key. I'm just unsure about the size and > if I should down size like the counsler is advising me to.
Our space at www.BerkeleyCoworking.com is about 1100 sq ft, which is just a little bit too small, but it is a good lease for us because we are assuming a month-to-month lease so if it does work we are not on the hook for a long time. Ideally I think the economics would have worked better with more like 1500 square feet, in three rooms, a big room for desks and dropins, a smaller conference room, a small room as a "phone booth" with maybe a comfy chair, and a good sized closet for storing chairs and tables. -- Christopher Allen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
