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“Space 530 is committed to creating a safe and healthy workplace for tenants to return to work through new standards and protocols. In addition to social distancing modifications and heightened cleaning throughout the space, the building is set up for easy touch-free access upon entering the lobby direct to each unit. “- Bob Savitt, Founder

The Morning Routine of Highly Successful People

Some say the key for successful entrepreneurs and working professionals is to start your day right and find a routine that becomes your daily ritual. Below you’ll find some additions you can incorporate in your morning routine to up your game and stay successful!

• Get energized immediately

• Make a to-do list first thing

• Warm up your brain

• Express gratitude

• Be an early riser

• Practice mindfulness

8 Ways to Stay Productive

Small changes in habits can help you keep a more fulfilling and busy day. See if any or all of these ways can push you to stay productive:

• Wake up 15 minutes earlier

• Prepare an audiobook or podcast for your down time

• Find movement every hour

• Create daily deadlines

• Stop multitasking

• Ask for constructive criticism 

• Be passionate about what you are doing

• Keep a positive attitude

Best Hobbies to Pick Up Now

Given the current climate of the world, a lot of us are finding ourselves trying to stay busy at home. What better time than now to pick up a hobby you’ve never thought you had time for. Find some ideas below of how to break up the day, keep your mind active and learn a new skill!

• Start a virtual book club

• Try out yoga or meditation

• Learn calligraphy - Great beginner Youtube videos!

• Pick up needlework - Get a starter kit on Amazon!

• Learn Photoshop

• Practice journaling

• Take up a new language - Rosetta Stone is giving 3-day trials!

March, 2020

One-third of your life is spent at work, so where you work and who you work with is important. The 9-5 culture is losing popularity as more and more individuals are opting to use coworking spaces, which are shared office spaces used by groups and individuals. Statista predicted that by 2027, 50.9% of the total U.S workforce will be freelancing. Coworking allows people to find flexible, affordable office spaces that they can grow into. Individuals have reported that coworking has expanded their professional networks and made them more motivated, engaged, happy, and successful.

If you are a telecommuter, entrepreneur, freelancer, small business, a budding startup, or a remote worker looking for a shared office, here are the top five coworking spaces in New York:

Space 530 is located in midtown Manhattan. Space530 offers flexible membership options for entrepreneurs, consultants, startups, and more. Their membership options combine a collaborative environment with a functioning platform. They provide a flexible space that your organization needs to grow. You can choose from their two levels of membership: virtual and co-working.

March, 2020

FEATURE: The Best Coworking Spaces in New York City

Whether you’re a freelancer, small startup, or large company in NYC, work culture is changing to offer more dynamic, flexible, and inspiring options.

If you’re looking for a vibrant coworking space in New York City, explore our extensive list below to find the best coworking or shared office space for you or your company’s growth.

SPACE 530 With a mix of modern and retro decor, Space 530 is a spacious facility with high ceilings and plenty of natural light. Space 530 has on-site, hands-on staff and, notably, IT support. A special commitment to luxury perks means that you can impressively entertain your team or clients.

Location: Midtown manhattan.

Amenities: Space for entertaining clients, etc. Storage locker, discounted conference room, wireless printing, coffee tea, invitation to events, Phone booths, cleaning, cold brew, coffee, tea, sparkling water.Whiteboard walls, online conference booking. Luxury perks: for team or clients: rooftop cocktail lounge, gallery space, event space, cafe, lounges, pantries.

'5 WITH 530' ft. Leah Jacobson

What was your first job? My first job was with working in consulting in the Fashion and Beauty sector for Marvin Traub, the former chairman of Bloomingdales. We celebrated his 80th birthday at the Rainbow Room during my time there. He was truly a legend, responsible for changing the department store experience and global retail industry. He wrote a book on it called “Like No Other Store”

Name 3 people you would invite to a dinner party: Frederich Nietzche, JRR Tolkien, My great grandmother Dorothy Hammerstein

What led you to the company you are currently at? LJPR grew organically from me consulting for clients and working on my own. When the opportunities and workload grew, I brought in team members, and we continue to expand!  It’s really exciting and challenging to chart new territory year over year.

