Flexible Workspace Solutions for a High-Growth Startup: Who Runs the Office After Signing
Flexible workspace solutions are the services around the space as much as the lease itself. For a high-growth startup with no office manager, the real question after signing is who furnishes, runs and adapts the floor. On a Flex by Nomad floor, Nomad does. The desks and chairs are in place, the floor is wired and connected, and cleaning, pantry restocking and on-call support are run by our in-house operations from the first day. As headcount grows, the same firm adds rooms through construction management, and when the floor is outgrown it runs the next search.
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Find a floor we can grow inUpdated 2026-10-03 · Nomad Group
What is handled for a startup with no office manager
A team that has come from coworking is used to an office that simply works. On a Flex by Nomad floor, the list of things nobody on your payroll has to own looks like this:
- Furniture: delivered and set up before the first day.
- Wiring and connectivity: cabling run to every desk and a working internet line.
- Commercial cleaning, on a schedule built around your hours.
- Pantry restocking, so the coffee does not depend on who remembers.
- On-call support when something stops working.
These run through Nomad's in-house operations, not a chain of subcontractors. Flex by Nomad sets out the terms.
After move-in: what facilities management covers
Facilities management is the running of the office once you are in it. On an office Nomad delivers, that means maintenance, vendors and repairs, with one accountable team from the lease through to daily operations.
That is a different role from the building's property manager, whose client is the owner and whose territory is the lobby, the elevator cabs and the building-wide systems. When a problem in your space starts with the building, such as a leak from the floor above, we press the landlord's staff to do what the lease requires of them. Facilities management is standard on every Flex by Nomad floor. Companies that lease a floor directly can buy it as an add-on.
As headcount grows: changing the floor without leaving it
A team that goes from 30 to 50 needs different rooms, not only more desks: another conference room, phone booths, a quiet corner for calls. Light customization of that kind is handled by Nomad's construction management, which coordinates the design, the landlord's approval and the contractor.
Keep the scale in mind. Added rooms on a finished floor are a small project. A full custom buildout typically takes 10 to 16 weeks, against two to four weeks to occupy a furnished floor, so large changes are better planned as part of the next lease.
When a team of 50 outgrows the floor
A flexible floor is a stage, and a company growing quickly will leave it. The usual next step is a longer lease with expansion rights, so that further growth means the space next door and not another move. Because the same firm ran the first search and has operated the floor since, the brief for the next one starts from how the team has really used this floor, not from a headcount guess.
One firm covers brokerage, construction and facilities, with 300+ offices delivered and 2M+ square feet leased. The block below shows floors for a team of about 50.
Floors that fit a team of 50
Live from our listings · 6 of the 8, smallest firstA team of 50 plans on about 8,750 square feet at 175 a person. 8 floors on our book sit in the range that fits, 8,750 to 15,750 square feet, asking $50 to $200 per square foot per year on the 6 with a published rent.
- Floors
- 8
- Sizes
- 9,000-13,754 sq ft
- Asking rent
- $50-$200 / sq ft
- 151 West 26th Street, Partial 10th Floor 9,000 sq ft $64/sq ft Chelsea about 51 people
- 1235 Broadway, Entire 4th Floor 9,500 sq ft $62/sq ft NoMad about 54 people
- 66 Hudson Boulevard, Partial 53rd Floor 10,517 sq ft $200/sq ft Hudson Yards about 60 people
- 30 West 21st Street, Entire 9th & 10th Floors 10,562 sq ft rent on request Flatiron about 60 people
- 1239 Broadway, Entire 12th Floor 12,500 sq ft $62/sq ft NoMad about 71 people
- 836 Broadway, Entire 2nd Floor 13,754 sq ft rent on request Union Square about 79 people
The full guide
This page is the short answer. The long one, with the numbers worked through, is here:
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Who do we call when something breaks on a Flex by Nomad floor?
Nomad. On-call support is part of the floor, and our own operations team handles it, so there is one point of contact for a repair, a cleaning issue or a supply that has run out. If the fault lies with the building's systems, we take it up with the landlord's manager for you.
Can meeting rooms or phone booths be added after we move in?
Usually, with the landlord's consent. Our construction management team scopes the change, takes it to the landlord for approval and runs the work. Check the lease first for a restoration clause, which can oblige you to return the floor to its original layout when the term ends.
Is facilities management included, or is it billed separately?
On a Flex by Nomad floor it is included as standard. A company leasing its own floor directly can buy the same service separately, scoped to its hours and priorities.
Do we have to find a new broker when we need a bigger floor?
No. The same firm that runs the floor runs the next search, so the move from the flexible floor to the longer lease stays inside one conversation. The brief for the bigger floor can rest on how the team used this one, which is a better guide than headcount alone.
Talk to a broker
Want this answered for your team?
Tell us three things: team size, timing, budget. A first shortlist can be ready within 24 hours, with the asking rent on every floor that publishes one.
- Within the houra broker reaches out during business hours, no automated triage
- On your sidewe work for you on your search, and the landlord usually pays our fee
- Open pricingasking rent published for 46 of 49 floors, size and address for all
- 300+ officesdelivered in New York, 2M+ sq ft leased
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