Interesting background. They sound like they are struggling and, like many organizations (not to mention, individuals), wound up buying more house than they could handle—I imagine that COVID was probably a bad thing for large urban temples like that, and it’s not like the Bay Area was undersupplied with various flavors of Buddhism AFAICT. If a Buddhist temple is trying to run a coworking space on the side, they must have a lot of excess room indeed. Might be worth keeping in touch for overflow or backup purposes? They sound well-equipped for conferences or other functions.
I do agree it’s likely they’d be very open to a deal. In general office space in the Bay has taken a nosedive in terms of prices since many tech companies have stayed remote post-pandemic, and a lot of places will take any deal you offer them (I know places that previously would only consider 12-24 month leases will now jump at a month-to-month).
But we have (rough estimate) ~24k sq ft indoor space and ~20k sq ft outdoor space, the vast majority of which is not utilized and not got a set use planned, plus we’re renting a 9bdr house v nearby for overflow housing, so for now we’re certainly not looking for additional space!
Interesting background. They sound like they are struggling and, like many organizations (not to mention, individuals), wound up buying more house than they could handle—I imagine that COVID was probably a bad thing for large urban temples like that, and it’s not like the Bay Area was undersupplied with various flavors of Buddhism AFAICT. If a Buddhist temple is trying to run a coworking space on the side, they must have a lot of excess room indeed. Might be worth keeping in touch for overflow or backup purposes? They sound well-equipped for conferences or other functions.
Coworking with Wisdom was around pre-pandemic, although that could mean they overbought years ago instead of recently.
I do agree it’s likely they’d be very open to a deal. In general office space in the Bay has taken a nosedive in terms of prices since many tech companies have stayed remote post-pandemic, and a lot of places will take any deal you offer them (I know places that previously would only consider 12-24 month leases will now jump at a month-to-month).
But we have (rough estimate) ~24k sq ft indoor space and ~20k sq ft outdoor space, the vast majority of which is not utilized and not got a set use planned, plus we’re renting a 9bdr house v nearby for overflow housing, so for now we’re certainly not looking for additional space!