4700 South Mill Avenue

It was 2002 in Seattle, WA. My future business partner and I had just quit our jobs and had set out to start our new company. After a few years of working in Seattle, we decided to relocate our business and families to Phoenix, AZ. The day finally came when we needed to get office space. We quickly ran into several roadblocks. We applied and completed several lease applications which were quickly rejected. Reasons varied from too short in business to startups not eligible to rent. Also, most leases required a longer term than what we needed at the time. We finally found a landlord that was willing to work with us, but the road getting there was extremely challenging.We questioned why the process wasn’t easier and why it was so difficult to find the right office space. As a startup and small business, we needed assistance in finding a turnkey office space that was ready to go. With that concept in mind, the idea of AZOffices was born. With the birth of so many cloud based services and the sharing economy, why not the idea of offering Office Space as a service.AZOffices opened its first location in downtown Gilbert, AZ in 2007. The concept was simple. Share the resources that can be shared to minimize cost. Having a shared receptionist, shared conference rooms, break rooms, restrooms and other common areas made a lot more sense than having to pay for these all on your own. While some companies would need their own dedicated office space, others prefer to lease office space by the hour, day or month as needed.