How does your typical work day go? No day is ever the same which is why I got in to marketing and PR in the first place! But generally, I have calls and meetings throughout the day, with the team (in LA and NYC), and both current and potential new clients. I am a big fan of meeting in person whenever possible, I think so much more can be accomplished that way than a purely virtual exchange. So old fashioned, I know!

How do you wind down after work? It’s really hard to turn off in this business, emails are coming in constantly. I try to stop working after dinner – I walk my dog, watch some bad TV, read, write in a gratitude journal and listen to a meditation before I go to sleep.

February, 2020

'5 WITH 530' ft. Len Soccolich

Are you working on any exciting new projects? Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, National Museum of American History – Smithsonian Institution

Any interesting hobbies? Post-WWII Vintage European Vehicles, Bass Guitar

What is your proudest accomplishment? Science Storms permanent exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten? From my father—After graduating from college: “Buy a sports car first, then think about a house…”

Do you have any exciting travel plans coming up? Spending three weeks every summer on the Adriatic at our family home in Croatia

January, 2020

'5 WITH 530' ft. Robby Altheim

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten? Do not sweat the small stuff!

How do you wind down after work? Meditation!! I have been practicing transcendental meditation since I was 18 years! It is the best way for me to decompress after a long day! 

Describe yourself in 3 words: Caring, Intuitive, and Fun

What is your proudest accomplishment? Dancing in the Indiana University Dance Marathon for 36 hours for Riley’s Children Hospital. This was easily one of the most meaningful and inspirational parts of my four years at school.

What is your favorite new app? I may be biased, but Tunity is my first choice. To be fair, I will pick my SECOND favorite app. I really enjoy Timehop. It allows you to what you were doing a year ago, 2 years ago, 3 years ago from today. It is awesome to see photos, videos and old memories every day!

December, 2019

Glen Grant Happy Hour Event

In case you missed it, Space 530 hosted a successful tenant appreciation holiday happy hour. Sponsored by Glen Grant, tenants enjoyed a scotch tasting, cocktail experience, VR tour of the distillery located in Scotland, and great hors d’oeuvres to mingle and network over. Global whisky ambassador, Robin Coupar, shared his Whisky and brand knowledge with the crowd.  Recap of the night below.

 Stay tuned for the next Space 530 Happy Hour to kick off 2020!

December, 2019

'5 WITH 530' ft. Lindsey Smecker

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten? In your lifetime you will have it all, but never all at once.

What led you to the company you are currently at? I knew that I loved fashion, beauty and lifestyle trends, but realized I was more fascinated with the “why” behind them. This curiosity lead me to find trend forecasting. I decided to apply for an internship at ESP Trendlab and later got hired after graduation.

Do you have any exciting travel plans coming up?  Travel is an important aspect of trend forecasting as it is crucial to keep a finger on the pulse of global trends and the overall zeitgeist. I was in Paris last month for Premiére Vision, just got back from Amsterdam for the long weekend, and have a sunny Puerto Rico trip coming up in December that I am looking forward to!  

How do you wind down after work?  I’m someone who enjoys keeping busy after work. I usually schedule a boxing or hot yoga class or attend any of the events at Soho House, particularly their wine tasting series!

Are you working on any exciting new projects? Always! I can’t disclose details, but I can say that we have some innovation focused consulting projects coming up with Estee Lauder and New Balance.

November, 2019

'5 WITH 530' ft. Ashley Jane Georgia

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten? Compete with yourself not others.

Describe yourself in 3 words Making it happen.

How do you wind down after work? A glass of wine paired with some feel-good music.

Are you working on any exciting new projects? Some of my latest work is out now in Novembers issue of  InStyle Magazine. See page 71. I’m always working on independent editorials and collaborations with people who inspire me.

What has been your best/fondest memory at Space 530? Cracking up in the soundproof booth upstairs. The Virtue team loves to “booth it”.

October, 2019

'5 WITH 530' ft. GARETH GLASER

What was your first job? I was an early business development employee at a company called AppNexus. It was getting thrown absolutely into the deep end, and everyone else in the job had years of experience in the space, but it was invaluable experience in a complex industry. First jobs are all about learning, I’m a big believer in that, and I was fortunate to have such a powerful learning opportunity.

