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Google Gives Away Free Office Space in New York
Published May 22nd, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
NEW YORK—OK, so that headline probably got your attention, right? Google is donating office space to Cornell University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology that will be used for a school in New York City. “Technology continues to do more to transform lives and improve lives,” Larry Page, CEO of Google, said ...
Is Coworking Office Space Right for Large Companies?
Published May 21st, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
NEW YORK—Alternative office space is making headline again. This time in the Wall Street Journal—and that’s about as big as it gets, folks. In an article entitled, “My Space Is Our Space: Entrepreneurs look to share offices—even as they get bigger,” Emily Maltby looked at shared office space, with an emphasis ...
Novotorium Helps Entrepreneurs Grow Businesses
Published May 18th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
PHILADELPHIA—Business incubators are growing more popular again as the economy recovers. One of the latest examples—and one that includes coworking office space—comes out of Philadelphia. Novotorium launched in Nov. 2011 and has rolled out a number of programs that are helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses, from monthly acceleration groups, to individual ...
TechSpace Awards Free New York Executive Office Suites
Published May 15th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
NEW YORK—There’s nothing quite like free office space in New York. Thanks to TechSpace, one fortunate startup is getting six months of flexible office space. That fortunate startup is called SoMoLend, one of eight finalists chosen from among several hundred applicants to present at Startup 2012. Startup 2012 is New York ...
WeWork Plans Shared Office Space in San Francisco
Published May 9th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
SAN FRANCISCO-WeWork is expanding from its New York (and Hollywood) roots. The shared office space provider is planning to open a location in San Francisco. "We've got a great new space opening up in San Francisco on May 14th!" the shared office space provider posted on its Web site. WeWork is ...
Queens Serviced Office Space Attracting Social Workers
Published May 8th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
QUEENS—Executive office suites and virtual office space have been a hit in many different professions. Social workers and mental health professionals are the latest to tap into the convenience of Queens alternative workspace. Indeed, the Executive Office Center at Fresh Meadows says svirtual office services and serviced office space are finding ...
Miami Executive Office Suites See Strong International Growth
Published May 7th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
MIAMI—The story in Miami these days is foreign dollars. Whether that’s coming from developers investing in Miami or tenants filling up office space, international money is flooding into the Magic City. It seems Miami executive office suites and virtual office space provider Intelligent Office Miami is seeing its fair share of ...
Venture X Launches Coworking Office Space in Naples
Published May 4th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
NAPLES—Venture X is the newest name on the coworking office space scene. Call it an innovator for workspace aimed at entrepreneurs, independents, and creative professionals. With Venture X, working for yourself no longer means working by yourself. The Naples, Fla. coworking office space is opening its alternative workplace doors to 8,000 ...
Time’s NYC Startups Include Coworking, Virtual Assistant Concepts
Published May 1st, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
NEW YORK—Who wouldn’t want to land on any Time magazine’s list of any kind? After all, they say all publicity is good publicity. Well, Time just released its second annual list of “10 NYC Startups to Watch for 2012.” And guess what? Alternative workplace strategies are a theme, with two of ...
Virgo Business Centers Opening Fifth Manhattan Office Space
Published April 30th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
NEW YORK—Virgo Business Centers is making quite a name for itself on the New York City office space scene. The Manhattan executive office suites provider just announced plans to open a fifth location. The new serviced office space will take up residence at 14 Penn Plaza. The 14 Penn Plaza ...
Executive Office Suites Continue Seeing Momentum
Published April 26th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
IRVINE—Executive office suites. Virtual offices. Coworking office space. Alternative workspace offerings are getting plenty of action. Indeed, the use of on-demand office space is flying high as small business owners looking to capitalize on a recovering economy take advantage of flexible workplace strategies to drive growth. The Global Workspace Association (GWA) ...
1871 Offers Unique Chicago Coworking Incubator
Published April 25th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
CHICAGO—More and more often, incubators are blending with coworking office space. The latest example is I’ve come across is 1871. 1871 opens next week as Chicago’s new digital start up center. 1871 features a massive coworking space for about 400 entrepreneurs, office space for leading venture capital firms, classroom space, and ...
NextSpace Teams With Amplify on Alternative Office Space
Published April 18th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
LOS ANGELES—What do you get when you cross a startup accelerator with a coworking facility? Entrepreneurial power—and that’s just what’s happening in Los Angeles. NextSpace just partnered with Amplify to bring a unique blend of coworking office space to the startup accelerator’s campus in Venice Beach. And guess what? There’s already ...
EvoLabs Brings Coworking Office Space to Durham
Published April 17th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
DURHAM, NC—Another day, another coworking office space has opened its doors. EvoLabs is Durham’s newest alternative workplace. Launched by Big Data analytics company EvoApp, EvoLabs aims at the heart of coworking—with a high tech twist. Part of EvoLabs’ vision is to create a community-oriented innovation center and headquarters. As part of ...
Should You Say Goodbye to Traditional Office Space?
Published April 16th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
NEW YORK—I read an article recently about the future of work. The title of the article suggested that we “say goodbye to our cubicles.” What does this mean for the future of office space? “Your days at the office may be numbered. Ever since the 1990s, when a handful of intrepid ...
