OpenSpace

Wow! Thanks for the overwhelming interest in OpenSpace so far. A few months to go, and it sounds like we’re going to have a very fun, diverse group circling through the space. Construction has begun in the building already and it looks like we’ll be ready to open our doors early fall. We’ll be sending out invites for the grand opening once we have more details, so if you haven’t already submitted an inquiry, be sure to either submit a form request or contact hello@openspacecoworking.com.

We had the pleasure of meeting up with Dave Norris, Mayor of Charlottesville, last week and had a great discussion on increasing business “across the train tracks”. There are some really cool new businesses popping up in the Warehouse District, still in easy walking distance to the mall.

Back from Merchandise Mart in Chicago, and while our feet are still hurting, our minds are overflowing with furniture options! If you think you’ve seen a furniture showroom, I challenge you to visit the Merchandise Mart and tell us otherwise. It’s 4.2 million gross square feet, spanning two city blocks with 25 stories (three of which offer commercial furniture), with hundreds of showrooms. Visiting fourteen of them took up a solid day and a half.

We visited Steelcase, Turnstone, Vitra, Coalesse, Global, Tuohy, Fixtures, Izzy Design, Harter, Nucraft, Creative Wood, Davis, National and DIRTT.

Also managed to stop off and visit new friends at Workspring, a very cool high-tech meeting and conference spot in the River North neighborhood of Chicago.

Now on to the hard part…decisions, decisions, decisions!