25 things you may have missed This Week In Coworking.

Welcome to the LinkedIn Summary of this week's newsletter.

In Week 22 we explore if 95% flex occupancy is too high, the operator who saw 86% revenue growth. brokerage red flags, a superb drone tour, 3 warnings for operators, micro gyms, local SEO tips, 5 market moves, and more.

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~~~ Coworking Celebrations

?? Preferred Office Network hits 1k milestone

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~~~ News & Views

?? Is 95-97% occupancy too high?

via Katharine Lau

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?? Are these things that flex brokers actually do!?

?? Popular with email readers

via Michael Dubicki from Flex Engine

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?? An excellent example of a fly-through tour

via Gina Schreck from The Village Workspace

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?? 3 warnings issued to flex space operators

via Will Kinnear from HEWN

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???? The 60-year story behind The Factory London

via Stuart Bluman

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???♀? Are micro gyms the next revenue driver?

via the team at Spacebring

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???? The coworking story that led to a space launching at Zurich airport.

ft Emanuel Forny

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?? How to leverage SEO to boost your flex space performance

put together by the OfficeRnD team

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~~~ Coworking Technology

?? Romanian flex platform makes menu and payment acquisition

ft Andrei Cretu and Gabriela Draghia from Pluria

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?? Are you asking the right questions of your data?

via Shariq Kochhar from Nexudus

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~~~ Datasets and drops

?? US sees 1% growth in suburban coworking spaces in 2024

According to CoworkingCafe ‘s annual Coworking Suburbs Report

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?? Are Mondays back for you?

via Jules Robertson from Tally

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?? Swedish operator reports 86% growth in turnover

ft IOFFICE Business center

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???♀? More tenants factoring landlords’ debt into leasing decisions

via Damla Gerhart from Avison Young

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~~~ Industry Market Moves

???? Operator opening 60k sqft in star-studded Fulton Market

ft John Wallace from Workbox

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???? Operator shuts down due to unacceptable condition of building

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???? 4th UK neighbourhood gets its own workclub hub

ft Patch

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???? Operator opening a 10k sqft location in Savannah

ft Charlie Robinson at The Malin

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???? Dutch brand raising €1.3M via crowdfunding round

The team at startdock shared that they’ve already raised €1.06M

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~~~ Industry Discussions

John Preece from Hub Australia joins Jonathan McFarlane about the integration of real estate and technology in creating flex workspaces, and coworking trends on the PlaceOS podcast.

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Andrea Pirrotti-Dranchak (MBA) from EXPANSIVE interviewed Sarah Maffei , Vice President at Foundry Commercial about the evolving landscape of commercial real estate, the complexities of making real estate decisions today, and her insights on creating strategies that enhance work.

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Christian Schmitz from Salto Wecosystem joins Omar Tarek on the Engage podcast to discuss how traditional real estate is pivoting from building single-purpose buildings to building as adaptable, multi-purpose buildings to meet the dynamic demands of modern living and working.

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Sofia Stolberg (from PilotoMail and Piloto 151) joins Liz Elam on the GCUC podcast to unravel the dynamic landscape of where coworking and virtual spaces overlap.

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~~~ Partnered Events

?? Convo: Giving great coworking space tours

Fri, May 31

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???? GCUC UK goes ‘up North’

Thu, June 6 – Fri, June 7

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???? London Coworking Assembly Forum & Bar Camp

Thu, June 6

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~~~ Industry Jobs

(????) Patch are hiring a Site Director in Bournemouth, UK

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(????) Bottle Rocket Search is hiring a multi-location General Manager based in either NYC or Miami.

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That's it for this week.

Thank you for being so awesome,

Hector