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten? I’ve always been skeptical of “business” books and the notion of business literature in general, and in truth much of it is intuitive and snake oil salesmen-y, but the literature around building quantification systems with regards to OKRs and Hiring is generally quite good and useful.  They’re concepts that any good executive good take the time to intuit and then learn via trial and error –but why do that when so many people have already done it!  Taking advice from those books about time management and dealing with hiring has been really influential on me as a manager/entrepreneur – basically, if you can’t track it, you don’t have a strategy.  That and always look at the people managing you and ensure you respect and want to learn from them, because if you don’t like the view from where you’re going you shouldn’t be working to get there.

'5 WITH 530' ft. ANNIE DEAN

Name 3 people you would invite to a dinner party. Kamala Harris, Cardi B, JK Rowling. That would be epic.

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten? You can get any stain out of whites by running the fabric directly underneath super-hot tap water. Red wine, blood, you name it – it disappears.

What led you to the company you are currently at? I learned a lot in corporate law but as a young associate I thought the long hours with my butt in the same seat 16+ hours a day was a wasteful and unproductive way to work. My cofounder and I are determined to give employees more autonomy in how they get their work done, to drive better business results for companies and catch workplaces up to the realities of modern society. We figured out how to utilize data and people analytics to operationalize flexibility at scale within corporate organizations.

What was your first job? Waitress.

Any interesting hobbies? Singing broadway showtunes very loudly in the car with my children.

August, 2019

'5 WITH 530' ft. SIM GULATI

How has your role changed since you’ve been at Dropel Fabrics? As CEO of Dropel, a startup that creates high performance natural fabrics– the journey has been a roller coaster with lessons learned everyday. In essence, my role is to ensure the company is headed in the right direction, executing on track to hit milestones and do what’s necessary to allow our team members be at their best

Are you working on any exciting new projects? Yes – We launched a collab with OVO (Drake’s brand) earlier this year, and more on the way!

Name 3 people you would invite to a dinner party. Da Vinci, Elon Musk, Oprah

What led you to the company you are currently at? A desire to make the fashion industry to more innovative and sustainable

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten? People may not remember what you say but they will always remember how you make them feel.

July, 2019

'5 WITH 530' ft. KIMBERLY BARASCH

What lead you to the company you are currently with? For many women, their 20s are the hardest years of their lives. Personally, I had no idea who I was.   I was no one’s child, no one’s mother and no one’s partner. I defined myself by my job. I was working too hard, for too little, and not having pride in my career left me feeling lost.  

At 28, I was the design director for a major brand.  Despite vacant storefronts on Madison Avenue, apparel companies blazed ahead, feverishly mass-producing product to keep up with fast-fashion. This has led to an alarming statistic - 60% of all product is either incinerated or goes to landfills within 12 months (NYT).  Apparel companies were not thinking about how to innovate to break the cycle. 

I decided that customization and on-demand manufacturing were the answers. Customization empowers women to purchase product they want, not just what designers tell them they want. It puts the customer (the person that matters) in control. Customization also requires on-demand production, which reduces waste through simple economics: supply = demand. Product is only created when a customer orders it, eliminating wasteful overproduction.  

I founded Altress because I wanted to innovate and transform the failing apparel industry. An Altress is a woman who challenges the status quo to make the world a more equitable, sustainable and better place. With Altress, I have found who I am, and I hope to lead by example and encourage women to create positive change in their lives and the world around them (and look super hot doing it).

'5 WITH 530' ft. LEXI COLETTI

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten? Work hard, be kind, and be true to yourself. When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

Describe yourself in 3 words. Loyal, ambitious, enthusiastic.

Do you have any exciting travel plans coming up? My best friend and I are traveling to Amsterdam and Copenhagen for a long weekend. I have never been before and am really excited to experience the city. I love to travel and explore new cultures.       

Are you working on any exciting new projects? We can’t give you all the details, but we do have a few exciting celebrity weddings that are in the works.

What has been your best/fondest memory at Space 530? The Space 530 happy hours are the best!

