A crowd-sourced toplist with the best coworking spaces in Near East Side, Chicago. Edited by Sara Bergman.
This is a toplist with the best coworking spaces near Near East Side, Chicago. You can help to make this list better by voting for your favourite places!
Our company has been at IO Suites for a little over 2 years now, and we've had a great experience. Joe and Taso are always friendly and accommodating to our needs—fixing problems with the office or furniture right away. They make it easy for a small company like ours to have high-quality professional office space to work in.
ABC is a great location for my office. Julie, Kim and Mike really are wonderful job of accommodating what I need. I have been with these guys since 2011 and it works very well for me.
Love the variety of amenities and locations throughout downtown Chicago. The kitchens always have really good coffee (with the Streeterville location having nitro cold brew) and beer on tap. Streeterville also offers a really nice Relaxation Room that features massage chairs — which are as great (if not better) as they sound! Staff is always very helpful, responsive and accommodating. In the 7+ months I've been working out of Make Offices, I have felt very productive, welcome and comfortable. Great facility with a truly warm vibe that affords the opportunity to integrate as much or as little as you prefer with the rest of the tenant community. Highly recommended!
Love the space, clean and very professional!! The amenities are amazing, they offer the best coffee and nice snack options! Also the location is great, next to public transportation! I love it! it was easy to rent an office here for a meeting!
Our company partnered with Workbox in an IT advisory capacity and I have to say John Wallace and his team are the most cordial and enaging coworking professionals I've ever met. Their space is gorgeous and in an ideal location in River North. It's obvious that Workbox isn't merely in the business of adding tenants/members to the space, but developing a Chicago business community ecosystem. Everyone at Workbox has a symbiotic stake in the success of their neighbors as they all tend to support each other, contributing from different areas of expertise. I can't think of a more positive work environment.
LOVED my time in this WeWork location last week!
I was in town for business and being that I work for a small, remote company, I love to find new community spaces to work out of.
I stumbled across this WeWork location as it was in close proximity to my hotel and I was so pleasantly surprised to spend a day here. The community managers I met, Lauren and Natasha, were both so kind and helpful. I was able to grab a small booth, some cold brew coffee and get super productive.
Community is clean, the other staff members I met were also very kind and overall, this community was lovely. It also has an amazing view and conveniently, there's a cafe on a different floor that I was able to quickly access a salad for lunch and get back to work without leaving the building!
Thanks for a great day! :)
Excited to be the first to review SPACE! I was invited to co-work here with a friend a few weeks ago, and was really impressed with the lighting, furniture, and balance between startups and individuals working here. What's unique about this space is that the teams that have offices here often work out in the open area. By the second day, I had already met and talked to at least three different startup groups, which is so rare and wonderful, considering I've been comparing co-working spaces for quite awhile.
The Herman Miller desking offers generous surface area for spreading out, many convenient outlets, and there are skylights sprinkled throughout the space for a natural daylit loft ambiance. It is pretty quiet now, but I think Space will hit a critical mass soon, especially with groups like the Experience Institute making regular appearances. Get in now while you can!
Location, location, location. It's by far my favorite coworking space in Chicago. The place is welcoming and the staff is always very helpful. Some events might be a little distracting but I rent a small private office so that’s not a big issue for me. Highly recommend.
This is a really good place to work. The staff is friendly and the atmosphere is relaxed compared to other downtown locations I've been to. It's not very quiet because the space is smaller and the kitchen is near the workspace, but I don't mind if I don't have to concentrate on something intense. Good view as well.
I got a membership at this WeWork in 2019 and it's been an awesome place to work! There are gorgeous views and lots of natural light through the windows. The staff here is great too.
I love this place. Very bright. Excellent common areas. Offices tend to be a bit smaller than in other co-working spaces. Also rent is higher. That said they are mostly booked out.
My massage and fitness business, Total Body Solutions, has been at Novel Coworking Superior for two months now and it has been a wonderful experience. Brent, the sales manager helped me find just the right space to meet my needs and fit my budget. Shout out to Marne the Office Manager for being responsive and helpful as I moved in and fine tuned my space. She is a problem solver! Thanks, Marne for making me feel at home and getting things done. Not to mention keeping the coffee machine running smooth and the snacks stocked! :-)
I used Desk Pass to test out multiple co-working places in Chicago. After visiting a few places, I picked Novel for a permanent location. It seemed to be the best for price, amenities, vibe, and culture. I was very happy I made this choice. I love working there. The staff and other co-workers are all friendly. Its a pleasure to show up here everyday. I'm happy and motivated to work hard.
Here's a few details that I specifically enjoyed:
1. Location is perfect. Right off the Brown Line.
2. The desk chairs are good.
3. The call booths are always empty and offer perfect privacy.
4. Coffee machine is top notch.
5. They seem to host a happy hours or events at least a couple times a month - they were always fun.
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