Inside WeWork`s First Location On A College Campus

The Old Line State`s flagship university is now home to its first WeWork location, as the coworking giant tests out a campus concept it hopes to bring to more colleges around the country.

WeWork celebrated the grand opening Thursday evening of its University of Maryland location, an 18K SF coworking space on the edge of the College Park campus. For its first location on a college campus, WeWork differentiated the space in several ways from its typical offering, and it is already filling up quickly.....

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RSK: Well now we know some of the reasons behind WeWorks success....alcohol and Friday Happy Hour mixers. Will this work at UW Madison? With no alcohol, it is a 50/50 chance.

Ken Notes: it is not about beer it is about ancillary services. I am begging the UW and University Research Park to create co-working space with access to student labor, research and mentoring, and wet lab space...