Connor - great observations. I'm curious if you have any updated data or research on this city culture of coworking?
Joe Payton On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 2:33:07 PM UTC-5, Connor Provines wrote: > > I've worked for a while cataloging and researching coworking > spaces....I've got some pretty interesting metrics regarding populations > and occupancy, so I'll put in my 2 cents > > I've found that Coworking is almost a cultural thing - if you cross > reference the most populous cities / densest business wise with the number > / population of coworking spaces...you don't find much of a correlation. > > Some of the most populous places in the U.S have no coworking spaces, > while areas like SF and NYC are littered with them; and for the most part > sitting at 60% occupancy or so. > > Furthermore, in these cities we actually see coworking spaces lasting much > longer; while most coworking places are less than 3 years old, we also see > a relatively low lifespan of many places where there are few coworking > spaces; that is to say the existence of a coworking environment helps new > locations last longer and find a niche to work with. > > Essentially what I can conclude is, in places where coworking is known and > popular, people have and are will continue to move to these centers as long > as they're competitively priced with something unique to offer. > > Also, I'd say comparatively St. Louis is actually one of the smallest > coworking spaces per population, it's likely a great spot for expansion. > > Let me know if you've got more questions, > > Connor > -- 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.
