Thanks Ashley!!! On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 1:32:55 PM UTC-7, ashley wrote: > > Hi Angel! > > We used to do this at Foundery as we were growing in the early days. > > We have about 15,000 sq ft and about 5,000 sq ft was occupied by one > anchor tenant / company. > It was great in the sense that they were our first members and they grew > over time. > It was lovely to have the stable income as we were renovating and > expanding within The Foundery Buildings. > We were also really proud when they eventually moved out into their own > work space. > However there were some side effects as well. > > As we've discussed before, a group that large (they grew from 2 to 32 > members) can easily dominate the culture in a space. > This wasn't always a negative thing (they were awesome members) but it > lead to a sort of division among the members. > For many of the solo members, a team that size can feel intimidating, > imposing or exclusive even when the team has the best of intentions. > Our building allows for the culture to be different on each of our three > floors, so this impact was temporarily managed this way. > It might have had a more profound impact with an open layout. > > I would also advise against letting teams or tenants grow to that > percentage of membership because it was a little tricky to find 32 > (AMAZING) new members all at the same time. > > Since this experience, we have worked with a few other growing teams but > we keep the size down (max 10) and we don't allow one company to occupy > more than about 500 sq feet. > When it comes to coworking, this balance is much better for all of us. > > Anchor tenants are amazing in other scenarios (A cafe, gallery etc) and > can also be utilized well in a co-location model, but I believe true > coworking relies on the equality of members in the community. > > Hope that helps! > Reach me off list if you have any other questions :) > > Ashley > > Foundery > www.foundery.is > > Creative Blueprint > www.creativeblueprint.ca > > The Foundery Buildings > 376 Bathurst Street > Toronto, ON > M5T 2S6 > > > > On Jan 5, 2016, at 1:38 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote: > > Does anyone know of an example of a coworking space that devotes around > 20%-30% of their square footage to 1 large business? Spaces over 10,000 ft2 > are even more helpful! > > Angel of Cohere > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > >
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