For entrepreneurs, remote teams, startups, and companies exploring a new market, coworking spaces can serve as more than a place to plug in a laptop, they can be a first point of connection to a region’s business community. Across Buffalo Niagara, coworking spaces offer flexible office solutions, access to amenities, and built-in opportunities to meet the people, partners, and resources that help companies grow. Whether you’re a solo founder, a Canadian company testing the U.S. market, or a growing team looking for a professional home base, Buffalo Niagara’s coworking ecosystem offers a welcoming entry point.
Buffalo Niagara has no short supply.
Below is a list of coworking spaces in Western New York. But with how often they’re popping up, we can’t promise just how comprehensive it will stay!
HANSA
505 Ellicott St, Buffalo, NY 14203
HANSA is a first-class coworking space, with both the collaborative space and private shared office space to fit almost anyone’s needs. For our Canadian friends considering dipping their toe in the U.S. market, they also offer mailbox services! Oh…and we have to mention the coffee!
Check out Be in Buffalo’s story on HANSA’s Community Manager Erin Wilson, who relocated to Buffalo from New Orleans. Visit our HANSA featured property page
Coworking at CBLS
701 Ellicott St, Buffalo NY
University at Buffalo’s Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences brand-new coworking space is especially unique in its offering of wet lab space, in such high demand thanks to our booming health and life sciences cluster along the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and beyond.
Serendipity Labs
1 Seneca St, Buffalo, NY 14203
At Serendipity Labs Buffalo Seneca One, professionals can choose from co-working memberships, private offices, and dedicated desks all within flexible workspaces that offer unique amenities in downtown Buffalo’s central business district.
More coworking spaces in Buffalo Niagara
Beyond downtown, coworking space runs from Hamburg and Springville in the Southtowns to Amherst, Tonawanda and Williamsville in the Northtowns, and out to Perry in Wyoming County.
| Space | Address |
|---|---|
| Convergence Co-Working | 4900 Lake Shore Rd, Hamburg, NY 14075 |
| Cowork Perry | 1 Lake Street, Suite 203, Perry, NY 14530 |
| Inception Buffalo | 1016 Niagara Falls Blvd, Tonawanda, NY 14150 |
| Regus, Fountain Plaza | 50 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14202 |
| Regus, Buffalo North Towns | 300 International Drive, Williamsville, NY 14221 |
| Skeleton Dojo Social Club | 875 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222 |
| Spaces Chandler Street | 155 Chandler St, Buffalo, NY 14207 |
| UB Incubator @ Baird | 1576 Sweet Home Rd, Amherst, NY 14228 |
| UNOVA Coworking | 29 Mechanic St, Springville, NY 14141 |
Coworking as a first step into the Buffalo Niagara market
For a company testing a new market, coworking space establishes a local presence without committing capital to a building. For a Canadian company it also puts a US address a few miles from the Peace Bridge, so the same team can run both sides of the border.
Sparq is the example worth knowing. The Atlanta-based technology company, formerly Rural Sourcing, narrowed its expansion search to four finalist regions, chose Buffalo Niagara, and leases coworking space at HANSA. It hired its first 40 local employees in less than 12 months and has since more than tripled its local team. Read the Sparq success story.
A mailing address is often the practical first requirement. HANSA offers mailbox services, and both Regus locations offer virtual office plans with mail handling, so a company can list a US business address before it has hired anyone here.
When to move out of coworking
Coworking stops being the right answer when headcount, equipment or customer visits need dedicated space. That is usually the moment to look at the wider market rather than a bigger membership.
Our team runs property searches at no cost, covering office, industrial and development space across all eight counties of the Buffalo Niagara region, and can arrange the tours. Search available properties, or if you are a Canadian company weighing the move, see how we help with cross-border expansion.