There is a couple in Philly and another person in Atlanta I spoke with who own buildings. I think Takoma may also be an owned space turned into coworking.
I know for us in SF, it would be impossible, but working towards that would be cool. Buying a commercial building is a big commitment...bigger than a 2 year lease for us. T. On 9/7/07, TechChris.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Sep 7, 12:55 am, "Christopher Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On 9/6/07, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I would actually almost agree with the counselor. Our space is 1350 > > > ft2...and is a bit small, but not too far off. I would shoot for > between > > > 1500-2000 ft2 depending on the interest. We fit 8 permanent desks and > room > > > for 10 more floaters in our space. > > > > I have to agree with Tara -- as you go over 2000 square feet it will > > get too noisy in the common area, but if you divide up the space too > > much into separate rooms then some of the "commons" that makes > > coworking so nice goes away. > > > > -- Christopher Allen > > Maybe this is the former real estate agent in me coming out, has > anybody considered owning the space that they open the coworking > business in? > > Chris Johnston > > > > > -- tara 'miss rogue' hunt co-founder & CMO Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) blog: www.horsepigcow.com phone: 415-694-1951 fax: 415-727-5335 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

