New flexible office space to open in Ann Arbor’s South State Commons

A global provider of flexible office space, virtual offices, and meeting rooms has taken note of Ann Arbor's entrepreneur community. In December, Belgium-based Regus will open an 11,000-square-foot flex-office block in the South State Commons building complex at South State Street and Oakbrook Drive in Ann Arbor. The space will be divided into roughly 54 offices, meeting rooms, and an administration area, according to Jeff Harshe, vice president of commercial real estate broker MAVDevelopment. "It's geared to small businesses who either want a location here quasi-permanently, and they can lease space from Regus, or for companies who have a business need to come and use space temporarily…" Harshe explains. "It can run anything from a meeting on up to permanent space." Harshe sees the Regus deal as helping to fill an underserved market for office space of less than 1,000 square feet. "There'll be plenty of people who will literally call and want one office," he says. "There are a lot of start-up businesses, there's a lot of individuals who provide business services, and it's a place where they can hang their hat." Source: Jeff Harshe, vice president, MAVDevelopment Writer: Tanya Muzumdar