{"id":7536,"date":"2018-02-21T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukgcucco0.web01.sundaramdesign.com\/?p=7536"},"modified":"2018-03-19T19:38:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T19:38:13","slug":"co-working-grows-niche-spaces-catering-small-businesses-take-center-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/co-working-grows-niche-spaces-catering-small-businesses-take-center-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"As co-working grows up, niche spaces catering to small businesses take center stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Rachel Layne, Special to USA TODAY<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Karen Burton\u2019s longtime dream of a home for building industry entrepreneurs in Detroit came to fruition in June.<\/p>\n<p>Bolstered by a $55,000 city development grant, Burton and husband Bobby opened SpaceLab Detroit, a 5,200-square-foot co-working space in the heart of downtown just as the real estate market there gathers steam. In October, the area cracked Realtor.com\u2019s Top 10 hottest U.S. markets, coming in eighth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did freelance architectural design for quite some time. I worked from home, worked from my clients&#8217; offices,\u201d said Burton, 52. \u201cI just wanted the amenities available in an architecture office and to be able to share resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SpaceLab now has 30 members working in construction, interior design, architecture, real estate law, property management and even furniture supply. It\u2019s filled with tailored features like a large-scale printing plotter and a specialized materials library. Members are steps from city offices that oversee building applications and permits, and some are already teaming up to bid on new contracts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/small-business\/2018\/02\/20\/co-working-grows-up-niche-spaces-catering-small-businesses-take-center-stage\/343147002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ THE FULL ARTICLE ON USATODAY.COM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rachel Layne, Special to USA TODAY Karen Burton\u2019s longtime dream of a home for building industry entrepreneurs in Detroit came to fruition in June. Bolstered by a $55,000 city development grant, Burton and husband Bobby opened SpaceLab Detroit, a 5,200-square-foot co-working space in the heart of downtown just as the real estate market there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[81,84],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7536"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}