COVID-19 has forced entrepreneurs to rethink their co-working spaces Jared Lindzon Published April 2, 2021 Bookmark Gerry Yantha spent the first 18 years of his career working in a corporate office tower before leaving in 2010 to found Accolade Developments, a boutique real estate development company. In the years that followed, Mr. Yantha spent most of his time on the road, meeting with clients and partners on development sites, in cafés and restaurants, and occasionally working from home. It was a viable workplace alternative until the pandemic forced his partner and her adult children to share the already cramped workspace, not to mention Zeus, his 55-kilogram German shepherd-collie.