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New Airbnb-style site books unique Dallas spaces for meetings and events

One of the cool spaces you could book through Peerspace in NYC.

A company that bills itself as the Airbnb of space rentals for events, meetings, photo shoots, and media productions has entered the Dallas-Fort Worth market — its first presence in Texas.

Peerspace allows hosts to generate income from their offices, restaurants, stores, homes, and other spaces that might otherwise be empty or underused. For event planners and other venue renters, Peerspace says its platform “removes the hassles of intricate booking negotiations and paperwork, while Peerspace’s expert support provides knowledgeable guidance to make any event go off without a hitch.”

“A unique and inspiring space is an often overlooked, yet essential, part of a successful and memorable meeting or event,” Eric Shoup, CEO of Peerspace, says in a release.

The dozens of places listed for rent in Dallas-Fort Worth are literally and figuratively all over the map, including:

Gallery space in Dallas Design District, $50 an hour.
Deep Ellum loft/warehouse, $500 an hour.
Newly built three-story home in Old East Dallas, $150 an hour.
180-person conference room in Addison, $150 an hour.
Floral shop in Las Colinas, $50 an hour.
“Industrial” event space in downtown Dallas, $650 an hour.
Storefront in Historic Downtown Plano Arts District, $50 an hour.
Meeting retreat in Highland Park, $100 an hour.

Alishan Jadhavji already has signed up as a Peerspace host in Dallas.

“Peerspace is great because it enables me to rent out my venue by the hour — without having to worry about accommodating overnight guests,” Jadhavji says in the release. “Peerspace clients have been amazing, and I’ve hosted interesting events including modeling shoots, corporate meetings and retreats, and even a music video shoot for an Australian pop star.”

San Francisco-based Peerspace, founded in 2014, already operates in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C. Google Ventures is one of its investors.

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Coworking News

New coworking space to open in Dallas' Oak Lawn neighborhood

Office Evolution

A coworking space is opening in Dallas in a central location: Office Evolution, a Louisville-based coworking chain, will open what a release says is a "state-of-the-art coworking space" at 3500 Oak Lawn Ave. #360 in Dallas at the southeast corner of Lemmon Avenue.

No details on what makes it state-of-the-art, but construction is ongoing and an opening is anticipated in mid-October.

Office Evolution was founded in 2003 as a shared workspace-coworking environment, cultivated on the principles of "Ohana," the Hawaiian tradition that references family working toward a common goal. (The founder was from Hawaii.)

The company started out in Boulder, Colorado, then relocated its headquarters to Louisville. It's an affiliated brand of United Franchise Group, and is part of The Vast Coworking Group, which specializes in franchising within the coworking industry. All of their locations are franchised.

The Dallas location is owned by franchisee Michael Pickering, a Dallas native who runs a family-owned indoor soccer facility in Dallas. (There are two other Office Evolution locations in the DFW area in McKinney and Southlake, owned by different franchisees.)

They're describing the Dallas location at 3500 Oak Lawn Ave. as "Turtle Creek," although its location at Oak Lawn and Lemmon really puts it at the epicenter of Oak Lawn. (To further complicate matters, the building previously and incorrectly described its address as "Uptown.")

It's a seven-story building in which the majority of tenants are doctor and medical offices.

Office Evolution rates include a coworking day pass for $25, plus "flex" office options starting at $200 a month for 20 hours, up to $550 a month for 80 hours.

Amenities of the building that are also accessible to Office Evolution customers include a front desk; a 1,000-square-foot fitness center; covered parking; and on-site security six days a week.

According to a spokesperson, Pickering and his team put $1.2 million into the renovation to transform the space, which occupies most of the fourth floor where it will span 9,240 square feet of space with 41 total offices — one of which is earmarked as an "on-demand office" for the professional on the go.

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