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Existing Spaces
These are the current coworking spots in the Boston metro area:
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WorkBar is a shared office space designed around the needs of today’s “work from home” professionals or those finding themselves searching for workspace in coffee shops. Our month to month memberships offer the flexibility that today’s mobile workers need while providing 24 hour access to spacious works areas, conference rooms, printing, faxing, scanning, and unlimited cups of fresh coffee daily.
Workbar is perfect for small businesses, freelancers, entrepreneurs, startups, small groups and other Boston professionals looking for an affordable place to work, meet with clients and meet other like-minded professionals in the Boston Area. We are located across the street from South Station and accessable by the MBTA red, green, silver and orange lines and commuter rail.
Memberships: Part time, Full time, Nights and Weekends and Private Offices
Location: 711 Atlantic Ave, Lower Level, Boston, MA 02111 MAP
Website: Workbarboston.com
- Access to fast & secure WiFi and wired Internet
- Unlimited conference calling
- Unlimited fax
- Color and black & white printing
- Free coffee & snacks
- Access to conference/meeting rooms
- Projector and screens available for presentations
- Lounge and private phone areas
- Spacious workspace
- Kitchen
Contact: Evona at info@workbarboston.com
Twitter: @workbarboston
Facebook: Workbar
549 Columbus (working name)
Description: 549 Columbus is a coworking space mixing creativity and social justice, located in the South End. We are close to public MBTA Orange Line Mass Ave stop, as well as the 1 bus.
Memberships: Full time
Location: 549 Columbus Ave, Boston MA 02118
Website: http://www.facebook.com/pages/549Columbus/189418491127785?ref=ts
- First floor storefront space
- Access to fast & secure wireless
- Black & white laser-printing
- Lounge area and shared library
- Open floor plan
- Kitchen
- Restroom
Contact: Ben Mauer at creativecoopspace at gmail dot com
Description: The TSP Digital Lounge (Digilounge) is a coworking boutique located on Boston's famous Newbury Street. We're not as big as WorkBar or Betahouse, but we're conveniently located and have an emphasis on technology.
Location: 252 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116. Directions here. Located closest to Copley, Hynes Convention Center, or Prudential Green Line T-Stops. Boston metered street parking available.
Details: Coworking desks, couch, Lots of Macs, WiFi, Ethernet jacks (20/6 Internet), Xbox 360, community Twitterboard. Note that we do not have private meeting areas or conference facilities.
Seats: 4 reservable coworking spots, other casual seating available.
Costs: Options include Pay As You Go for $5 per hour or Memberships starting at $30 per month including 8 hours of reserved hotdesk space (casual coworking using Wifi is unlimited). Full month rental of a hotdesk runs around $300 per month, but our facility is best for people looking for hours/days of coworking, not weeks.
Contact: digilounge@techsuperpowers.com or 617-267-9716. More information available at http://www.techsuperpowers.com/digilounge
Description: A coworking facility for technologists and hackers in Boston. We care about free software and the Open Web, and regularly host lectures on various technology related subjects. Located downtown in the Bocoup offices. There are three good coffee shops, seven lunch spots, two bars and two fancy dinner places within two blocks.
Location: 319 A Street (Fort Point Channel area), ~5 minutes walking from South Station.
Details: Rent includes Desk and Chair, Wifi Internet, Conference Room, JavaScript Prototyping Room, Printer/Scanner/Copier, White Boards, Event Space with a 150 person capacity, aPA System, Projector & screen, Podium, Kitchen space with refrigerator, Free Coffee, Shower and a Lounge area with Sega Genesis and Atari 2600. Parking is available in the building's oversized alley, across the street in a garage, or on Summer st metered.
Capacity: 30+ desks
Cost: Currently, there is one option: $400/month for a full-time desk. Rent is month to month.
Terms: You can download the Membership Agreement from the loft website: http://loft.bocoup.com/coworking
Contact: 617-379-2752 || admin @ bocoup dot com
The Haven
Description: The Haven is a new Scottish pub in Jamaica Plain open for coworking Monday thru Friday in the afternoons.
Memberships: No cost.
Location: 2 Perkins Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (in the Hyde Square neighborhood in JP) Orange Line stop: Stonybrook Station. Bus is route 39 (stop at South Huntington at Perkins Street).
