First Look: 5Lmeet Space Offers New Twist on Co-Working Model

Co-working space. Probably not a phrase that gets you hot under the collar, right? However, a visit to new "urban lifestyle space" 5LMeet might have you rethinking that. Created by Mao Daqing, founder of China's largest co-working providers, UrWork (urwork.cn), 5LMeet aims to be more than just a co-working space, bringing together work and lifestyle under one roof and building a community of like-minded urban residents.

Located on Dongsi Jiutiao, just a stone's throw from Exit C of Zhangzizhong Lu Station, 5LMeet includes co-working space by UrWork, multifunctional meeting and conference rooms, a gym, a bookstore, a 24-hour self-service convenience store, a huge roof terrace, a pop-up space, and on-site dining facilities provided by Hatchery and bakery/coffee Miss C. Most excitingly, the second floor of the space is given over to a series of small apartments, available for short- and long-term rental.

We got to go on a quick tour ahead of their grand opening next Wednesday, October 26. For more information on that event, including all the activities available and how to sign up, visit 5LMeet's WeChat.

The beautifully renovated former soy sauce factory that houses 5LMeet is hard to miss

Over 5LMeet's three floors there are work spaces for smaller and larger groups

Rent co-working space at 5LMeet and you'll also get access to the gym

The space also includes a book store and presentation space

Don't you feel like you'd be much more efficient if you were working from a terrace that looks like this?

5LMeet will also serve as the new permanent home of Hatchery, after they had to leave their former space at Tuanjiehu earlier this year. As before, the Hatchery team will continue to "incubate" new dining concepts, rotating the menus and concepts on offer seasonally. To start with, on October 26, they will be bringing back Soul Bowls and Buena Onda, both with revamped new menus. This new space will also be the location of their Chi Fan for Charity table on November 5.

Below are a few photos of Hatchery's parts of the 5LMeet space.

Hatchery will continue to regularly rotate their dining concepts

Signage will be rotated as the concepts change

Full service bar will offer draft beers, wines, cocktails, and coffee

Check out this sexy setup

On another note, voting is now open for the Round of 32 in this year's Pizza Cup. Read the voting process here or head straight to the voting page by scanning/extracting the QR code below. Voting for this round closes on October 24 (Monday) at 2pm.