Members & Margins

1. Operations

   Ten Things Experienced Coworking Operators Have Figured Out

   Ten operating habits experienced coworking operators keep arriving at, on pricing, people, programming and follow-up, worth building in from day one whether a space is open or still on paper.

2. Market Demand

   The 30% That Never Was: How Flex’s Most Famous Number Drifted

   The claim that 30% of office space will be flexible by 2030 is the most quoted number in coworking. It began as a measure of corporate portfolio preference, and over ten years of retelling it became a forecast for the whole market. Here is each step, and why flex is still only about 2% of office space.

3. Feasibility Screen

   Is Your Class B Office a Viable Flex Conversion? A 20-Minute Test

   A fast, structured way to tell whether a Class B or C office building is a realistic flexible workspace conversion before you spend on a full study.

4. Feasibility

   What a Real Coworking Feasibility Study Actually Includes

   What a genuine coworking feasibility study covers, and why a pro forma alone is not enough to commit capital to a flex conversion.

5. Revenue Model

   Flex Office Revenue Stacking, Explained

   How flexible workspace revenue stacks beyond desks through memberships, day passes, meeting rooms, virtual office, and events to lift NOI.

6. NOI Comparison

   Flex vs Traditional Lease: An Honest NOI Comparison

   A side-by-side look at the net operating income of holding office space for a traditional tenant versus operating a flexible workspace model.

7. Vacancy Economics

   What Empty Office Floors Actually Cost You Every Month

   The real monthly carry of vacant office space for landlords, and the breakeven math for converting empty floors to flexible workspace.

8. NOI + Valuation

   Flex Office NOI Valuation Framework

   How flex office strategies can improve NOI and asset valuation through vacancy conversion, revenue density, operating discipline, and conservative underwriting.

9. Enterprise Demand

   Corporate Coworking in the U.S.: How Enterprise Demand Is Changing the Market

   Enterprise companies now account for over 30% of U.S. coworking revenue. Analyzing how Fortune 500 adoption, private office demand, and multi-city access programs are permanently restructuring the flex workspace market.

10. Market Trends

    Europe’s Coworking Scene in 2025: Growth, Enterprise Demand, and Premium Trends

    What Europe’s 2025 coworking growth, enterprise demand, management agreements, and premium flex workspace trends signal for operators, landlords, and investors.

11. Revenue Model

    The Hidden Economics of Flex Office Revenue Stacking

    How flexible office models use revenue stacking to improve NOI, reduce single-tenant risk, and turn office square footage into a multi-layer monetization system.

12. Landlord Strategy

    How Coworking Spaces Increase Property Value for Landlords

    How coworking and flex workspace can increase property value for landlords through NOI growth, faster absorption, amenity value, revenue diversity, and stronger asset positioning.

13. Framework

    The Intelligent Flexible Asset Model

    Discover the Intelligent Flexible Asset Model framework. Convert office buildings from static structures into adaptive operating systems with our six-layer stack.

14. Industry Outlook

    Coworking Occupancy Benchmarks and 2026 Flex Trends

    Why revenue per desk is replacing occupancy as the metric that matters in 2026, and what the shift means for operators and landlords.

15. Space Planning

    Optimal Private Office Mix in Flex Conversion: Maximizing NOI

    Strategic real estate underwriting guidelines for commercial landlords converting office space to flexible coworking, detailing the optimal ratio of private suites to shared desks to optimize Net Operating Income.

16. Developer Strategy

    Why Developers Should Add Coworking: Flexible Leasing Drives Higher Yields

    Why commercial real estate developers should integrate coworking and flexible workspace layers to optimize spatial density, stack high-margin revenue, and increase Net Operating Income (NOI).

17. Mixed-Use

    Why Flex Office Is Becoming the Strategic Heart of Mixed-Use Developments

    Why flex office and coworking are becoming core value creation engines inside modern mixed-use developments, supporting retail, residential, office leasing, and asset value.

18. Market Trends

    2025 Coworking Trends: Management Agreements, Niche Markets, and Service Ecosystems

    Analyzing the commercial real estate shift toward asset-light management agreements, hyper-specialized niche community spaces, and hospitality-first service ecosystems in 2025.

19. Space Planning

    Spec Suites vs. Coworking Business: Creating a Mix for a Truly Flexible Building

    Spec suites, coworking and traditional leases are three products, not one decision. How to mix them in one building so every kind of tenant has a door.

20. Operations

    Are Coworking Spaces Profitable? The Role of Coworking Space Managers

    Explore how effective coworking space managers blend community engagement with sales strategies to drive profitability. Discover the essential role these managers play in ensuring coworking spaces not only foster vibrant communities but also meet financial goals, answering the pivotal question: Are coworking spaces profitable?

21. Conversion

    Vacancy to Viability: The Coworking Model as a Solution for Empty Office Buildings

    Office vacancy is now an economic and civic problem, not a leasing problem. What the coworking model can and cannot do for an empty building, and where it has worked.

22. Operations

    Community Manager 3.0: Why Your Space May Need a Coworking Executive

    Community management grew up. Why a maturing space needs a coworking executive who runs revenue, operations and culture together, and how the role differs from the host it replaced.

23. Market Trends

    WeWork’s Bankruptcy: A Historical Paradox in Coworking

    This morning, a coworking client sent me a Reuters article about the impending bankruptcy of WeWork. As someone who has been in the coworking industry since 2008, two years prior to WeWork, and whose businesses are tied to coworking and workplace culture, I feel compelled to comment on this situation.

24. Business Model

    Rethinking Office Real Estate: The Shift to Micro Leasing

    The coworking model is a micro leasing strategy: shorter terms, smaller units and a service mindset, in place of the multi-year lease that no longer fits how businesses take space.

25. Developer Strategy

    Build Your Own Coworking Operator Brand (and Business): A Strategic Move for Traditional Office Developers

    Why a developer who owns the building may want to own the operator brand too: control of the identity, the member relationship and the asset, instead of handing them to a third party.

26. Urban Economics

    How Coworking is Redefining the Urban Landscape

    How coworking reshapes the neighborhoods it lands in: local economic development, the way architects design for shared use, and the startup and talent scenes that form around it.

27. Member Experience

    A Deep Dive into Coworking User Stories and Member Experience Design

    Five member personas, the freelancer, the startup team, the remote corporate employee, the consultant and the non-profit leader, and what each one needs from the room before you design it.

28. Member Experience

    Coffee Shop Alchemy: Crafting Coworking Spaces with the Perfect Blend of Ambiance and Energy

    What the coffee house has always done for thinking and talking, and the specific elements of ambiance, energy and community a coworking space can borrow from it.

29. Business Model

    Demystifying Coworking Space Financials: Consultant Pulls Back the Curtain of the Coworking Business Model

    How the coworking business model actually makes money, from the revenue-per-square-foot goal that drives the industry to the costs and ramp that decide whether a space holds.

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