Website: http://thehavenjp.com
Hours: 12 noon to 5 PM
Capacity: Two large pub tables and multiple dining tables; counter spaces along the windows.
- Fast, free wireless
- Free coffee
- Restroom
- Around the corner from new Whole Foods Market
- Free street parking
Contact: Charles McEnerney: charlie at layersmarketing.com
Description: Share space in a stunning, newly renovated brick and beam building. Ideal for individual artists/designers/architects or groups/firms of 2-6 persons. Up to 365sf of semi-private office suite space along with a dramatic 600+ sf common work area with 16' ceilings, conference room, kitchenette and office storage area. 24/7 access. Private mailbox. Workshop space for woodworkers or sculptors also avail.
Location: 103 Terrace St. At the base of Mission Hill and in close proximity to the Roxbury Crossing T station
Details: Includes wireless and wired internet, utilities, conference room, kitchenette, common area for hosting events. More information can be found here http://www.maplehurstbldrs.com/terracest.html
Capacity: Up to 6 desks
Cost: Varies depending on number of desks
Terms: Month to month
Contact: 617-784-8276 || derek @ maplehurstbldrs dot com
Description: Entrepreneurs Charlie Weisman and Nima Yadollahpour missed just two things about corporate life: access to office amenities, and the camaraderie of working in a shared space. They dreamed of a comfortable, modern, and continually evolving workspace in which ideas and creativity could flourish. The result is Oficio. With the privacy of a home office, the support of a corporate office, the social aspect of a coffee shop, and a prestigious mailing address, Oficio strives to provide affordable professional support for all types of people. Whether you're an entrepreneur, graphic designer, writer, or accountant...there's no longer a reason to go it alone.
Location: 30 Newbury Street, 3rd Floor.
Details: Oficio is a boutique coworking space located at 30 Newbury Street that offers members a business mailing address, variety of seating options, high speed wifi, meeting rooms, phone booths, and complimentary gourmet coffee. We are open Monday through Friday, from 9AM to 7PM, and Saturdays from 10AM to 5PM.
Capacity: 40+ various seating options.
Cost: Plans start as low as $99 per month and all memberships can be shared. For full pricing details and levels, visit http://www.myoficio.com/rates.php
Terms: Month to Month.
Contact: Call the office at (857) 239-9843 or e-mail contact@myoficio.com.
Description: Boston Offices offers Boston’s best location with Virtual, Flexible and Co-working options available. Have a flexible, cost-effective, fully-furnished working office space when you need it. Having that Boston address and phone number will give your business the edge that it needs. Using our virtual office option is like having a personal assistant without the cost! We are located 36 floors above Post Office Square overlooking Boston Harbor & Logan. Meeting rooms & staff support on demand. There is no long term commitment. Office space available on a monthly, daily or hourly basis. Boston offices is perfect for small businesses, freelancers, entrepreneurs, startups, lawyers, small groups and other Boston professionals looking for an affordable place to work and a great location to meet with clients. Please visit bostonoffices.com or email sales@bostonoffices.com for more information.
Membership: Virtual, Flexible, Co-Working
Office Space Available on a monthly, daily or hourly basis.
Virtual Office Options Starting at $99 per month.
Location: Suite 3600, One Post Office Square, Boston, Ma 02109 MAP
Website: http://www.bostonoffices.com
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High Speed WiFi
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Full Time Friendly and Helpful Staff and Receptionist
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Free Dunkin Donuts Coffee
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Use of our Conference rooms overlooking Boston Harbor
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Conference Calling
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Video Conferencing
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Co-working Space, Private Offices, Conference Rooms, Team-working Rooms all available
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Use of Fax, Printer, Shredder
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Located Very Close to Downtown Crossing and State Street MBTA stations
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Kitchen
Contact: Mark, Stephanie or Katya at sales@bostonoffices.com
Intrepid Labs
Description:There’s 6 of you now. You’ve grown out of the coffee shop/C3 phase, and need a new home. You need some place you can take clients, vendors, and investors. You’d love to get your own office, but you realized you have no idea if you are going to be 7 strong in a year or 15. A three year lease is out, but that’s all the landlords want to sign. Intrepid Labs was designed with you in mind. It’s a home for as long as you need it and not a moment more. It can scale with you, and allows you to focus on running your business and nothing else. Grow your team as fast or as slow as you need, and never pay for a sq ft you aren’t using. Get your own digs when ready because the lease you’ll sign with us is month to month. Don’t hire an office manager, don’t worry about internet, and don’t lose focus on the only important thing you are doing right now. Building your business.
