Archive for December, 2007
More Scouting with Sandy Coakley
In our search for a spot to call home, we connected with Sandy Coakley of Coakley Real Estate. He knows the Near West Side of Cleveland pretty well, so we had him show us a few things. We’d seen property with him before, but wanted to see a few things in the daylight. Here were a few that didn’t work for us, but were nice spaces anyways.
These were smaller than we were looking for, but once you get out there, it’s easy to ’stop by’ and take a look at things in, and out of your initial parameters. You never know what gems you’ll find!
Space Hunting with Rose Strauss
A quick breakfast meeting had Geoff and I off to meet with Rose Strauss. She’s been in the Mid-Town real estate game for a long time. This was one of the properties that we found and REALLY liked.
It was about 2,500sq and priced at only $900.00 a month!
We’d have signed on the spot, but the space had a few flaws we couldn’t overlook.
#1: It was tough to find. Not that we have a lot of traffic, but it was out of the way.
#2: To enter the building, you needed to walk past the dumpsters. So when they DO find the space, they’ll need to see the building’s trash.
#3: The parking was pretty slim.
The hunt continues…
Bathroom Idea
Here’s a cool bathroom I found.
For the guys, there is a urinal in between every stall. This gives you a lot of privacy. I also like the auto-soap dispenser.
West 6th Spaces with Sandy Coakley
One of the first people that I called when we decided to move was Sandy Coakley of Coakley Real Estate.. He used to be with a company that my former employer used, so I knew he had a grasp of the area, and what we were looking for.
We met on a cold December afternoon to look at a few spaces. The first one was pretty funny for me…it was my old office! (Sans-carpet, and a few walls that used to be there.)
While I loved that office, for me, it wasn’t a good fit for what we were looking for. It was a shade on the small side for our current growth path, but the price was right so it was worth a look.
Next, we went over one block to the Bradley building where the were finishing up a space that had some SERIOUS potential.
We went so far as to use our old-friend SketchUp to see what it’d look like with furniture.
Looks like we can fit about 15 people in here. Definitely on the short-list! Talking to the landlord, I think this will come in around $11.00 a foot built-out. My only caveat is the lack of parking, but we can work that out.