Tag: WeWork Lightwell

Gerald Smith, Plexpod

Created for collisions, coworking spaces adapt to a socially distant return to flexible offices

By Tommy Felts / June 18, 2020

Typically focused on in-person collaboration and interaction, coworking spaces are adapting to the realities of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — and seeing some unexpected opportunities, said Gerald Smith. “Corporate inquiries just went through the roof because suddenly they’re now looking to de-densify their corporate headquarters,” said Smith, founder of Plexpod, a progressive coworking community with four…

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WeWork Lightwell

First look: WeWork Lightwell illuminates space for growing teams downtown (Photos)

By Tommy Felts / February 8, 2020

Despite national headlines that question WeWork’s staying power, a second Kansas City location signals light at the end of the tunnel for the coworking giant.  “The expectation of the workforce is changing,” Erik Wullschleger, WeWork community director, explained during a Startland News tour of the newly opened space, which occupies the third and fourth floors…

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Lightwell building, downtown Kansas City

WeWork opening second coworking location in newly renovated downtown Lightwell building

By Tommy Felts / July 11, 2019

WeWork will continue to shine a light on entrepreneurs in Kansas City with a second location inside the newly named Lightwell building downtown.  “Since opening our first location here nearly two years ago in the Crossroads at Corrigan Station, WeWork in Kansas City has been bustling with entrepreneurs and high-growth businesses,“ said WeWork’s Kansas City…

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