In an effort to claim local coworking dominance, Benjamin’s Desk announced two new locations Wednesday evening — another in Center City and one in Powelton Avenue in West Philadelphia, atop the expensive University Place 2.0 building. That adds to the provider’s two spaces in Center City, plus the one they’ll run for Penn at the university’s Grays Ferry Pennovation Center.

It’s a power play for Benjamin’s Desk, which is competing with the likes of Industrious, MakeOffices and WeWork, all out-of-market coworking providers that have opened or plan to open enormous, flashy collaborative workspaces around town. Benjamin’s Desk is the sole homegrown coworking provider that has emerged as a competitor to the more corporate players. Other local coworking spaces, like Indy Hall and CityCoHo, have opted against this kind of growth.

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