Popular female focused co-working space, The Wing will be opening its second location in Brooklyn. The company which lists Airbnb and Sequoia Capital among its investors, has signed on for roughly 17,000 square feet at Largo’s 71-75 North 7th Street building in Williamsburg.
Since launching less than three years ago, The Wing has opened eight locations across six cities in the US and raised $117.5M in venture funding, they also have locations abroad as well. The Williamsburg development is part of the firms’ greater New York City expansion, which will bring the total number of locations in the city to five by the end of 2019.
Founded by Audrey Gelman and Lauren Kassan, The Wing had initially launched as an exclusive space for women. However, following an investigation conducted by the New York City Human Rights Commission on whether its no-men-allowed rule violated local laws, the company has since amended its membership policy to allow all genders, including men in order to be inclusive of their GNC, non-binary, and trans members who may not identify as women. The investigation is now closed.




