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Coworking Office Space is Where Happy Meets Hard Working

Do you remember the last time you were in a coffee shop? Maybe you only walked by but you could see the patrons, content and happy. Remember the that great aroma, that relaxed atmosphere?

When was the last time you looked forward to going to work? No, I mean the last time you were honestly driving to the office with a smile on your face because you were going to work.

Best of Both Worlds

Welcome to the beauty of Coworking. What is Coworking? Imagine the feel and comfort of that coffee shop, then imagine that coffee shop being your office. Now you are getting close.

Have you ever worked around or with people you like, respect and that make you better? These are the teams, staffs and co-workers we remember, miss and desire to work with. One reason Coworking works is just that, it creates a space where like minds, kindred spirits and creative people all come together.

Now take that coffee shop, fill it with those people who inspire and respect you and then you have the answer to what Coworking is – and why it works. It’s no secret that a happy worker produces better work, that better results and production are the result of a healthy and happy working environment.

Will Coworking Office Space Work for You?

Who is Coworking for? Well if you work remotely or as a freelancer and are looking for a working space, some structure to your day and an office that will promote, empower and make you feel at ease – it is for you. What is Coworking?

Coworking is the best an office can offer and the best people you can work with, and it is the reason you will wake up excited to go to work! Contact us to learn more about the best thing to happen for offices since the copying machine and how we can help.

Take a virtual tour of Coworking office space in Seattle.

Visit the Level Office in the Historic Pioneer Building.

Pioneer Building Office Space Virtual Tour


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We have over 30 virtual tours of coworking office space and  executive suites in the Seattle / Bellevue areas available for viewing, as well as other listings, market information and general information on our Local Seattle office space page.

If you need help finding office space, please contact us. Our services and the services of our local reps is free to you.

 

Tenant Tip: The Best Kept Secrets for Renting Office Space

There is no doubt that renting office space is an extremely important business decision. The space you lease will often be your clients’ very first impression of you and your company. It is also where your employees spend the majority of their time. General location decisions take care of the coming and leaving issues, but what about the time you and your employees spend at the office? As a tenant representation firm, one of our challenges for our clients is considering what your experience is going to be once you’re operating your business in a chosen building.

The Little Things Matter

The little things include cleaning the carpet, painting the walls and conducting small repairs before a business moves in, allowing it to start its tenancy with you on the right foot. Big things tend to include a general aura of professionalism, for example, with prompt response rates that make you as a tenant happy.

Ongoing maintenance helps keep your office space in tiptop shape. Makes sure to investigate how often you will receive janitorial services.

Of course, not all property management companies offer the same standard of service. It’s important to go over the list of services a company provides and check their reviews from the other tenants.

The above features and much more enable you to direct your energy into your business, making more money and enjoying your time away from work not wondering when the landlord will fix damage to the entry way of your office; keeping your office in pristine condition and likely end up saving you money and stress in the long run.

Guest Post by our Atlanta Rep. JGRE has been a proud member of Office Finder for 20 years.

If you would like assistance in renting office space and negotiating the best possible deal with all the little things considered, contact us. We have local reps who can help you free of charge throughout the US, Canada and many other locations world wide.

Four Reasons Why You Should Consider Coworking Office Space

Office space is changing. While many companies still lease a traditional office with cubicles and a corner office for the boss, more and more businesses are choosing coworking office space instead. What is coworking office space? Most simply put, it is an office environment shared by several companies.  Here are four reasons why you should consider it for your business.

Employees Can Work When They Want

Many younger office professionals would like to work hours other than the traditional nine to five.  A coworking office space environment facilitates a flexible workplace. Workers can set their own schedules and choose times when they feel most productive.

Networking Becomes Easier

Dozens of businesses usually work in the same coworking office space, creating all sorts of networking opportunities. Good coworking companies actually facilitate networking through promoting their “Member” to other businesses within their properties. Many have weekly networking parties to facilitate a relaxed networking opportunity. Many company owners in these environments report finding an accountant, a lawyer, a web designer and other professionals just a few feet away. The opposite works, too, since coworking spaces are full of potential clients.

Coworking Spaces are Fully Furnished

Leasing a traditional office space means installing phone lines, assembling furniture, dragging equipment in and more. All that hassle is a thing of the past with a coworking office space because it comes fully furnished and completely equipped with conference rooms, chairs, desks, internet access, printers, etc. Everything needed to run a professional office is already there. All you need to bring is your computer.

