BUSINESS INCUBATORS

SUPPORT FOR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

Piggybacking off the community advantage, the rise in coworking spaces presents positive implications for commercial real estate. Renovating old industrial parks, mill buildings or long-closed factories into coworking spaces provides a safer real estate investment for property owners and builders when compared to a niche service or product.

The next time you see a coworking space, look at the shop fronts and services surrounding it. Increasingly, coworking spaces hint at the health of a local economy

Chris Duhaime, owner of Spark Offices in Manchester, can be contacted via 603-934-3222 or sparkoffices.com.

WBC Office Suites

1087 Elm Street, Second Floor, Manchester, NH 03101 603-644-2669, wbcofficesuites.com info@wbcofficesuites.com Drop-in $25/day Benching $150/month Workstation Level 1 $250/month Workstation Level 2 $350/month Office suite $800/month

Work Hub Suites (WHS)

75 Gilcreast Road, Suite 210, Londonderry, NH 03053 603-768-1119, workhubsuites.com Day pass $59/day Part-time membership $199/month Full-time membership $299/month Dedicated desk $349/month Large office $549/month

Check websites or call for up-to-date pricing information. Source: NHBR Research

BUSINESS INCUBATORS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Creative Chef Kitchens

35 Manchester Road, Unit 9, Derry, NH 03038 888-625-2111, creativechefkitchens.com Owner: Neelima Gogumalla info@creativechefkitchens.com An incubator aimed at helping small New Hampshire food businesses grow their operations and get products into stores without having to invest in expensive infrastructure. In addition to commercial kitchen equipment and teaching space, Creative Chef Kitchens provides assistance with sourcing, marketing and distribution.

Dartmouth Regional Technology Center

Centerra Resource Park, 16 Cavendish Court Lebanon, NH 03766 603-643-5174, thedrtc.com Facilities Manager: Taylor Piffath taylor@hazenhill.com DRTC is a nonprofit economic development incubator near Dartmouth College and DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center that leases 60,000 square feet of laboratories and office space to growing businesses. DRTC offers flexible terms in its leases (no letter of credit, no security deposit, 90-day notice) and access to shared resources such as entrepreneurship programming, economic development programs, break rooms, conference rooms, internet access, lab appliances and phone service. The facility is typically 85-90% occupied with 15-20 active ventures.

The Enterprise Center

1 Bridge Street, Plymouth, NH 03264 603-536-2011, graftonrdc.org/incubators CEO: Anne Duncan Cooley adc@graftonrdc.org Operated by the Grafton Regional Development Corporation, the Enterprise Center is a 10,000-square-foot state-of-the-art incubator that offers a local platform of resources from which to explore the feasibility of a new business concept, or if you’re already in business, expand and accelerate your growth. Offering the latest technology, the Enterprise Center features flexible office and coworking space, common use conference rooms and an address in the heart of New Hampshire.

Game Assembly

1087 Elm Street, Second Floor, Manchester, NH 03102 gameassembly.org admin@gameassembly.org Game Assembly is a passionate group of video game developers who are transforming New Hampshire into a hub for the video game industry. Game Assembly hosts events, educates students and maintains an office in which professionals, hobbyists and student developers work side by side.

Genuine Local

5 Winona Road, Bldg. 2, Meredith, NH 03253 603-279-8600, genuinelocal.org Local makers can rent space at the specialty food production facility, gaining access to semi-automatic equipment designed to increase productivity and efficiency. Genuine Local also offers business development services focused on label layout, nutrition panels, recipe scaling, pricing tier development, licensing and product approval assistance.

Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship

25 Roxbury Street, Keene, NH 03431 603-352-5063, hannahgrimes.com Executive Director: Mary Ann Kristiansen info@hannahgrimes.com Located in downtown Keene, the Hannah Grimes Center offers a 22-office business incubator, four conference rooms for off-site meetings, The Hive coworking space, Startup Lab, BioNest biotech incubator, free one-on-one coaching with over 20 coaches, the PitchFork pitch competition, a two-day annual fall Radically Rural Summit and access to its 300-member local products Hannah Grimes Marketplace.

Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth

4 Currier Place, Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755 603-646-8888, magnuson.dartmouth.edu Director: Jamie Coughlin magnusen@dartmouth.edu The mission of the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship is to serve and inform Dartmouth students, faculty and alumni along the path from entrepreneurial thinking to entrepreneurial enterprise. The Magnuson Center provides co-curricular education and experiences, funding opportunities and connection to our world-class alumni network via four distinct mission areas: (1) experiential learning for students; (2) startup support for faculty and students; (3) on- and off-campus alumni engagement; and (4) community development throughout the regional ecosystem.

MWVEC Technology Village Business Center

53 Technology Lane, Suite 100, Conway, NH 03818 603-447-6622, mwvec.com Executive Director: Jac Cuddy admin@mwvec.com Owned and operated by the Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council, the Business Resource Center provides business counseling (provided by MWVEC, SCORE, RDA, SBDC); training and education programs; financing opportunities; library and internet access; and international teleconferencing access in a 10,500-square-foot office space.