Right on Alex. The coworking audience is more likely mobile and less file/stuff-intensive and therefore needs less space.
As a reference point, I've heard that corporate offices are typically 200-250sf/person for offices, and 120 sf/person for cubicles. None of that really matters for us coworking types because we're generating revenue off of efficient/dense use of space, whereas corporations just try to reduce real estate expenses. Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Apr 8, 2013, at 2:19 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > 70-100 s/ft including common areas is pretty common. Our total space is > currently ~8000 s/ft, and we have (I think!) 85 workstations. This doesn't > include a number of communal work tables (almost 20 more spots to work), > couches (6-8 more spots to work), meeting rooms and our kitchen's cafe tables. > > Our 2nd floor is closer to the 80 per person mark and it's pretty well > optimized - cozy without being cramped. Our 1st floor is just over the 100 > per person mark since it's less than a year old and we're still growing and > optimizing it, but it's evolving quickly in the same direction. > > Density in a coworking space is a different effect from density in a typical > corporate office cube for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the > value/importance of flexibility and choice in where people work, and the fact > that someone might not work in the same exact location for the entire day. > > -Alex > > > On Monday, April 8, 2013 5:02:06 PM UTC-4, Judy Schramm wrote: > The stats I've seen say typical coworking spaces offer 75 sq ft. No > idea if that is right though... > > Judy Schramm > ProResource, Inc. > 703-824-8482 > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Jim Van <[email protected]> wrote: > > A typical US corporate cubicle is 36 s.f., so we've adopted that for our > > standard. I've seen some spaces allocate 100s.f., but would imagine that > > they're using that figure as inclusive to common space, lest they have > > nearly free rent... > > > > Jim Van > > VillageRI > > > > -- > > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Coworking" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
