In August 2020, shared-housing startup Common launched the Remote Work Hub RFP, a selection competition that asked both public and private respondents to submit locations for the first site.

• The RFP received 29 responses, including one from Blue Crane, a local real estate investment group in Bentonville. Other finalists in the RFP include New Orleans and Rochester, NY.

• Jared Faciszewski, Blue Crane’s director of REI did not disclose the official location for the project, but revealed it would be downtown and announced this spring. -Talk Business & Politics

• Founded in 2015, Common believes remote work will become to the new norm for many professionals post-pandemic. The NWA Council launched an incentive program last year to attract remote workers as well. -Yahoo Finance