Nick Clark

Common Desk Plans 23K-SF Coworking Space in Dallas’ The Hill Shopping Center

by | Feb 27, 2023
Common Desk, a coworking space company that launched in Deep Ellum and now has nearly two dozen locations in North Texas, Austin, Houston, and North Carolina—has its eyes on The Hill. The Hill Shopping Center, that is—a trendy retail development on Walnut Hill Lane near U.S. 75.
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The Last Word: Common Desk’s Nick Clark on Why Introverts Just Might Need to Be in the Office, and More
by | Sep 19, 2022
Clark was a recent guest on Keurig's "Café Culture" podcast, which explored ideas about creating café culture from the coworking category. In the podcast, Clark talks about how he founded Common Desk; how he loves it when people walk in off the street mistaking the company's locations for a bar; and how he first discovered the "magic" of having "serendipitous interactions" while coworking. But two topics jump out of the podcast: why it's important for introverts to be "prodded" into going back to the office, and why companies should look for "culture adds," not "culture fits."
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Common Desk CEO Nick Clark Is Riding the Wave of ‘Cataclysmic Change’ in the Future of Office
Common Desk CEO: Flexibility and Hospitality are Keys to Riding the Wave of 'Cataclysmic Change' in the Future of Office Now under the WeWork umbrella, Common Desk aims to shape the growth of the flexible workspace industry. While offices still engage in what Clark calls "an amenity race," they're now more in competition with home offices rather than one another.
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WeWork Acquires Dallas-Based Coworking and Flex Space Startup Common Desk
by | Jan 25, 2022
It's the first acquisition by WeWork as a public company since its new CEO's arrival.

Common Desk, founded in Dallas by Nick Clark in 2012, has grown its network to serve 4,000 customers at 23 locations in Texas and North Carolina. It will now operate as "Common Desk, a WeWork Company."
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Common Desk Chosen as Operating Partner to Reimagine the Continental Gin Building in Deep Ellum

by | Oct 6, 2020
August Real Estate Co. selected Common Desk to reposition the historic Continental Gin Building for the future of office. Common Desk's team will touch all aspects of the building, from design to property management—Founder Nick Clark says it's going to be a "holistic offering the market has yet to see."
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To Common Desk, COVID-19 Wasn’t the Death of Coworking. It Was the Start of Something New
by | Sep 2, 2020
Trey Bowles and Delanie Majors from The DEC Network hosted Founder and CEO of Common Desk Nick Clark to discuss how his company is innovating to help entrepreneurs get back into shared office spaces.
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Common Desk Expands to Dallas’ West End with Sixth Location
by | Oct 15, 2018
Coincidentally coinciding with its sixth anniversary, Common Desk's new location will garner over 18,000 square feet of coworking space in Factory Six03.
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Common Desk to Open its Largest Location Yet at Trammell Crow Center
by | Aug 21, 2018
The new site will be Common Desk’s fifth location in the North Texas region and its largest, occupying two floors in the downtown skyscraper.
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Fort Worth Craftwork Coffee Co. wants to bring cowering concept to urban developments

As Coworking Market Grows, Local Operators Look to Stand Out With Unique Amenities

by | Jun 4, 2018
Craftwork Coffee Co.'s move into multifamily residential developments is one of the latest examples of how coworking operators are looking for ways to add value beyond the basic space amenities.
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Common Desk Unveils New Portable Workspace
by | Apr 9, 2018
The coworking company transformed a vintage 1972 Airstream into a small office space that can travel throughout the area.
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Common Desk Announces Fort Worth Coworking Location
by | May 17, 2017
The Fort Worth location will be in the newly rebranded Crockett Row at West 7th development.
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