Andrew Segal, Boxer Properties' president, tells GlobeSt.com that move is to capture more the city's niche market and Boxer's primary focus. The space is geared toward companies coming into the region to test a market or working on a short-term project that requires added office space.

In 1992, Segal had stumbled across the niche market when his first office building had failed to attract an anchor tenant. He just started signing leases instead of waiting for a large user. Today, he is even offering such incentives as credit card payment and frequent flier miles for inking a pact.

Offices2Share.com, founded in March 1999, is the brainstorm of Jeffrey A. Landers, a former real estate expert for Merrill Lynch. "I used to travel 100,000 miles a year finding space," he says of his idea that is now dealing with clients such as Deloitte & Touche. Boxer's Segal and Landers see the teaming as a new tool for the short-term, flexible office market and a way to leverage their businesses.