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If you had 1000 sq feet of cheap, well-located industrial workspace in a fairly dense urban area, what equipment would you put in and what would you do? Assume you can’t be in the food/dark-kitchen business and that supplies you need from China/Amazon continue to flow smoothly.
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1000 sq ft is not much. Just about the same size as a 2br apartment. Just laid out more openly. Think 20x45 open rectangle space plus a 5x10 bathroom and a 5x10 small office/den with a mini fridge and microwave. A small retail store basically.
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I imagine this as taking an ordinary small store on Main St. and at most ripping up weak flooring, replacing with well-leveled concrete, taking out any low false ceiling, and improving the ventilation somehow. Add natural light if possible, and some minimal soundproofing maybe.
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No just thought experimenting on Starbucks-ification of the idea. Smallest scale at which it could work. I’m guessing 1000 sf is the lower limit if you want them as ubiquitous as Kinko’s today.
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