Coworking Office Space Saves Money

Renting a traditional office space is expensive and means committing to a long-term lease.  In a coworking office environment, businesses effectively share costs, and leases have shorter terms. Many coworking spaces also include free perks, like coffee, tea and snacks. Some even offer free beer!

The American workforce is changing, and office space is changing with it. If you are ready to save money, enhance productivity and increase networking opportunities, then it is time to consider a coworking office environment. Contact us today to see how we can help.

Want to take a look around a Coworking office space. Here is a 360° HD Virtual Tour of the WeWork office space in Seattle’s hot South Lake Union Area aka Amazonia.


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Report: Flexible Office Space Becoming A Necessity For Businesses of All Sizes

According to a recently published report from Cushman & Wakefield, along with Unwork, rapidly evolving technology and a changing workforce, flexible office space is becoming an essential component of commercial real estate strategies for both large and small companies. Companies looking for office space aren’t seeking a long-term lease these days. They want workplace options that they can — with little time or money invested — make fit the size of their company now, grow within, and that won’t burden them someday with unused space. In other words, flexible office space

While the old adage about “location, location, location” remains true, everything else about what an office building should provide has changed and is continuing to change. The world has reached a point where one of the hottest commodities of real estate is workplace as a service offerings. Consider these facts from a 2016 report from JLL:

  • It is predicted that one million corporate members will be using coworking spaces by 2018.
  • 61% of coworking space providers are planning to expand their operations.
  • A poll of corporate members reveals that 74 percent stated that the ability of employees to think, talk, and brainstorm together creates the most value for the company’s organization.

Accelerator and incubator spaces that are available for start-ups to use immediately are becoming popular attractions in the new office building concepts. Coworking spaces that encourage interaction from different employees, to encourage new ideas and to bolster movement. Modular workspaces that can be changed up or retrofitted to suit new occupants or new styles in a fast-paced and ever changing market. Beyond location and flexibility? The Cushman & Wakefield/ Unwork report says that the next most important provision of a new office building should be amenities. Free or heavily subsidized food, the ability to take classes on-site, great devices. Anything that makes that building and the benefits of working there stand tall against the competition.

Are you looking for flexible space in a great location? We can help! Contact us for more information.

Take A Tour of Flexible Office Space in the Safeco Plaza in Seattle:


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Keeping Your Business Safe in a Coworking Office Space

Coworking office space is the wave of the future, and an excellent solution for new businesses looking for a great place to work at a fraction of the cost of private office space. Like all great things, coworking can have some challenges for businesses too. Here are three common issues that can arise when coworking, and how to solve the problem and make the coworking space great again.

Issue #1: Everyone can hear your ideas

Coworking leads to the open sharing of ideas between diverse groups of people, leading to increased productivity and creativity. Unfortunately, it also means another business in the coworking space might hear your great idea and decide to use it for their next project.

The solution: Choose a coworking office space with a written commitment to honesty and policy regarding intellectual property. Just to be safe, leave the most private company discussions to the coworking space’s enclosed board rooms. Document proactively by immediately putting all of your ideas in writing, as soon as your company conceives them, in case of a worst case scenario where you need to take legal action.

Issue #2: Your employees are having trouble focusing

Working in a coworking office space is fun and vibrant, but the social atmosphere and open plan can make concentration difficult at times.

The solution: Make your company’s most productive hours times when the coworking space is least busy. When complete quiet is needed, take advantage of the enclosed conference rooms in the coworking space that your company can rent. Some coworking spaces also have completely private offices is your team needs full privacy at all times.

Issue #3: Other businesses try to steal your stuff… or employees

Open floor plans make space less secure. And communication is more open, so much that another company may give your best employee a job offer while you’re out of earshot.

The solution: For valuables, either take them home at the end of every day, or use locks to store items in a dedicated company desk. Some coworking spaces have lockers you can use. To retain employees, make company culture fun and encourage your employees to socialize with each other.

Contact us for help finding your company’s perfect coworking space.

Take a Virtual tour of WeWork’s Westlake Tower Coworking Office Space:


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The Best Kept Secret to Renting Office Space

There is no doubt that renting office space is an extremely important business decision.  This will often be your clients’ very first impression of you and your company. It is also where your employees spend the majority of their time working. You want to make sure there are no problems. That is what the best kept secret to renting office space is all about.

What is the best kept secret to renting office space?

The best kept secret to renting office space is to make sure you rent one that utilizes a property management company.

Why?

Managing an office building requires considerable time and knowledge, two things many landlords may have in short supply. For instance, renting out space involves going over tenant applications, screening them, researching companies, collecting deposits, taking care of maintenance and ensuring rent is paid on time.  Why would this be your concern as a tenant? Making sure your neighbors pay on time, have good credit and keep their surroundings tidy ensures the consistency and security of your own office space.  Not to mention, your clients and business associates will likely judge you on the general impression and façade of your office building.

