A place to call their own

As consultants working sans office, mostly from Starbucks and Paneras, Joseph Warren, Jason Stoll and Heather Young Kendall knew there had to be a better place to conduct business than in a distracting, noisy cafe, but they didn't want the contract or expense of an executive suite.

So the trio started a venture in what has become a burgeoning trend nationwide: co-working space.

Situated on the 12th floor of the Wells Fargo building in downtown St. Petersburg, their company, CoCreativ, offers 5,500 square feet of the most modern digs in drop-in office space. For a membership fee of $10 per hour, $20 per day, or $150 per month, CoCreativ welcomes workers who find themselves in need of a desk, WiFi, meeting rooms or just other people with whom to share ideas.