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Inspiring Meeting Workspace for Rent.

93 m²
1000 sq ft
oakland
US
$111 / day
per day
pop-up store
3 use cases
city
Oakland
area
93 sqm
day rate
$111 / day
postcode
use cases
retail activation · showroom presentation · corporate event
included
Internet · Air Conditioning · Security System

about this space

This beautifully designed workspace is available for rent, featuring a well-lit interior that creates an inviting atmosphere. Centrally located in South Berkeley and North Oakland, the space offers easy access to essential needs within walking distance, including Berkeley Bowl, Whole Foods, and various coffee shops. Free street parking is readily available nearby. The workspace is just 0.6 miles from BART and a few blocks from bus stops 6 and 6R, ensuring convenient transportation options. The workspace includes amenities such as internet, air conditioning, a security system, and a fully equipped kitchen. Additional features comprise a stock room, counters, fitting rooms, garment racks, lighting, furniture, sound and video equipment, electricity, heating, an elevator, and Wi-Fi. This versatile space is ideal for meetings and collaborative projects.

what's included

  • Internet
  • Air Conditioning
  • Security System
  • Stock Room
  • Counters
  • Fitting Rooms
  • Garment Rack
  • Lighting
  • Furniture
  • Sound & Video Equipment
  • Electricity
  • Heating
  • Parking
  • Elevator
  • Kitchen
  • Wifi

options de package

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how to book this space

  1. 01

    Check the shell and the dates

    Review the gallery, 93 sqm floor plan and amenities for Inspiring Meeting Workspace for Rent, then note the window you want in Oakland. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.

  2. 02

    Send the brief

    Use the request panel on this page to send your dates, expected footfall and budget. The listed rate is a starting point at €97 per day.

  3. 03

    Get availability and a quote

    We confirm availability with the operator and come back within 24 hours with the all-in cost: rent, staffing, permits and fit-out for Oakland.

  4. 04

    Lock the contract

    Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.

  5. 05

    Build and open

    Fit-out, install and staff the pop-up. Our production team handles delivery, install and the strike at the end of the run in Oakland.

use cases

retail activationshowroom presentationcorporate eventprivate eventworkshopcreative workshop

location

plotting…
oakland·37.8525° · -122.2612°

getting here & street life

nearest transit

  • Ashbymetro747 m · 9 min
  • Telegraph Avenue & Prince Streetbus · 6 800165 m · 2 min
  • Telegraph Avenue & Alcatraz Avenuebus · 6 800241 m · 3 min
  • Alcatraz Avenue & Telegraph Avenuebus · 22 388260 m · 3 min
  • Alcatraz Avenue & Raymond Streetbus · 22 388292 m · 4 min
  • Telegraph Avenue & Webster Streetbus · 6 800315 m · 4 min

the neighbourhood

The White Horse Inn is a gay bar located at 6551 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland's Bushrod Park neighborhood. It officially opened in 1933 but is rumored to have operated as a gay speakeasy since before the end of Prohibition. It is said to be the oldest continuously operating gay bar in the United States, along with Cafe Lafitte in New Orleans, Louisiana which has also operated since 1933. The White Horse is situated geographically near the Oakland-Berkeley border and in close proximity to the University of California, Berkeley campus.

  • Peralta Elementary School (Oakland, California) · 400 m
  • La Peña Cultural Center · 499 m
  • The Jabberwock (club) · 582 m
  • Ashby station (BART) · 770 m
  • Bushrod, Oakland, California · 782 m

frequently asked

Yes — Inspiring Meeting Workspace for Rent is a vetted pop-up ready space in Oakland, 93 sqm. Request availability and dates through the inquiry card on the listing.

who it suits

Brand Scale

This 93 sqm space suits a small independent brand with a 2 to 12 person team, one to five years of trading, and an existing local DTC customer base or a young wholesale book of 10 to 40 accounts. The reason is operational: 1000 sqft on a basement floor with fitting rooms, counters, a stock room and a full kitchen already installed means a founder plus one or two staff can run a full week of appointments or trading without a build crew. The seven day minimum and up to 168 day maximum favour brands testing a physical channel rather than committing to a lease. Where we see mismatches is when a global label with a 200 plus guest press list books here, then discovers the floor level and 93 sqm cap the guest flow. Those teams should browse all spaces with ground floor frontage instead.

Aesthetic Fit

Warm, craft-led and studio-adjacent identities work best here: slow fashion, natural dye and small batch knitwear, ceramics and homeware, jewellery, skincare, vintage curation and Bay Area streetwear with a community rather than luxury posture. The well-lit interior, existing furniture, garment racks and lighting rig read as a working atelier, which flatters product that benefits from being seen up close and explained by a person. Brands at this stage typically find the fixtures reduce their fit-out spend to signage, plinths and a considered furniture rental layer. What does not work is high-gloss luxury or hard minimalism that depends on double-height ceilings, polished stone and a street-facing window. A basement level room in a converted bar shell cannot deliver that architectural authority, and forcing it usually reads as under-resourced rather than restrained.

Best Use Cases

First choice is a wholesale and appointment based fashion showroom, because fitting rooms, garment racks, a stock room and a private lower floor let buyers try samples without public interruption. Second is a sample sale or short trading pop-up shop, supported by counters, a stock room and free street parking for carrying stock in. Third is a creative workshop or class series, where the kitchen, air conditioning, heating and Wi-Fi carry a three hour session comfortably. Fourth is a content studio day, using the even interior light and sound and video equipment for lookbook and social capture. Fifth is a small collection preview or press day for 25 to 40 guests, walkable from Ashby BART in nine minutes and two minutes from the Telegraph Avenue bus lines. Sixth is a private brand dinner or community event, using the bar-derived layout and kitchen.

Budget Signal

This sits in the accessible mid tier for the East Bay and well below comparable temporary retail space across the bridge in San Francisco or on prime Berkeley retail corridors, where a similar footprint with street frontage typically costs several times more per day. Against a hotel event room you gain a full week or several months of continuous access, your own stock room and fitting rooms, and no per-head catering minimum. Against a co-working venue you gain retail fixtures, security system and after-hours control. Against a shared pop-up format you gain the whole space and full brand ownership of the room. In our experience the profile that gets the most value here is a brand converting an existing local audience rather than buying passing footfall, and it is worth modelling that through the budget calculator before enquiring.

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set in cormorant.
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stamped
edition
vol. iv · ss27
type
cormorant · plex mono
finish
gold foil 871c