Caroline Collective answers:
1) How much finishing did you require in order to get your space
functional?
Our space required a great deal of work to get it to a vanilla box
state. Significant demolition of standing walls, rebuilding of new
walls, replacement of new doors, removal of
I'm doing some very early research for a coworking space, and I wanted
to ask a few questions:
1) How much finishing did you require in order to get your space
functional?
We lucked out -- we found a place that was perfect that only needed
some touch ups. I had budgeted $10k though
2) Did you
All--
We're still in the buildout stage (new carpeting yesterday, yay!).
Herewith our experience to date;
1) New carpeting, some walls and doors (conference/meeting rooms), new
lighting (track instead of fluorescent tubes).
2) We're going with a high capacity WAP plus gigabit hardwire ethernet
Hi Christian,
I am very new at this too, so I can't answer most of your questions!
However, I can tell you that you should find a broker to help you and look
out for things yourself as well. I would be happy to refer you to a broker
in your area if you'd like (if you don't like them, just don't
Thank you all for your responses! It is certainly helfpul to hear. I
have a few more questions:
Does your space represent a profit (by that, I mean your wage comes
from the space) center, or do you run it as a break-even and have your
own business or job on the side for primary income? Do you
Oops...hit send too fast. (Citizen Space again)
No profit here. We make a little extra money, but it really goes back into
the space itself. And, yes, Citizen Space is supported by Citizen Agency, my
consultancy. There are a few spaces I know of that people can draw a salary
from, but no wildly
RE: Do you have any advice to share on getting started with a commercial
real estate broker? Did you do the research on your own, or did you
rely on an agent to find spaces?
Craigslist all the way...but I realize not all areas have the same
advantage. We also walked around the areas of the cities
Hi. Jerome here from L.A. I'm a licensed architect so hopefully
these answers will help you.
We have a 5000 sf space, and a 200 Amp panel. Since we have some
pretty hefty rooftop A/C units, we're pretty much tapped out: those
units consume some 150A, and the rest is for the office. In
I'm trying to get up to speed on all the specifics as well, so just a
quick note to say thanks to Jerome, Tara, and others who have added
such great feedback.
Now back to my learning process! :)
Jake
On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:15 PM, Jerome Chang wrote:
Hi. Jerome here from L.A. I'm a
Hi, Jake! Seems we are on the same track. I'm in the Dallas area as
well, and my research is targeted towards the North Dallas (Plano/
Frisco/etc) area. Alex has opened a great coworking space in Dallas,
but it serves as a) an incubator of sorts, and b) a possible expansion
space for Architel. IT
Excellent! I'm in North Dallas too and agree that it would be great to
have something in the Plano/Richardson/Garland area.
I'll drop you a line off-list.
Jake
On Sep 6, 2008, at 10:01 PM, Christian wrote:
Hi, Jake! Seems we are on the same track. I'm in the Dallas area as
well, and my
Conjunctured's (Austin) Answers:
1) How much finishing did you require in order to get your space
functional?
We leased an old house built in 1918. It was in great condition when
we got it. We had the interior repainted and gave it a good cleaning.
Other than that, it was ready to go.
2) Did
Citizen Space Answers:
1) How much finishing did you require in order to get your space
functional?
Our space was really raw when we found it, but our landlord was awesome in
helping us get it ready. We paid for some of the materials and he paid for
most and the installation. It took about
Office Nomads Answers:
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm doing some very early research for a coworking space, and I wanted
to ask a few questions:
1) How much finishing did you require in order to get your space
functional?
Not much at all. Our
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