45 Rockefeller Plaza Opens Fully-Serviced Office Space in May
Published April 11th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
NEW YORK—Rockefeller Group Business Centers invested in completely rebuilding its New York executive office suites. Now, it’s almost time for the grand reopening. Indeed, sales of the fully furnished office space are now underway at 45 Rockefeller Plaza and the activity is robust in the Art Deco building. "Pre-opening sales have ...
Atlanta Sees Rising Tide of Coworking Office Space
Published April 10th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
ATLANTA—The Atlanta Journal Constitution is giving more credibility to the coworking office space trend in Atlanta. Atlanta is proof positive of data from Deskmag.com that says the coworking movement has doubled in size annually since 2006. “Coworking is defined as a group of people who work independently in different industries but ...
Detroit Coworking Hits Prime Time With Twitter Residency
Published April 9th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
DETROIT—You know coworking office space has hit prime time when you can boast tenants like Twitter. Fortune 500 companies have long been using the likes of Regus executive office suites in countries around the world. But the micro blogging phenom instead chose coworking office space. Twitter recently formed a presence in ...
Chicago Incubator TechNexus Takes Coworking to Next Level
Published April 6th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
CHICAGO—Chicago’s first collaborative ecosystem for tech entrepreneurs and business leaders is now officially five years old. The incubator hosts 3,000 entrepreneurs, innovators and business leaders every month in Chicago’s Loop. But these entrepreneurs do more than meet in alternative office space. Indeed, more than 130 companies have already grown within the ...
Queens Executive Office Suites See Rush of Attorneys
Published April 4th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
QUEENS, NY—For all the talk of virtual law offices, it seems attorneys still value brick-and-mortar office space, at least in Queens. Indeed, nearly 40 attorneys have joined the Executive Office Center at Fresh Meadows in Queens since the building opened its doors in the fall of 2011. The Executive Office Center offers ...
Regus Expands Video Collaboration Partnership With LifeSize
Published April 3rd, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
AUSTIN—Regus is expanding its video collaboration partnership with LifeSize, a division of Logitech. The expanded partnership will bring LifeSize HD video conferencing to more than 240 Regus executive office space locations around the world. By tapping into LifeSize video conferencing solutions, Regus’ executive office suites and virtual office customers can communicate ...
Intelligent Office Opens Boston Executive Office Suites
Published March 29th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
BOSTON—Intelligent Office has been expanding quickly in recent months. The professionally staffed office space for mobile executives, small businesses, professional services firms, and independent contractors, just opened its first-ever location in Boston. Specifically, the executive office suites provider will hang its shingle in the heart of Boston’s Financial District. The new ...
Coworking Plus Tenant Inks $1 Million Deal
Published March 28th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
TORRANCE, CA—Coworking Plus in Torrance is seeing plenty of action. The coworking office space provider keeps signing up new clients for both private office space and membership space at its Torrance site. Now, Coworking Plus is offering some client success stories that show off the power of coworking. One of them ...
Regus Inks Rental Car Deals with Avis, Budget
Published March 26th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
DALLAS—Call it tit for tat in the alternative office space industry. Opus just inked a partnership with National Car Rental and Enterprise for its virtual office customers. Now, Regus has announced a multi-year agreement with Avis Budget Group. Regus is working to make business travel easier to helping its executive office ...
Miami Beach Gets New Executive Office Suites Brand
Published March 22nd, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
MIAMI—Büro is opening its second executive office suites project in Miami—this time in Miami Beach. Büro just inked a long-term lease on 10,400 square feet of office space to further its modern workspace brand. Büro debuted its serviced office style in Midtown Miami last year. The new executive office suites are ...
Intelligent Office Opens Las Vegas Executive Office Suites
Published March 21st, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
LAS VEGAS—Intelligent Office—a brand that is defining itself as a virtual, professionally staffed office space for mobile executives, small businesses, professional service firms and independent contractors, just opened the doors to its second executive office suites project in Las Vegas. Intelligent Office did its homework before deciding to open more serviced ...
CoWorks Opens Collaborative Office Space in Santa Monica
Published March 20th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
SANTA MONICA—If you are a creative professional, freelancer, entrepreneur or start up in Santa Monica's Silicon Beach, listen up. There’s a year-old hybrid office space in town. CoWorks just opened its doors and invites you to work in one of its workspaces or private offices. This Santa Monica alternative workspace ...
Access Business Centers Brings Serviced Office Space to Dallas
Published March 15th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
DALLAS—The Big D is getting a brand new executive office suites player. Access Business Centers, an international executive office suites and conference center company, just opened a facility at the Spectrum center in Addison. One of the earmarks of Access Business Centers is its collaboration and conference centers. The Dallas office ...
Coworking Office Space Network Adds Major Corporate Client
Published March 12th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
SAN FRANCISCO—The League of Extraordinary Coworking Spaces (LEXC). It’s a name you are bound to hear more of in the executive office suites world in the years ahead. That’s because the network of coworking spaces just announced its first cross-venue corporate customer: Accenture. This is quite a win for the fledgling ...
AdvantEdge Business Centers Opens Washington, D.C. Office Space
Published March 8th, 2012 by Jennifer LeClaire
WASHINGTON, D.C.—AdvantEdge Business Centers is opening a brand new serviced office space in Washington, D.C. The executive office suites and virtual office provider will open the doors to a new location at 2101 L Street NW in April. The hybrid executive office suites facility also offers coworking. This is a great ...
