Congratulations to Grind on their deal with Verizon. As analysts looking at the industry from the outside, we think this is a very big deal. Corporations and commercial building owners are trying to figure out what to do with excess space. There’s been a lot of discussion about turning this space into coworking spaces, but the real estate industry moves very slowly. We think a corporation like Verizon jumping will lead more firms to make similar moves.
Steve…you are right about the real estate angle from the Verizon side but there is also a critical marketing angle for them - they get to position the brand closer to the “work lives” of their customers via a disruptive/forward thinking company = powerful. For Grind, this partnership offers rapid expansion with a serious technology partner - the potential is exciting.
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Benjamin DyettCo-Founder
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On Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 12:04:31 PM UTC-4, Steve King wrote:
Congratulations to Grind on their deal with Verizon. As analysts looking at the industry from the outside, we think this is a very big deal. Corporations and commercial building owners are trying to figure out what to do with excess space. There’s been a lot of discussion about turning this space into coworking spaces, but the real estate industry moves very slowly. We think a corporation like Verizon jumping will lead more firms to make similar moves.
Steve, you’re missing the best part of this announcement.
They left out the hyphen! 
scott.
Steve King [email protected]: Oct 15 09:04AM -0700
Congratulations to Grind on their deal with Verizon
<http://www.verizon.com/about/news/verizon-partners-grind-open-coworking-space-historic-lower-manhattan-building>.
As analysts looking at the industry from the outside, we think this is a
very big deal. Corporations and commercial building owners are trying to
figure out what to do with excess space. There’s been a lot of discussion
about turning this space into coworking spaces, but the real estate
industry moves very slowly. We think a corporation like Verizon jumping
will lead more firms to make similar moves.
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