Daniel, That's a great idea! I agree with Tony, but would go one step before: Start with observing the neighborhood.
How can people get there, is there a subway line that allows easy commute? Are there new coffee shops or retail stores opening (meaning the area is coming up), etc. I'd also look at how many new construction you see around in the area to get an idea how much attention this area has from a landlord / broker side. Being in NYC what I've seen working is to team up with Brokers in the area to start conversations. They can tell you if there's more small businesses opening, etc. Also as Tony mentioned, go to the local meetups and check out the crowd or just go in a bar nearby to chat with folks about where they work and if they know a good coworking space around in the area. Generally I'd recommend as a good exercise to categorize / position yourself in one of the categories of spaces we've researched in the NYC market: https://blog.getkisi.com/top-coworking-spaces-in-nyc/ Let me know what kind of space you have in mind and I can help you from there. cheers, Bernhard On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 4:08:54 PM UTC-4, Daniel wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > Thanks for all of the amazing information – what a great resource this > group is. > > I’m planning to move ahead with a new coworking space in New York and > could use some advice. As I’m sure you know, NY is a very saturated > coworking market, but the neighborhood I’d be going into has no spaces of > any kind nearby. Even though the demographics don’t seem quite as good for > coworking as say Williamsburg, the area is very densely residential with > almost no other office space available. I already have a unique space lined > up (super high vaulted ceilings, skylights, mezzanine) and a likely joint > venture with the landlord to keep the rents a non-issue while we get > started. > > Any advice for getting started in such a competitive marketplace? Does > this sound like a good setup or will prospective members keep commuting to > bigger spaces? Having read many of your posts, I intend to start making > connections and building a community, but the NY market is so big and moves > so fast that I’d hope there are other ways to get noticed. What other > resources could you recommend beyond Liquid Spaces and getting on the New > Worker map? > > Many thanks in advance for any advice. I’m hopeful I can make this work so > I can develop the space/community and the people in the area can have a > much more convenient place to go. > > -Dan > -- 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.
