Cool concept I heard of today for first time: bank branches as third place coworking spaces. Makes absolutely no sense as a daily coworking space but might be a good loss leader for the bank. The real estate is widely distributed and very underused 90% of time.
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Verdict: holy cow it’s morally a WeWork with Pete’s Coffee at half price for bank customers. I’d totally work solo here for a few hours if I were in neighborhood between things.
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And it makes no earthly sense from a square footage allocation perspective; it’s two floors of prime retail real estate on State Street in Chicago. But if they get enough young professionals to bank here... I could see it, maybe? Crickey you’d need a lot, though.
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Good job I guess
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I used to work from these in SF when I’d be doing meetings downtown but had an hour or two break between them. Fascinating concept.
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The one in DC China town is surprisingly busy whenever I pass by. During the day and evening.
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I have friends who have signed up for a Capital One bank account *solely* because doing so gives them free coffee at those cafes. Seems like a very smart loss leader.
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They have a Capital One Cafe here in the Seaport District in Boston that is usually filled with people on laptops and also has free occasional yoga classes.
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