Details: 10,500 square feet. Includes 8 conference rooms, a cafe, a lounge and a sky deck. Loose leaf tea, coffee, water, and healthy snacks are all included.
Location: 222 3rd Street, 4th Floor American Twine Building, Cambridge, MA 02141
Cost: Designated desks-$500/person/month
Hot desks- $300/person/month
Capacity: Geared towards venture backed and revenue generating companies ranging from 5-25 people.
Contact: 315-436-0901
info@intrepid-labs.com
The Industry Lab is an artful co-working space in Inman Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Inhabiting the 5,500-square-foot fourth floor of a lovely brick building with wood floors and lots of windows, it’s a place for artists, engineers, scientists, and designers to reside in proximity in the service of creating beautiful things. We are freelancers, groups, startups, and studios. We collaborate, hold events, and have drinks here and there too.
Residency: Each full-time resident at Industry Lab pays a standard, monthly fee for a large chunk of permanent space. There are no additional costs. Access is 24/7/365. There is no specific square-footage allotment, instead we zone each room for a certain number of residents. Currently suite-A is a 1000-square-foot space with 8 residents. What you do with your space is up to you and the people around you, everything is possible and all is socially mediated. Want to play loud music? Ask your neighbors if it's okay. Want to use some extra space to build something big? Just ask. Residency is curated. We are building a community, not just selling office space.
Shared Facilities: Every Industry Lab resident can partake in the shared services. We have a few parking spaces, fast Internet, good water, and weekly cleaning service. We have a shared conference room that you can book as needed. We have a freight elevator and a machine shop.
To learn about renting space with us, check our about page. Here’s a list of our residents. And, if you want to drop us a line, go ahead and make contact.
Cambridge Coworking Center ("C3")
Description: Ours is a free-flowing environment designed to meet the needs of people launching new initiatives. It provides a variety of shared working areas including large square tables that can accommodate two entrepreneurs to a side, a bank of desks along the window-line, a high-bar seating area, a soft-seating area, and two private conference rooms. A light beverage service includes Poland Springs water and Keurig coffee in a variety of flavors. C3 is a co-working focused off-shoot of the Cambridge Innovation Center, founded in 1999. Cambridge Innovation Center is the largest facility in the US dedicated to housing startup companies. Amongst the planned users of the space during its launch summer (2009), C3 will house both the summer entrepreneurship fellowship program of Harvard Business School, and the winners of the MIT $100K Business Plan Competition.
Location: One Broadway, Kendall Square, about 100 feet from the Red Line MBTA T station.
Details: Rent includes enterprise-class wifi (using Ruckus wireless access points), printer/scanner/copier, two conference room, white boards, coffee (we have a Keurig machine), and spring water. There is a paid parking garage in the building, in addition to the subway. We are in a light-filled area on the 10th floor of One Broadway, overlooking the MIT campus.
Capacity: 40+ seats plus couch areas. Members are given a personal cubby to store their things when they are not there.
Cost: $250/person/month. Rent is month to month, with 30 days' notice before moving out.
Contact: Tim Rowe and friends. Contact information at www.cambridgecoworking.com.
Geek Offices is a coworking space offering all the amenities of a professional office, with none of the overhead. We currently are hosting 25 startups and ongoing concerns, including web developers, mobile app developers, an IP lawyer, designers, media companies, fashion designers, not-for-profits, technology companies and more. We have expanded into six suites, including two conference rooms, multiple lounges, lots of whiteboards, several semi-private work areas and all the equipment to help you function at your peak. More than the facility, you are in the heart of Cambridge, and will be rubbing elbows with some of the best and brightest entrepreneurs, self-employed professionals and service providers in the business.
Geek Offices offer:
- Dedicated workspaces for 1/2 to 1/3 cost of other Cambridge coworking sites
- Resident Geek on site
- High speed Wi-Fi
- Cambridge mailing address for your business
- Conference Rooms, including a very nice boardroom
- Plenty of white boards!
