Comments on: Cost-Conscious Coworking Facility Opens in Cambridge

By: Marcus Hester

Marcus Hester — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:44:52 +0000

I’d love to work in a coworking facility like this! Large open spaces, working on couches. This is great. I do wonder if serviced office spaces will begin to offer these communal spaces in some markets to accommodate a need for a blend of private offices and open spaces. It’s something worth considering. Are you listening, Regus?

By: Jennifer LeClaire

Jennifer LeClaire — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:04:36 +0000

Tim – Thanks for chiming in on this. It’s important that we continue to define the various forms of alternative office space. Coworking seems like a simple concept, but even within that space there are creative ways to go about it. Shared offices and sharing offices are two different things. Thanks again, Tim!

By: Rob Zeus

Rob Zeus — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:30:32 +0000

Very nice. I like the focus on cost-cutting at this coworking facility. If they hadn’t taken all those measures, the office space might have carried rent twice as much. I am not surprised at this level of innovation coming out of Cambridge, especially from the Cambridge Innovation Center, LOL.

By: Tim Rowe

Tim Rowe — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:26:44 +0000

Nice article. Thanks, Jennifer. In answer to Maggie’s question, I think shared office and co-working are really quite different. Coworking is much more about a shared working experience, where as ‘shared office’ tends to be about operational efficiencies.

By: Maggie Correta

Maggie Correta — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:56:02 +0000

You got me on the C3 hook, LOL. I remember when there was all the speculation over Bill Gates starting a new company called C3. Wasn’t too long ago. It’s good to see yet another coworking facility spring up. It looks like coworking facilities are outpacing serviced office facility growth. I don’t have any data on that. But it looks like it if you do an Internet search.

By: Elizabeth Sanchez

Elizabeth Sanchez — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:40:11 +0000

Sounds like a cool place. Good example of a shared office facility operator who is moving in a new direction. Sounds like this one is more open in terms of its layout than others, with fewer desks. I am not sure what the culture is like in Cambridge, though I imagine it’s fairly high-tech since it’s near MIT. Less artsy. It’s an interesting coworking set up.