Serendipity Starts "Co-working for Grown-Ups

CHICAGO—As reported in GlobeSt.com last Friday, Harbor Group International, LLC has just signed New York-based Serendipity Labs to open and manage a 30,000-square-foot co-working lounge and conference center on the mezzanine level and second floor of One South Wacker, its 40-story, 1.2-million-square-foot tower in the West Loop. And John Arenas, chief executive officer of Serendipity, now tells GlobeSt.com that his company plans to put similar spaces in other class A office buildings, residential buildings, hotels and other spaces. “What we’re building is a national network that our members can access wherever they go.”

Although co-working spaces have proliferated across the US, this Serendipity facility “is an important first for Chicago,” Arenas adds. One South Wacker is the first class A Chicago office building to incorporate a full-service shared workspace and conference center for its tenants and the public. Tenants know that today’s employees want, and increasingly expect, a variety of work options away from the traditional office desk, and Serendipity can provide that.