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FUSE Workspace website

DPG Partners website

What happens when you cross a community-focused former pastor with a passionate real estate developer? You get the perfect mix of leadership and energy to grow a thriving coworking space! Mike and John have been hard at work building their dream coworking business, and it's already starting to pay off. With members from all walks of life, their space is quickly becoming the go-to place for anyone looking for a supportive and creative environment to work in. 

Listen in as Giovanni and Jamie dive into the “why” behind FUSE and a behind-the-scenes look at Mike and John’s journey.

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Valve

Guest host Charlie Morrison and I sat down with Francesco Di Cammilli, GM of Valve for the US. Valve is the Global Distribution System for the flex office market. Valve is the one-stop for brokers to get access to real-time flex inventory in a market, making it much more efficient for brokers to make specific recommendations to their clients looking for hybrid work solutions. 

In this episode, we dive into why the UK flex market is ahead of the US, how Valve works and how the platform will evolve over time.

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CoStar

Candace Carlisle is a  Dallas-Fort Worth real estate writer covering North Texas' corporate relocations, major billion-dollar developments and big-time, headline-stealing real estate deals. 

We talk about:

• JP Morgan’s multi-billion dollar office project in Manhattan
• ULI’s theme of “flight to quality” when it comes to office space
• The ULI audience sentiment that flex is going to be a significant part of the office solution going forward
• How offices that require a commute will need to include a “quality of life” factor to compel people to show up
• Why Fooseball tables are out and Pickleball courts are in
• Why it’s hard to play coed soccer as an adult female (random but hey, we’re uncensored!)
• Why we might see more concepts like Old Parkland in Dallas 

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Anytime Mailbox

Anytime Mailbox already solves mail management for coworking space operators…and brings them mailing address customers through their significant lead generation efforts. Now Anytime has launched an outbound mail/shipping solution that operators can use as an amenity for their members as well as a revenue generator.

This kiosk is already in market with one of the world’s largest flexible office companies - IWG.

We talk to Matt about how ATMB discovered this pain point, what it was like to create a physical kiosk, how operators can leverage the mail kiosk to generate revenue and good will with members….and what it’s like to run a fully distributed, global team.

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Alidade Partners

Commercial real estate ocupiers today are looking to optimize their real estate spend. They want the right amount, the right type, in the right place. They also want to be able to flex up and down as necessary to accommodate special project teams, events, etc. 

Occupiers are struggling to make the right decisions in this still very uncertain “hybrid” work world.

On the other side, asset owners are struggling to package their offerings in a way that aligns with this evolved tenant demand (and buying power).

Enter Alidade Partners….they help occupiers make informed decisions about their real estate by providing data-driven analysis and recommendations. The company also works with asset owners to help them understand occupier demand and optimize their offerings to achieve 100% occupancy. 

By working with both occupiers and asset owners, Alidade Partners can help create efficient and effective real estate markets that benefit everyone involved.In this episode, Brandon Maderios and I dive into how exactly Alidade does this.

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Piloto Mail

Piloto 151 (Coworking space)

Like many of you, Sofia Stolberg got into coworking by accident. She owned a building with her brother and needed to monetize it. The concept, Piloto 151, worked so well in her home country of Puerto Rico that she and her brother decided to expand. One expansion growing pain was managing the volume of mail from their virtual office membership. This led to another business venture - Piloto Mail.

Sofia shares her entrepreneurial journey, and how she segments her offering to avoid cannibalization in a smaller market, and her bigger “why” around driving participation of women leading tech innovation…from anywhere in the world.

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Giovanni and I had a blast at the 2022 GWA Flex Forward conference! 

The conference was packed with great content (including a top-rated day of emceeing by Gio and an audience-favorite panel moderated by Jamie), and we were able to meet so many new people and network. 

We both agreed that live content is better than Zoom content because it allows people to bring their personalities to the conversation in a dimension that just isn’t usually possible on Zoom.

Tune in for a full debrief on the content highlights…and reviews on Karaoke and 70’s Night!

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Avison Young 

Not all potential coworking space sites are created equal. 

Nick Bratton is passionate about evaluating the likely succrss of potential coworking space locations.

In his role at IWG, he reviewed over 1,000 pro formas for potential Regus & SPACES locations. Now, as a member of the Flex team at Avison Young, he’s helping independent operators evaluate potential new locations. In our conversation, he talks about what he looks for in deals that he reviews, gives his perspective on the great devate around what goes on the window lines…and shares his pro tip where hallway width rannks in terms of making or reaking a layout.