Assemble Shared Office Growing Nationwide

MINNEAPOLIS—As reported in GlobeSt.com, Assemble Shared Office has opened several spaces in Chicago for startups and small businesses, and now seems ready to spread its services across the US. In September, the firm will open a Minneapolis location in the historic 15 Building at 15 S. Fifth St. on the north end of downtown, with Miami, Raleigh and even more locations in Chicago up next.

“As we took a broad look across the country, Minneapolis popped right up and hit all of our criteria,” Phil Domenico, co-founder of Assemble, tells GlobeSt.com. The north edge of downtown, especially, had just the right mixture of tech firms, incubators, retailers, strong demographics and a live/work/play atmosphere that attracts a critical mass of start-up firms. As an added bonus, 15 Building is adjacent to the city’s Warehouse District. Once a gritty industrial area, the neighborhood is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places and hosts coffee shops, restaurants, bars, art galleries and thousands of new residents.