[Coworking] Re: Question from Miami Beach

2010-01-18 Thread Sasha V
Sorry, coming into this a bit late. Thanks, Jerome, for asking our opinion :) I think like with any space it all comes down to location and price. We weren't looking for a ground-floor space but happened to land on one that had a good deal and thought having a walk-by space could only be a plus.

[Coworking] Re: Question from Miami Beach

2010-01-14 Thread mitten
Workantile Exchange is in a street level space, which allows us to partner with a coffee shop which sublets a portion of the space closest to the street. That kind of partnership with a retail entity probably wouldn't work anywhere but ground level. A lot of people who come into the coffee shop as

[Coworking] Re: Question from Miami Beach / ground floor spaces

2010-01-14 Thread Scott Tillitt / BEAHIVE
I also agree with Alex. But... We have a prominent ground floor space in our new location (Uptown Kingston, NY) and a not-so-prominent sorta ground floor space in our first (Beacon). I think in a smaller town -- like ours and maybe like Fort Collins, which is quite a bit bigger than ours but no

Re: [Coworking] Re: Question from Miami Beach

2010-01-14 Thread Araceli Camargo-Kilpatrick
Hello Angel We found that ground level and private entrance is important as the easy access makes it easy for people to drop by also if your members are having clients come see them you want to find the entrance easly. In regards to signage we are going to put one out next week, so I will tell ho

Re: [Coworking] Re: Question from Miami Beach

2010-01-13 Thread Jerome Chang
I agree. However, Sandbox Suites should chime in as they have a pretty prominent ground floor presence. Jerome __ BLANKSPACES "work wide open" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Jan 13, 2010, at 2:42

Re: [Coworking] Re: Question from Miami Beach

2010-01-13 Thread Alex Hillman
There's a reason that ground floor real estate is valuable: it's the street-side equivalent of the candy bar section of the checkout aisle. Now consider the cost of all of those impulse buy items...they're nominal. "Oh, what's another .99?" There's a reason that they don't sell iPods in checkout

[Coworking] Re: Question from Miami Beach

2010-01-13 Thread Angel
1) How important is ground location? Do you rely on "walk-by traffic" or "office space on upper floors" works just as well since most other co-workers find the place virally? We have been weighing ground vs upper level during our siting process. Many want us to be on the ground floor because we