It’s a relatively new office concept…work clubs. Switchyards is an idea that came out of the effect Covid had on office use. Switchyards operates a chain of neighborhood work clubs. The clubs are open 24 hours a day, offering unlimited coffee and tea. They have meeting rooms, phone booths and spots for deep thinking. An introductory teaser offers new members eight days for $12. Memberships go up from there. For most, it costs $100 a month to join Switchyard, and each club has between 300 and 700 members.

So far, there are 13 club locations in Atlanta, Charlotte and Nashville. Switchyards plans to grow to 200 locations over the next five years.

The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports the company said it had raised $5 million to help fuel the expansion. The investment was led by San Francisco-based Bullpen Capital, with participation from existing investors Bellevue, Washington-based Cercano and Atlanta-based Overline. 

The co-warehousing trend seems to be catching on. The Raleigh Business Journal reports Blue Co. Warehousing is building a third version of its warehousing concept. On the company’s website, Blue Co. says it is building out a scaled network of co-warehousing spaces for service-based companies, tradespeople, makers, food & beverage entrepreneurs, e-commerce professionals, and more.

Blue Cos. already has one 60,000-square-foot warehouse up and running and is looking at more in the Raleigh area. The first building is at 510 Pylon Drive, and the second is right across the street. The first is full, and the second, while still not open, is nearly full as well.

The warehouse is for companies that need less than 2,000 feet. The company will divide spaces as small as 100 square feet, which will give the tenant access to ramps and the loading dock to unload products.

Companies can rent monthly or sign on for a multi-year lease.