WeWork Cos., the world’s largest co-working startup, is preparing to enter Argentina and Brazil while scouting potential sites in nearby countries as part of an expansion in Latin America.

The New York-based shared-office startup, which was most recently valued at $16 billion, plans to open two locations in Sao Paulo in June, as well as at least one in Rio de Janeiro by the end of the year, according to Pato Fuks, the company’s regional general manager for Latin America.

WeWork was founded in 2010 and now has 143 locations in 35 cities across the world. The company typically rents office buildings, refurbishes them and then rents out desks or small offices to startups and other customers looking for a place to work with free coffee and beer kegs. It has pushed aggressively for international expansion in the past several years. The company raised $690 million last year for a drive into Asia.

Via bloomberg.com

Having a physical space for your business is no longer a necessity. Companies around the world are turning to remote workers to handle everything from content creation to sales, and the employees of the world love it. Working from home affords them the flexibility they want in a job, and it’s a lot more affordable for budding startups. But what do you do when  you need to get out of the living room and stop spending money at expensive coffee shops? You go to coworking spaces, that’s what.

As the newest model for cooperative working, coworking spaces have become the new norm for smaller startups and individuals looking to work in a network friendly environment. In addition to providing affordable office space, most coworking spaces include a bevy of amenities that put most five-star hotels to shame. From free coffee to beer on tap, these buildings have become networking havens for a new class of entrepreneurs and employees alike.

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Breather, a workspace rental firm, recently closed on a fresh $40 million Series C funding round and is busy putting that money to good use. The company, which has now raised $73 million in venture funding since founding in 2012, offers a range of stylish workspaces in commercial buildings in cities across the U.S., Canada and the U.K.

The company operates in 10 markets at present, including London, New York, San Francisco and Toronto. New York City is actually its busiest, with about half of its rental listings based there. With the Series C capital, Breather intends to add newer workspaces in existing markets, expand into new markets, and hire more specialist staff. The round was led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Valar Ventures, RRE Ventures, Real Ventures, and Slow Ventures.

Breather is officially described as an on-demand short-term rental company. It rents out unused rooms in commercial spaces, furnished smartly via its in-house design team for a consistent experience. The spaces are generally rented out to those who only need a work area for a short period of time, in some cases as little as 30 minutes.

Via realtybiznews.com

US telecoms giant Verizon has announced plans to open a coworking space for up to 200 startups in London. The space, based out of an existing Verizon office in Clerkenwell, is being developed in conjunction with workspace provider Work.Life and is set to open in April.

The Venetian Las Vegas has launched its first co-working space in partnership with online clothing store Zappos.

Located on level two of The Palazzo Congress Centre, the 110 sqm pop-up contains a mix of meeting rooms, private corners and lounge space. These are divided by transparent walls in an effort to create an open-plan environment and draw delegates in.

Furnishings are by luxury décor company Restoration Hardware, which has filled the space with industrial design features such as raw wooden tables and stools and distressed leather armchairs. Inside, there are four private phone rooms, charging stations and a conference room that seats six.

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D.C.’s major coworking players remained essentially the same in 2016, but boy did they make noise.

Homegrown chain MakeOffices opened big new locations on K Street and out in Clarendon. The company also hired #dctech superstar Shana Glenzer this year, and expanded into Chicago and Philadelphia.

NYC’s coworking giant WeWork opened new locations on K Street, off 14th Street at Manhattan Laundry and next to the White House with Metropolitan Square. The latter space is unique in its size — and reflects some talk we’ve heard this year about coworking being what the future of the work place looks like.

2016 has been the year of new ideas and innovation, new policies and changes in the overall economy of India. It has also been about the emergence of new business models in the start-up economy. One such new concept that has picked up steam in the Indian market is the idea of sharing workspaces. Companies over the world are asking what are the best ways to create an office that is not just to house all their employees but also to become a strategic tool that enhances productivity, collaboration and inspiration for the company and its employees.

Co-working and collaborative office space still makes up a tiny slice of Denver’s overall office market, but 2016 marked a big year for its growth.

Global co-working giant WeWork entered the Denver market this year, opening two hip, modern outposts near downtown, and local players grew their footprint, too, with new and expanded locations.

By rough estimate, Denver added more than 155,000 square feet of co-working space in 2016, and that’s just counting WeWork’s two Denver leases, Shift Workspaces’ new Golden Triangle campus and Thrive Workplace’s expansion in Ballpark.