I would recommend laying out your desks, vs. trying to assign a # per desk. A space that size is much easier to comprehend its realities than, say, 100,000sf where you'd want to estimate sf/desk.
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 Jun 19, 2013, at 2:49 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi everyone, > > First I would like to express how happy and amazed I am at finding this > community online. Me and my colleagues stumbled upon the concept of coworking > spaces about a month ago and we have formed our own initiative to opening one > in Ontario. From what I've seen, this Coworking group is full of helpful > individuals who have answered questions on a lot of topics and I am also > inclined to ask my own throughout our company's development. > > So here goes my first question :) > > We have found a location that is 2664 sqft (Rent= 4262) and after taking out > the board room, private office and kitchen we have 1210 sqft to use for > desks. What I wanted to know was how much space should we allocate for each > desk? I know many of you have said 100sqft but If thats the case we would > only be able to offer 12 desks at $455 (Rent + Other fixed and variable > costs). However, if we offer 50sqft per desk we would be able to accommodate > 24 desks and offer a monthly price of $230. This includes the use of > everything and it generates break even for us. > > -- > 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.
