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Commercial real estate firms, co-working companies join forces

by Matt Levin
Aug 9, 2021
Commercial real estate company Cushman & Wakefield partners with WeWork, hoping to absorb some of that vacant office space.
Cushman & Wakefield's $150 million partnership with WeWork is the latest in a series of deals between commercial real estate firms and shared workspace companies.
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Will COVID-19 be the death of coworking spaces?

by Lisa Rabasca Roepe
Apr 3, 2020
“The coworking model hasn’t been around to witness an economic shock,” one analyst said.
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When did upscale office bathrooms become a thing?

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 29, 2019
We're talking soft lighting, colorful wallpaper, even cricket sounds.
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How Erie is rewriting the Rust Belt narrative

by Reema Khrais
Apr 4, 2017
Entrepreneurs are building a startup culture in the Pennsylvania city and bringing new energy to its economy.
Sean Fedorko heads up Radius CoWork, Erie’s first coworking space.
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The rise of female co-working spaces

by Erika Beras
Mar 30, 2017
Women are creating professional settings that cater to their needs, like child care.
Amber Morris, a manager for the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, works out of the Coterie between meetings.
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That extra chair in your home office? Rent it out

by Sally Herships
Sep 12, 2014
A startup does for home offices what Airbnb does for spare couches.
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Co-working gains steam, so is the business behind it

by Gigi Douban
Aug 28, 2014
We explore whether this new office business model is here to stay.
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When does a start-up stop being a start-up?

by Sally Herships
Aug 15, 2014
Is it measurable by time, employees, or the number of beanbag chairs?
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Juggling multiple jobs: Hey, at least its not boring.

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 24, 2014
It can be stressful to patch together a living from several jobs.
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New York's next tech hub: Harlem

by Molly Wood
Oct 24, 2013
A new co-working space in Harlem aims to bring more tech to the neighborhood.
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