Looking for coworking in western Chicago suburbs

[Mike Biang]

Greetings! I'm new to coworking, but am very excited about the idea.
Is anyone aware of any coworking groups / locations in the western
chicago suburbs, particularly near Naperville, Wheaton, St. Charles or
Geneva?

Many Thanks!
Mike Biang

[Eric Marden]

To expand this further, I will be in Chicago proper at the end of
April. Any spaces near Bucktown or downtown that I can check out while
I'm there? I took a look at the Wiki and COOP and Ravenswood look the
most inviting: http://wiki.coworking.info/CoworkingChicago

Anyone have comments about either of these spaces? It seems only COOP
has day rates and neither seem to be on the Coworking Visa.



- Eric Marden

CoLab Orlando
37 N. Orange Ave, 6th Floor
Downtown Orlando
http://colaborlando.com

[Greg Pederson]

Greg Pederson
Nsight Web Development
www.NsightDevelopment.com

[Wendy S.]

Mike,
I'm in Chicago too, but the city. I don't know of anything yet in W.
Suburbs. Do you want to initiate it? Go for it.

Eric, the COOP/coworkingchicago site is right between Bucktown &
downtown and so closest to that area if you are staying there. The
Ravenswood location is good if you are staying on the Northside and
need to get into the city as it's close to the EL.

good luck to you
Wendy S.
we...@siteresolve.com

[Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking]

I use to live in Chicago and didn't know of any coworking out in the suburbs. This was several years and there are now many more spaces but they all appear to be downtown along the EL and the loop.

There is a lot of potential if you'd like to start a coworking group and start driving interest.

Craig

[Brendan Alviani]

Here are the few that I saw while doing a research field trip for my space. They're all in the loop, or nearby:

TechNexus - very nice place (kind of corporate), productive and full. Lots of moderate-sized rooms, which seemed helpful

OfficePort - a little more bare-bones (lots of concrete), mostly 4-person team areas. Nice folks.

1871 - INSANE space. 50,000 sf. Also an incubator & mini-school. Has an intelligentsia coffee bar in it and is sponsored by everyone under the sun. Visited by the UK Prime Minister while he was in town.

Enerspace - Very nice new space. Emphasizes wellness + productivity. 

The COOP - Early pioneers. Design company runs the space and develops desktimeapp.com. Super nice space and people.

Chicago has a good coworking ecosystem, but the suburbs are waaaay lagging. Thus, my soon-to-be-announced space in Waukegan, IL.

-Brendan

[Mike E.]

Any updates as to co-working facilities in the west suburbs of Chicago?

[Mara Hauser]

Yes!  

25N Coworking https://www.25ncoworking.com is here!  

Some of you may recognize us as Catalyst Coworking LLC when I met you at GCUC in KC.  Our first location is in the central business district of downtown Geneva, IL.  We are under construction and opening mid January.  Yes - that is about 1 month from opening our doors! We have been building our community for the last year and a half, and have fabulous Founding Members ready to move in.  And yes, we are within 20 minutes of Naperville, and 10 minutes if not closer to Wheaton and St. Charles.  We have 10,000 square feet of open collaborative flex space, semi-private areas, and private spaces along with a variety of meeting, classroom and event space.  

You can contact us through this forum, through our website, or on Facebook. 

Looking forward to introducing you all to our community and our great space!  

Mara