Peace of Mind

No matter where your landlord is in the world, you can rest assured that you will be taken care of if they have hired a property management company. This means you won’t have to to worry about calls not being returned for days, and you get peace of mind that someone is there to take of whatever may go wrong.

The little things include cleaning the carpet, painting the walls and conducting small repairs before a business moves in, allowing it to start its tenancy with you on the right foot. Big things tend to include a general aura of professionalism, for example, with prompt response rates that make you as a tenant happy.

Ongoing maintenance helps keep your office space in tiptop shape.

Of course, not all property management companies offer the same standard of service. It’s important to go over the list of services a company provides and check their reviews from the other tenants.

Many Benefits, Some You May Not Have Unexpected

In a nutshell, renting an office space run by a property management company provides security in the following areas:

  • Legal issues – this in your best as well as the owner of the building. It’s always good to have documents clearly stating whose responsibility certain matters are and the time frame in which they need to be taken care of.
  • Administrative details – Need leasing paperwork for your taxes or to change your payment method? Now you have options in a timely manner.
  • Maintenance – need I say more? The property management company is obligated to resolve issues in a timely manner.
  • Marketing – Make sure your building is occupied and you are in a bustling center of commerce.
  • Tenant screenings and tenant evictions – Your neighbors are held to a high standard that reflects on your reputation as a successful business owner.

The above features and much more enable you to direct your energy into your business, making more money and enjoying your me time away from work not wondering when the landlord will fix damage to the entry way of your office; keeping your office in pristine condition and likely end up saving you money and stress in the long run.

Guest Post by: Patrick Rogers is the Principal Property Manager for Asurent Property Management in Eugene Oregon.

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Office Space Buzz Words for 2017? “Flexible Workplaces”

According to a recent blog post written by Cindy Krischer Goodman, and published by the Miami Herald, one of the biggest movements of 2017 is likely to be the continued rise of flexible workplaces. Fueled by the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and powered by a workplace now heavily inhabited by millennials — a group that strives for a work/life balance — the number of companies offering flexible workplace options for their employees is the highest it’s ever been.

In fact, Goodman notes, 80 percent of 375 companies recently asked, state that they offer some form of workplace flexibility. Many of these options include tele-work days, flex time, and shortened workweeks. However, other ideas being utilized by companies involve work-from-anywhere plans, and independent contract work. Videoconferencing is becoming a norm for companies that are escaping the traditional workplace, as are shared calendars and computer monitoring programs.

With a tightening market and employees that may have more than one job offer, the flexibility of the workplace is becoming an important benefit. By next year, Goodman explains, “agile” workers — those working in a temporary, contract, or freelance capacity — are expected to make up as much as 50 percent of the workforce in the U.S. This is all a part of the new “Gig Economy.” The word “Gig” is slang for a short term work engagement, similar to what a musician would have with a date to play music.

Enter coworking spaces. Somewhere between a coffee shop with free Wi-Fi and the business centre of the 80s, coworking spaces offer the combination of flexibility that agile workers require and the business culture that they need. A recent report from DTZ predicted that there will be close to 50,000 coworking spaces available by next year, providing benefits such as short-lease occupancy, remote working, and a simple solution for start-ups looking to focus more on their business offerings and less on their location. As we discussed a few weeks ago, Coworking spaces are not just for small businesses. Many Fortune 500 companies use them as a source for providing flexible workplaces to their employees.

Would you like to find flexible workplaces in your market or learn more about the benefits of coworking spaces? If so, feel free to Contact us!

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Honest Office Space Virtual Tours? We Do That!


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Interactive high definition 360-degree office space virtual tours are becoming more popular in the commercial rental industry. They provide an invaluable service to prospective tenants who want to ensure that buildings are a good fit before scheduling time consuming in-person walk-through tours. Virtual tours make it possible to achieve this goal – especially for the company that is relocating from another city or state.

Advantages of Virtual Office Tours

An online brochure for an office building provides you with the basics. It discusses square footage options, amenities, parking spaces, and nearby shopping as well as dining opportunities. you can find the same information on almost every listing website. Although plenty of these informative listing website pages also feature images, they nevertheless still make it difficult to get a feel for the property. For example, a large office image that persuaded you to visit a location can turn out to be little more than the result of wide-angle photography.

Honest Office Space Virtual Tours Save You Time, Travel Expenses, and Disappointments

An honest virtual tour does not need to set a stage for the right effect.