March, 2019

SPACE 530 IDEAL FOR TAMI TENANTS’ CORPORATE REAL ESTATE NEEDS

Featured in CityBizList, “Space 530, Midtown Manhattan’s premier, full-service private office space and co-working environment has quickly become the main hub for new and expanding technology and creative firms.”

February, 2019

'5 WITH 530' ft. YAARA KANYAS

What is your favorite new app? Can I say Tunity? It really is! (maybe that’s why I LOVE working for the company). I keep finding more and more uses for the app, for example, we recently learned that the Hard-of-Hearing community finds our app extremely useful and fun to use. That just makes me so happy. I personally use it more often than 90% of the apps I have on my phone.

Describe yourself in three words: Social, straightforward, stubborn.

How does your typical work day go? Working at a startup, there’s no such thing as “typical”, which makes it such a great work environment in my opinion. I mostly start my day at the office, emails and catch-up meetings, but then every day could be different. From visiting our partnering bars and restaurants, to meeting gym owners or throwing watch parties for our users somewhere in the city. It’s never boring, that’s for sure!

'5 WITH 530' ft. JORDAN SILVERMAN

Name three people you would invite to a dinner party: My wife, Aaron Judge, Warren Buffett

What is your favorite new app? Rotoworld

What led you to the company you are currently at? I was previously at Mention where I was VP Sales. My favorite part of Mention was interacting with customers and I got an opportunity to run the customer success team here at MarketMan. I have been doing that since!

How has your role changed at MarketMan? When I first joined MarketMan I was the second customer success team member. I was able to help build and scale the business from a white board to a CRM to now a fully fledged out department. Because of that my role has transformed from just managing clients to balancing day to day client management to also growing and building a team.

What is your proudest accomplishment? When we were running our startup my brother was named College Entrepreneur of the Year. That was far and away my proudest moment and accomplishment.

January, 2019

TAMI TENANTS TAKE SAVITT’S SHARED SPACE

Featured in Real Estate Weekly, “Two companies committed to Space 530, the full-service private office space and co-working environment at Savitt Partners 530 Seventh Avenue.”

November 8, 2018

TOP 20 CO-WORKING SPACES IN NYC

Featured in VentureFizz, “Space 530 has private and public spaces, and a space designed for teams to showcase their products within a hall decorated with art”.

October 30, 2018

WHERE ELSE DO YOU HAVE THE PORT AUTHORITY, PENN STATION AND GRAND CENTRAL WITHIN SEVEN BLOCKS?

Valid point by owner of Space 530 and several other Garment District properties, Bob Savitt. The area is buzzing, and not in the same way it used to. Forbes Magazine gains valuable insight from Bob in their recent article on the reinvention of New York's garment district, link below! 

July 12, 2018

SPACE 530 CONTINUES TO DIVERSIFY CLIENTELE

As Midtown Manhattan evolves into a dominant tech-hub, we are aiming to provide the flexibility and collaborative environment that these industries are looking for. In recent months, Space 530 has brought in established media companies, booming start ups, and a non-profit trade organization. Citybiz's article in the link below digs deeper into these exciting new deals. 

July 5, 2018

INTRODUCING... '5 WITH 530' ft. ALYSON ROY

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten? Whether you believe you can, or you believe you can’t: it’s the truth. Once you’ve made the decision to pursue a goal, you will achieve it. I often find myself asking, “Have I truly decided on this?” If something is wishy-washy or I’m making excuses, it will never be. It’s all about committing.

What led you to the company you are currently at? I wanted to create an agency with heart, so I took a leap of faith, quit my job, and began AMP3 PR. Today, we’re an award-winning Fashion PR firm, currently ranked in the Top 10.  

Describe yourself in 3 words: Friendly, determined, sucker for sappy things.

Are you working on any exciting new projects? Always! We have quite a few things we can’t mention. Right now, we’re most excited to be diving into the niche of representing vegan, cruelty-free, sustainable products; we currently have 4 clients in this category. Next month, we’re hosting CAMP3, our complimentary PR bootcamp for the next generation of communication pros.

What has been your best/fondest memory at Space 530? I love the monthly happy hours. Last time, our team won the free drinks upstairs at The Skylark.

June 25, 2018