Ikea’s Parent Partners With Industrious To Launch U.S. Coworking Business

August 4, 2023 / no comments

Ingka Centres, the parent company of furniture and homewares retailer Ikea, is launching its coworking business in the U.S., beginning with a 46K SF space in a vacant San Francisco mall.
The Ikea owner is bringing the first of its planned U.S. Hej!Workshop coworking franchises to 945 Market St., a 250K SF mall in San Francisco’s downtown area, in partnership with New York-based coworking provider Industrious, CoStar reports.
“The way we work is changing and our expectations of the workplace need to change with it,” Industrious CEO Jamie Hodari told CoStar. “If people are going to leave their homes, they want something warm, welcoming,…