ActivSpace

I’ll echo the few reviews and all of the negative points others have mentioned. Bottom line: unethical business practices, horrible «onsite» management that is constantly turning over, rude and unprofessional corporate robots in Seattle running it all from afar.
I’d NEVER rent here again under any circumstances!

I’M NOT THE FIRST TO REVIEW, LOOKS LIKE ACTIVSPACE FLAGGED ALL THE OTHER NEGATIVE COMMENTS BY SAYING THEY ARE NOT HELPFUL, LOOK BELOW FOR THE GREYED OUT «NOT RECOMMENDED/​HELPFUL» REVIEWS, THEY ARE LEGIT REVIEWS, WITH LEGITIMATE COMPLAINTS.
I’ve since moved out of here and onto a better ran co-​working space in Portland. I don’t think I would settle for this place again with so many other great options around.
There are some GREAT businesses here, but the management is the biggest problem in my opinion, a sentiment echoed by many tenants in the building. Luckily I’m not a client based business, so moving for me was not a big deal. Keep in mind this is billed as a «hobby space» but they are super uptight about everything.
The place is a Seattle based company.
So heres the deal on it;
–Its cheap.
–Its dirty & loud.
–There is constantly people moving in and out.
–You get micro managed by the on-​site management here. (hey you can’t leave your window open, hey no bikes in the building, hey watch how many people come in and out, hey don’t park your vehicle like that, hey you cant share a WiFi connection with other tenants, hey no smoking on the sidewalk, etc, etc, etc, i’m not keen to be constantly watched/​harrased to see if you make a mistake somehow)
–The bathrooms are dirty with trash strewn about constantly & nobody flushes for some reason here.
–The managers (I was there for just over a year and saw 4 managers come and go) seem to think it is okay for them to let themselves into your private work space whenever they feel like it, which in my opinion feels like a huge invasion of privacy. One time I came in and found that they shut down my power strip that my computer and fan was hooked to. NOT COOL. Just walking around the place I’d see the managers letting themselves into the spaces frequently. I don’t know why they do this, but they do.
–It gets INCREDIBLY HOT during the Summer since there are no awnings or air conditioning in the building.
–Its month to month
–Walls are VERY thin so you hear people easily on 4 sides of you.
–Every space has its own window
–They only accept checks/​money orders for rent. No Credit Cards, PayPal or Cash.
–When you have to deal with corporate they are not very accommodating or friendly for that matter. I had to deal with a few building issues (one time a door issue, another was constant hard banging from an upstairs tenant, another was I wanted an extra parking pass sticker for my 2^nd vehicle, which they denied, even though I would only have one vehicle there at a time every, since its kinda hard to drive 2 vehicles at once) with them and I felt like I was treated as a nuisance and not a customer that keeps their business afloat. They just don’t care about you since there are so many spaces there and a high turnover, I’m assuming they think «Why bother try being nice or accommodating»
These are my thoughts on this place. It might suit you better than it suited me. I’d talk to a few different tenants if you could, without the manager there watching over your back to see what they tell you. If you do decide to go for it, make sure NOT to get a sun facing office, you will get baked. Also have them show you a few different spaces. I got corralled into taking a less desirable space, because I didn’t know that they had other nicer spaces available for the same price.
I hope this helps anyone as a potential renter to know what you are getting into and some of the possible pitfalls to going away from here.
And oh, they WILL KEEP YOUR deposit no matter how nice you leave the space. When you protest they have a lawyer/​collection agency you have to deal with, making it all but impossible to argue without a lawyer on your side. Basically its not worth going through the hassle to get your $ 400-​$ 600 bucks back…