Are you covering your expenses in the flex area? Is there a way to mix flex and dedicated desks on both sides. Our 2nd location is only flex desks with 4 private offices and it does well but we have an entirely separate location with dedicated, flex and offices. My concern is that you might get 2 different cultures if it's all flex on one side and all dedicated on the other. Be on the lookout for ways to foster cross-over if you do acquire it.
As for funding, ask your current and future members if they'd be willing to pre-pay 3-6 months to help fund the paint and doorway OR having a painting party and do it yourselves. Angel of Cohere On Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 7:18:42 AM UTC-5, Cynthia Dailey wrote: > > Any US space thriving with no dedicated desks? > > At the moment we have 17 seats available on our open area. One dedicated > desk in a closed office which is assigned to a current Member. > > We've been asked to decide by the landlord if we will exercise our right > of first refusal now as they have a list of interested tenants formed. We > listed on popular directories as available as dedicated desks and have six > people interested in one week - two would prefer a small closed footed > space. The additional space is only 867 sq ft. We are allowed to open a > door between them to connect the spaces. > > Seems like from the response that this desk is mine vs use a desk and > clear out is more popular in our town. > > We don't want to make desks in the existing side assigned though as its a > great flex space and we are getting good interest in booking it in the > evenings and on weekends for classes, workshops and events. And will offer > many we produce with content partners too. > > So we are supposed to give the landlord a yes or no Tuesday. We have 4 > ready to lock in for 6+ months tomorrow. They will cover the additional > lease + but we'd not expected to expand this soon after opening (less than > 2 months), so funding to cover painting, opening the doorway, construct > walls for 2 closed offices, panels for dividing rest of space into open > dedicated desks, etc. > > Ideas in funding this so we don't loose the opportunity? It's 1 of 2 > remaining spaces here on the lakefront. > > It will fill up given time. The village we are in is not is brand new and > in phase 2 of 3. We are communicating it well and word is spreading. > Restaurant and a spa will open next to us soon, they just signed their > leases last week. Over 1,000 new homes are being constructed within a 5 > mile radius of us. > > It's a no brainer to expand beyond the 1,300 sqft we have now - just wish > we could wait 3-4 more months to refund. ;) > > Ideas to fund? > > > http://www.cityfeet.com/cont/ForLease/LN19134994/13790-Bridgewater-Crossings-Boulevard-1080-Windermere-FL-34786 -- 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/d/optout.
