Inside CoWork Jax
(http://photos.metrojacksonville.com/photos/1686567917_RgKsfW8-M.jpg)
Come celebrate the grand opening of CoWork Jax, tonight from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. Mayor Alvin Brown will be presented, along with several other prominent Jacksonville community leaders to speak about the space and Downtown Jacksonville. Food and beverages will be provided. In the meantime, Metro Jacksonville takes a sneak peak inside downtown's first coworking space.
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Looking forward to this and wish all involved the best.
Is this venture supported by a grant of some kind? Sounds like a cool idea. There is (or was) something similar at 3rd & Main in Springfield.
Quote from: dougskiles on January 26, 2012, 06:50:11 AM
Is this venture supported by a grant of some kind? Sounds like a cool idea. There is (or was) something similar at 3rd & Main in Springfield.
Yes there is. http://jacksonville.com/business/2010-12-06/story/hobo-jacksonville-business
This seems like a really great idea. Hopefully people take advantage of it and it would be cool to see it turn into an incubator for some local startup companies.
Looks great. Glad to see that building full now.
Hold on there! From these pictures, this looks way way too expensive for a startup incubator or even most types of bootstrap entrepreneurship (unless there is a generous donor somewhere). All that furniture and glass doors do not look cheap. Is this more for home businesses to have a place to hang out other than the house?
There's one building down, now let's fill some more!
Quote from: cityimrov on January 26, 2012, 01:40:11 PM
Hold on there! From these pictures, this looks way way too expensive for a startup incubator or even most types of bootstrap entrepreneurship (unless there is a generous donor somewhere). All that furniture and glass doors do not look cheap. Is this more for home businesses to have a place to hang out other than the house?
I think you can see from their website that Perdue Interiors (downstairs in same building) is a sponsor.
great opening event tonight....good mix of hipsters and power brokers
When I'm working I want privacy, and some peace and quiet. Neat concept I suppose, but practically I'd wonder.
well you can rent an office suite...it has a door :)
Looks really cool, very stylish. Clients would be impressed imho. here's to it's success.
This is very good for downtown. This is an example of a 21st century concept that I believe will become more widespread and will be part of a pivot in how many people work. Great to have one and great to have it downtown in a historic building. Jax should also attempt to attract marketing/PR/media/design firms downtown. They use similar space and are what I would consider another 21st century growth industry.
And one way to ensure that your crumbling warehouses are renovated is not to just rely on the potential that there are enough folks in Jax wanting to spend $400K + for a loft condo, but to fuel some of these small 21st century style businesses that use loft office space.
Coworking Week was last week:
CoWork Jax in Partnership with Downtown Vision, Inc. Announces 2nd Annual Coworking Week
posted March 12, 2012
March 12 to March 16, CoWork Jax is hosting the 2nd Annual Downtown Coworking Week. The week includes the opportunity to cowork for free at CoWork Jax as well as participate in a wide array of events highlighting coworking, entrepreneurship and collaboration.
To learn more about the 2nd Annual Downtown Coworking Week, click here.
What happened to this place? Looks like it's been closed for a while now.
Quote from: PeeJayEss on July 20, 2017, 09:39:40 AM
What happened to this place? Looks like it's been closed for a while now.
Five year lease was up. Given that Level Office (which offered the exact same product with newer amenities and more private spaces) opened nearby along with new executive suite (a similar product) floors available to lease in the Everbank, Bank of America, Aetna and Ameris Bank buildings... I'd say that CoWork Jax and Perdue Office Interiors (their partner) probably made the business decision to reallocate the space towards Perdue's growing business needs (the company purchased the building last year... whereas they were previously leasing the building for the preceding five years).