  • No manipulation of the atmosphere. Photographers who want to appeal to professionals in search of bright spaces will shoot the images during daylight hours; those who want to emphasize elegance do so at night. We do it when our experts are available.
  • No models in a photo shoot. Typically, spaces should be without workers actively about their tasks. That said, sometimes it is unavoidable that people will appear in the images. However, they are not models who are paid to provide ambiance. They are just hard-working folks.
  • No touch-ups. Honest virtual tours show you the property the way it is. There is no touching up of brown lawns, no artificial elimination of water-stained ceilings, and no heavy editing of the shots.

The OfficeFinder office space virtual tours save you time, travel expenses, and the disappointment of finding out that a wide-angle shot or the use of a mirror, to add depth artificially or create the illusion of a second window and tricked you. You can see our office space virtual tours of executive suite and coworking spaces live at:

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If you are looking for an office and would like assistance or advice at no cost to your, Contact us. It is what we do and would be happy to help.

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Looking at Exciting New Office Buildings? Listen to Your Employees.

While many in the tech industry are trending toward exciting new office buildings that feature open plans and plenty of shared space, a recent article from TechRepublic warns that employee needs must be a factor in the design. In particular, the article notes, private spaces, quiet places, and smaller meeting areas need to be included.

According to a 2014 study from The Center for the Built Environment, workers who have their own office tend to be happier and less likely to take sick days, the article stated. An additional new study from Oxford Economics and Plantronics, involving 1,200 global employees and executives, found that millennial employees in particular found it hard to concentrate on work in a noisy environment.

Study Results

The results of these studies suggest that, although the trendy new open office plans encourage collaboration, balance is best when it comes to worker satisfaction. How to reach that balance? Providing a mix of open and closed spaces is a start. Additionally, the article suggests, the type of materials used in the design can also lend themselves to the creation of good working conditions. Hard surfaces can be replaced with more sound absorbent ones — such as carpet. Barriers between desks can be lowered to enable employees to see and interact with one another in a quieter fashion. Quiet spaces where phone calls can be taken or smaller meeting rooms can help.

While an office space isn’t going to meet every need of every individual employee, the article states, design should allow for flexibility in order to meet as many needs as possible and maximize productivity.

Are you searching for office space in new office buildings? We can help you find a work environment that suits the needs of your company and your employees. Contact us today for more information.

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Coworking Office Space: A Great Office Space Rental Alternative

Seattle coworking office space at WeWork

If your company needs office space but isn’t big enough to justify getting its own long term space yet, coworking office space offers you a viable alternative. They are particularly popular with entrepreneurs and smaller, newer businesses. Companies in a coworking space work together in communal spaces, sometimes having dedicated, assigned areas, and other times grabbing spots at communal tables on a first come, first serve basis. Here are some pros and cons to coworking:

Coworking Office Space Pros:

  • Reduced costs. Renting a desk or spot at a table is much less expensive than getting your own office – particularly important in the early stage of a business when capital is more limited.
  • Amenities. Coworking office space generally aim to make themselves fun and appealing to businesses, and the amenities they offer are impressive. Most serve complimentary coffee and tea, and some even offer free beer. Many have after-hours classes and support services. Most also have features such as private meeting rooms, common rooms or rooftop decks, equipped with TVs, video games, and even Foosball tables.
  • Energizing social environment. You’ll be surrounded by like-minded companies, reducing the chances of the isolation a small team can feel. Along with making new friends, being in a social setting will energize and stimulate your creativity, making it easier to improve performance by generating ideas and make progress with your company objectives.
  • Flexibility. The terms for Coworking office space don’t require a long term commitment. As you business needs change, you can easily add or subtract space.

Coworking Office Space Cons:

  • Lack of privacy. Being with others is great, but sometimes it can be difficult to deal with the noise volume and energy common in these environments. That is why the private collaboration areas available in most coworking office space is so important. Make sure your team makes use of them periodically to combat this.
  • Concerns with trust. When working with so many companies in one space, there’s always the risk your next great idea will get stolen. Check with the coworking space to see if they have a policy about confidentiality.

We help companies find coworking spaces that fit with their businesses’ unique needs. Contact us to determine if coworking is right for your company, and to find the best space for you.

On our Local Seattle Page we have several 360° interactive panoramic virtual tours of cowork office space. It gives you an opportunity the visit them 24/7 form wherever you are instead of having to spend the time visiting ones that don’t fir your style. Here is one we recently completed of the WeWork coworking office space in Seattle at South Lake Union.


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