UberOffices
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| Founded | McLean, Virginia, United States (2012) |
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| Headquarters | 1751 Pinnacle Drive, McLean, Virginia, United States |
Area served | Washington metropolitan area |
Key people | Ray Rahbar (CEO)[1] |
| Services | Co-working and short-term office lease |
| Website |
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UberOffices, stylized as ÜberOffices, is an American co-working and real estate service company.[2] Its main clientele are small business teams, such as start-up companies and small-time entrepreneurs, that need flexible office space solutions. The company currently operates in four locations: Arlington and McLean in Virginia, Bethesda in Maryland, and in Washington D.C.[3][4][5]
Background
The company was founded by Ray Rahbar, Jason Shrensky, and several others in 2012.[4][6] The idea of an office-sharing start-up was initially conceived in 2007. The idea behind it was for start-ups to have less expenses to incur when creating a fresh company, since buying or leasing an office is a big financial burden for many new businesses.[4][7] The company was funded by several angel investors and several entrepreneurs.[4][8]
The company opened first a 9,500 square feet shared co-office space at 1401 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia with 24 offices. It was later occupied by 47 tech company startups.[7][9][10] This was followed by an office in the Tysons area of McLean, Virginia in June 2013, with 20,000 square feet and 47 offices. The third location was opened in the Dupont Circle area of Washington D.C. with 44,000 square feet, containing 103 offices.[4]
In August 2013, United States Senator Mark Warner from Virginia visited the Rosslyn office to talk to tenants and media members about the startup growth in the region.[5]
Service
The company offers office spaces that are leased on a month-to-month basis. The advantage of leasing an office space in UberOffices is that it is less expensive than owning or renting an office space. Also, with a month-to-month rental agreement, companies are not locked into an extensive unbreakable lease, giving startups more flexibility. Executive offices and suites and virtual offices are also available through UberOffices.[7]
References
- ↑ Billy Mitchell (January 31, 2014). "Office Envy - Uber Offices Dupont". InTheCapital. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
- ↑ Kat Haselkorn (September 4, 2013). "Coworking in D.C. -- Can a Stuffy Town Be Unstuffed?". The Huffington Post. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ Aaron Kraut (June 10, 2013). "Coworking Space Coming To Bethesda’s Former Air Rights Building". Bethesda Now. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Thomas Heath (June 10, 2013). "Uberoffices opens second of three spaces". Washington Post. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tess VandenDolder (August 29, 2013). "Senator Mark Warner Talks Politics and Tech at Uber Offices in Rosslyn". InTheCapital. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Business Rx: How do you select a co-working space?". Washington Post. January 27, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Bill Flook (May 18, 2012). "Uberoffices to open in Arlington, with twist on model". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ Jason Spencer (October 25, 2012). "Life's a Pitch: Rosslyn's UberOffices Growing in Reputation, Membership". Arlington-Patch. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ Bill Flook (May 17, 2013). "Will Fuentes could have gone anywhere to launch his startup. So why did he choose Arlington?". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ Bill Flook (May 18, 2013). "New Arlington incubator adding services to spaces for startups". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved February 10, 2014.