Hi all, I'm late to this conversation but thought I'd add in Office Nomads data as of today, in case it is useful for the discussion about pricing and desk utilization that went on last week:
92 total members: 31 Residents (24/7 access, dedicated desk) 20 Basic Members (3 days/month) 43 Part-Time members (between 5-15 days/month) We have about 60 available desks in our space, depending on the day (and where the tables are!). So that's about 29 free desks on any given day, utilized by the 63 part-time and basic members here. We've only had a couple of days that we were actually at max capacity, and we're figuring that we're going to be at our maximum capacity to take on new members at some point here in 2012. We found that, similar to other spaces, having a mix of Resident and part-time desks at each "pod" we have around our space makes for a heightened level of vibrancy in the space. We also try our darndest to have Residents change the location of their desks regularly, but thus far most folks stay relatively stationary. Creatures of habit indeed. Hope that helps! __ Office Nomads officenomads.com 206-484-5859 On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Andy Stratton <[email protected]>wrote: > Sizeable Spaces is small (two floors). Floor one is 11 full/part-time > desks; floor two is a conference/coffee area and two private offices. > > We're currently at: > > 2 Private office "members" (for the private office, we allow 2-3 people > under a membership, they are more $) > 9 Full-time Desk Members > 4 Flex members (two are colleagues of two full-time desk members) > > We've outgrown capacity (in our first 6 months) and I'm finding there's a > very silent, but strong service/product independents and small (micro) > businesses that are in our area. It's the micro-community we had starting > that's actually just the beginning of tons of people in the area. This has > been outstanding. > > Meeting with the landlord Monday regarding the first floor (we're the top > 2 floors of the building) so we can expand and support more members and > take over the building. > > Our pricing is ~$500/office; and the rest is like Indy Hall's > $275/full-time dedicated desk (24/7); $175/three-day flex; $25/single day. > Additional days are $15/day. > > We've also been offering full-time members the $15/day rate for additional > flex people as available (two members have interns). As availability > changes and the space grows, we may need to move that to the $25 first day > + $15 additional days to keep some extra overhead in our budget. > > Hope this info is helpful. > > -- > Andy Stratton > Web / Developer / Designer > 443-623-6835 > > > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Alex Hillman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Loving seeing the variations in what works - more sharing, please! I'd >> love to hear more about utilization: >> >> >> - how many members you have signed as full time and how many are some >> sort of flex >> - how many workspaces you have available for full time and how many >> are some sort of flex >> - how many workstations are utilized. averages & ranges are welcome, >> flex makes reporting these things tough! >> >> Our December numbers were: >> >> - 33 full time members >> - 117 flex members (~100 are basic, the rest somewhere in between) >> >> >> - 33 full time workstations >> - 27 flexible workspaces (not including the more casual work spaces >> which are almost always in use as well) >> >> >> - Full time workstations are assumed to be "occupied", but actual >> attendance is in the mid 20's on a daily basis, helping with density. Our >> average full time member is around for quite a while, so new spots >> typically open up less than once a month. >> - We rarely have more than 2-3 flex workstations idle these days, but >> we also haven't had to turn anyone away just yet. We carefully toe the >> edge >> of "full" by paying close attention to how full we are and deciding to >> open >> up a new flex desk when a full time member disembarks, or open up a new >> full time spot to help clear our full time waiting list. >> - With 117 members sharing 27 workspaces, each flex workspace >> currently supports ~4 people without any collisions. If we mandated >> reservations, we could probably support more. >> >> >> I'd love to see numbers from other spaces so we can compare ratios and >> see what else works. >> >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Mike Pihlman <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Cool discussion. We have found out here that dedicated desks are the >>> most popular. I currently have 6 rented. I have about 20 flex work areas >>> available, 3 of which are desks just like the dedicated desks, the rest are >>> round tables, barnes & noble wood hand me down tables, etc. >>> >>> I need to keep the flex so I can stack people at the same desks. But I >>> also need some optimum number of dedicated. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> On Jan 14, 2012 11:54 AM, "Tom Brandt" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> People did want someplace where they could leave stuff so we now have >>> lockers that almost all members use. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Jerome Chang <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > I stand correcte... >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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