- Casual lounge areas on multiple floors
- Air conditioning
- Printing, scanning, faxing
- Daily FedEx and UPS shipping right in the hallway
- Zipcars right in the parking lot
- Choice of 25 restaurants and lounges in the neighborhood!
- Parking available
- 24 hour access
- Showers
Location: Suites 1, 3, 4A, 9, 17A, and 21B, 1035 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02141
Space: 14,000 square feet + 8 private offices, 50 workstations, (aka cubicles), several work tables, lounge chairs and more.
Rates: "Geek Premium", dedicated workspace for $400/mo, "Geek Company" offers a dedicated cubicle for the boss at $400/Mo, and shared cubicles at $100/mo. for up to 4 employees, or get a "Geek Pass" for $100 for 25 hours of membership on your schedule (over 3 months max).
Not Required: No notice to leave- just tell us at the end of the month that you're moving out. No security deposit required. No insurance certificate required.
Contact: Use the contact form on our website, http://ww.geekoffices.com, or email info(at)geekoffices(dot)com, michael(at)geekofficescom or give us a call at 617-725-1000.
Description: Professional work, community, and meeting space for designers of every stripe (architects, product designers, graphic and web designers, etc) with shared desks, conference room for 8, ventilated studio, equipment (color printer/copier/scanner, general supplies), lounge with resource library, kitchenette, high-speed wifi. Reservation of the conference room comes with 2 private parking spaces. Design Annex is an initiative of the non-profit community group Union Square Main Streets.
Location: Union Square, Somerville in a professional building. 1 1/2 miles from Harvard, Central and Porter Squares. On 5 bus lines and with metered lot adjacent to the building.
Details: Membership includes wifi internet, printer/scanner/copier, projector, conference room, white boards and pin-up area, coffee and occasional snacks. Members gather for weekly brown bag lunch and month social events. Upper tier of membership includes locker and Business Zip Car Membership. (Zip Cars located behind the building.) Building is handicapped accessible.
Capacity: 8 workstations with extra monitors for your laptop, plus skylit loft with lounge, conference room, kitchenette table and model studio.
Cost: $165 to $375 for car transport. All members currently have 24 hour/7 day week access. Minimum 3 month membership then month to month with 30 days notice to terminate.
Contact: Mimi Graney. info at dannex.org -- www.dannex.org. Follow us on Twitter.
Spaces in progress
Jamaica Plain Design Coworking Space
Description: 2-3 desks would be available for interested full-timers in tech, design, creative fields. Definitely wanting a creative/innovative/progressive vibe.
Location: Jamaica Plain near Stonybrook T. The potential space is in the Brewery Complex, which is home to some awesome nonprofits, a gym, and Ula Cafe.
Details: See this flyer.
Capacity: 4-6 people
Cost: $200-$350/desk -- details need to be worked out.
South End Coworking Space
Description: 15 desks in shared office suite and 2 offices suitable for 2-3 people in old brick and beam building with lots of start up and small companies.
Location: SOWA (South of Washington Street) between Harrison Avenue and Albany Streets, walking distance from the Silver Line, Broadway (red line) and New England Medical (orange line) T stops. Parking available for $15/day.
Details: Still being worked out, but anticipated to include wifi access with potential access to shared printer/copier/scanner, coffee, and kitchenette. Access to two small (4 person) conference rooms and one large (10-15 person) conference room on a space available basis for extra charge.
Capacity: 15-20 people
Cost: Space is designed for 'day users' with other options in the building for folks wanting to rent on a monthly basis. $35/day or $300 for a 10 day pass. Considering half day passes for $20 if demand warrants.
More Info? Contact southendworklounge@gmail.com
ka-POW-er (spaces) Back Bay - Creative Coworking Space
The focus of ka-POW-er (spaces) is effective creativity. As Scott Belsky so aptly puts it, "It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen." Our Coworking space is aimed squarely at designers, writers, art director/copywriter teams, filmmakers, creative freelancers, film & video editors, producers and other Makers who have a "bias to action". Our purpose is to gather like-minded creatives who personify our three-fold goal to inspire, connect, and equip members of Boston's Creative Economy; a creative business incubator where we all contribute to one another's success.
