The coworking industry has seen unprecedented growth the pastfew years, enjoying rapid expansion across some of America's mosteconomically valuable cities. In fact, according to Deskmag, thenumber of coworking locations has also grown globally from 1,130spaces in 2011 to 13,800 in 2017. With the rising prominence of themarket, companies that take advantage of coworking have seen majorbenefits to their business—outsourced office management, seamlessentry into new markets, gorgeous design, and well-maintained andflexible work environments.

While companies of all sizes — from start-ups to enterprises —are taking advantage of the coworking movement, there are otherstakeholders that stand to benefit from the coworking boom—bothlandlords and property managers. Some of the most prominentlandlords and property managers in the world have begun to investin the coworking industry.