Author: davidcrow

Camaraderie – New Coworking Space in Toronto

Yeah, independents, freelancers, emerging startups, web developers and others rejoice. You have a coworking option in Toronto again. After Indoor Playground “moved” in January 2008, Toronto has been lacking a general coworking space. (Yes I know about the Centre for Social Innovation, but it has mission-based selection criteria that helps create it’s ecosystem and not everyone qualifies). But today, Rachael and Wayne have announced the opening of Camaraderie. I provided some coverage over on StartupNorth, I’m hoping that we can again try to rally around a different office space model that is enabled by this emerging participatory culture.

Camarderie - Coworking in Toronto

Camaraderie is a located at 102 Adelaide St E, Toronto, ON. The doors are scheduled to open on Feb 15, 2010 and the space will be free until Feb 28, 2010. I’m hoping that many of the independents that are looking for a part-time, downtown coworking space will check out Camaraderie. The pictures of the space are still very raw.

The Building 102 Adelaide St E, Toronto, ONOpen WorkspaceKitchen AreaBoard Room

The Details

  • memberships will be $300/mo for unlimited use during business hours
  • we’ll work out keys later, but for now the space will be open 9:00am-6:00pm (or later)
  • free wifi, coffee, tea, and hot chocolate every day

Toronto Coworking Preview

The Indoor Playground is having an open house.

The Indoor Playground, 364 Richmond Street West, Suite 503, Toronto, ON

On Friday, January 12th the Indoor Playground – A Centre for Innovation in Toronto is throwing its doors open to welcome interested folks to come an check out the space. A preview to see the space before it is finished. To provide the organizers feedback, suggestions, and to give the community an opportunity to help shape the space, furnishings, etc. You’ll be joining a zoo of interesting people: programmers, designers, marketers, filmmakers, podcasters, entrepreneurs, freelancers, project managers, artists, consultants, and you.

The Details

Friday, January 12, 2007 5:30pm EST
Indoor Playground
364 Richmond St West, Suite 503
Toronto, Ontario
(Yahoo! Maps, Google Maps)

Check out:
The Indoor Playground community: http://indoorplayground.com/
The CreationStep announcement: http://creationstep.com/index.php/2007/01/03/indoor-playground-centre-for-innovation/
Mark Dowd’s blog about the space: http://markdowds.typepad.com/weblog/2007/01/indoor_playgrou.html
David Crow’s invitation: http://davidcrow.ca/article/1384/indoor-playground-details-open-house

Let us know if you’re planning on attending http://upcoming.org/event/137316

Coworking in Toronto

2 new coworking facilities: Centre for Social Innovation Suite 400 and The Indoor Playground are set to open in Toronto in early 2007.

Indoor Playground - Centre for Innovation

The Indoor Playground is a coworking facility lead by Mark Dowds and Bobby John at CreationStep. The facilities are located in a . CreationStep is self-described as Infrastructure for Startups and includes outsourced administration, software development, training, video production, amongst other services and now a coworking space.

Suite 400 - Centre for Social Innovation

The Centre for Social Innovation in partnership with Urban Space Property Group are opening the doors on a 10,000 square foot coworking facility located in Suite 400 at 215 Spadina Avenue in Toronto. The space is expected to have a mix of permanent office space, permanent desk space, and a number of hot desks. Details about space including pricing is available. The Centre for Social Innovation will be hosting a series of Information Sessions:

Informaiton Session will share the vision, explain the office pricing options, show the new space. RSVP your attendance with Maria Pazo.