We envision a colorful, simple, clutter-free space, with a mix of open collaborative areas and enclosed rooms. We envision a shared library, a screening room, a brainstorming room, and perhaps a Wii. We envision a space that is friendly to mature, artistic children who accompany their parents from time-to-time. We envision after-hours networking events, movie nights, free seminars, weekly community lunches, and open ideation sessions. We envision a lively mix of some of the smartest, most interesting, creative, talented, and driven people, who want to make their mark on the city of Boston and the world. After all, Coworking is about PEOPLE, not facilities and specifications.
The "Catalyst" of ka-POW-er (spaces) is Marc L. Grubb, Owner/Creative Systems Architect of fusion IT, soon to be ka-POW-er!.
We consider ka-POW-er (spaces) a long-term goal. In the meantime, if you are a creative who embodies our values, by all means, join our thriving Meetup Group!
Interested Parties
- Gena Peditto
- Satish Mummadi ( Great Idea: I'm Working on some wicked cool mashups, need some geek buddies to hang around)
- GregorRothfuss
- Yoav Shapira
- Taylor Hayward (looking for a space in Cambridge about $300-$500 per month. Don't need much space. posted: Oct 20 2008)
- Dharmesh Shah
- Luis Villa (when I'm next in a job that facilitates this)
- Shimon Rura
- MosheWeitzman
- Sj
- Sooz
- Jimmi Heiserman Web and Game freelancer
- Alex Nauda (job flexibility permitting)
- Mike Burns
- David Kelleher (this is an ideal location and situation for my freelance work)
- Ben Saren (Very interested in learning more)
- Gina Kamentsky (great idea for location)
- Jon Pierce, Cofounder of Betahouse (see above)
- Dave Evans: local, like the space
- Visual Pinball Tables
- Pariuri
- Expandable Baton
- Jay Neely (Would be interested in making use of the space)
- Yair Marcow (excited to explore whether it fits with my growing new venture)
- Peter Davis of Zealot.com (looking for community as much as a place to sit and good coffee)
- James Johnson of insurance forum We are close by and interested in coworking
- Will Scarbrough (when I'm a freelancer again - probably 2008) Also, what about phone calls, will that be OK in the space?
- Jeff Takle (maybe a monthly $29 fee, includes wireless & coffee... I like it.)
- Jeremy Gross Offer second LCD screens to rent for doublescreening. Use VOIP phones.\
- MJR - In need of office space, commute in via North Station.
- Alex Sherman nice- ideal if accessible evening+weekends for when i 9-5
- Greg Gibson, Cofounder of Betahouse (see above)
- Dan Pickett, local - interested in local coworking facilities
- Agaric Design Collective - we're a bit more West, but we're very interested.
- Nikita Bernstein
- Bryan Clark local - recently turned work from homer, interested in coworking facilities
- Dave Adams - Developer in Medford looking to share workspace in Cambridge / Somerville / Medford / Arlington
- Steve Holt - are freelance writers allowed in these things? =) as mentioned several times above, would love space, good coffee, community.
- Kyle Bradshaw - interested in coworking with fellow web developers located in Brighton.
- Ben Mauer - interested in coworking space with web developers/creatives in Jamaica Plain.
- Bernadette Smith - interested in coworking space in Jamaica Plain, up to $350/month
- gwanucha--interested in coworking space in Jamaica Plain, freelance writer, $200/month
- Cayte - looking for other freelancers who want to get together a few days a week to work.
- Eric Carlstrom - creating a co-working space in Arlington, MA (posting this Sept 2010)
- Jon Lopkin - Creative Director/Designer interested in coworking space in South End
Misc. Notes
Gregor's old Qingping idea
Idea: providing monitors for rent
My friend John Sequeira pointed out that he just got a sweet dual monitor setup, which made working on just the laptop less attractive to him ;)
|-I've been telling plenty of people within the past few weeks that dual monitors offer huge productivity boosts[NY Times link, I suggest BugMeNot]. Most laptops have video cards that support dual monitors, so if nothing else, it's possible that a coworking facility could offer the best of both worlds by providing monitors to plug into. CRT monitors can usually be cheaply acquired, would it be difficult to build housing for them that matches the decor of the rest of the coffeehouse to hold them?
Hardware resellers for TigerDirect can usually score 17" or 19" flat screen monitors for just over $100 each -- an investment in 10-20 would add a substantial boost in productivity and "cool factor" for a small up front investment that can be depreciated out. You could also just offer those monitors as a Premium membership perk or something to recoup cost and differentiate levels of support.
