3'-3" is very tight, but feasible. 6'-1" is fine. I'd recommend 3-4 person offices, so squeeze in a 3rd office.
Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" www.blankspaces.com ph: 323.330.9505 | 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 On Jan 20, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Bruce Yang wrote: > How much SF do you guys have? > > I'm looking at a space with 3000 sf. > > Planned Open Space Desks: ~32 > Offices: 2 with 4-6 people each > > I can't comment on utilization because we haven't opened yet. We can break > even if we get both offices occupied, as well as ~30 full time members. We > are paying $39 a sf. I'm very torn between dedicated and shared desks, so I > haven't really decided what to do in that regard. (pricing / quantity / > culture) > > I'm concerned about desk size. I'm going for large tables, that 4 people > share. So it would be 39 in x 73 in for one table. Do you think that would > be enough for two people to face each other (3 ft 3 in) ? And side by side > (6ft 1 in)? > > Does the # of desks sound reasonable given the sf? > > Bruce > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Susan Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > 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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