We also have been looking at this type of model, though we have encountered some difficulty with the space availability in the areas we have looked at. One of the locations would allow a coffee shop but would not allow any kind of shared work space, even if attached to a coffee shop. Which comes down to how we sell the space to the developer. The other space we looked at was fine with the coworking space, but wouldn't allow a coffee kiosk. Where we are looking has limited options, but the combining of the two was supported by the founder of one of the Boulder spaces when I spoke to him. His space, Fuse at Riverside is going to have a coffee shop and a wine bar in the same building as the coworking space. Should be a cool combo. Requires capital though. That is the other thing we ran into.
Still working it though. Rob C. On Sunday, October 13, 2013 12:25:23 AM UTC-6, LA Tripp wrote: > > Hi All! > > I have been searching for this in the past threads but haven't found this > exactly. I was wondering if anyone has a Coworking space and coffee shop > combination, where the coffee shop is an actual cafe run by a separate > entity? The cafe would be in the front showroom area of the old auto > dealership building I have in mind, with coworking in the warehouse/office > part in the back; there would be some separation of the spaces, but I'd > like to at least have a clear view into some the coworking space from the > cafe. I have someone who might be interested, and it would certainly pull > in potential coworkers. With the exception of Starbucks, most cafes in > Pasadena are discontinuing their wifi, so I don't think anyone would be > especially outraged if that wasn't offered in the cafe part. What may > irritate coworkers is paying for coffee! Anyone have a business model for > this they could share? Or is this a bad combo, and why? > > You all might get a kick out of this segement a few weeks ago on our local > radio station about Coffee Shop Squatters: > http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2013/09/10/33648/coffeehouses-fight-back-against-wi-fi-squatters/ > > I was driving and so I couldn't call in and plug coworking as the solution! > > Many thanks! > > Loren > > -- 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.
