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· Est. 2011 ·DTLA’s first coworking space· Wells Fargo North Tower ·Suite 3310· 213-221-2836 ·
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About · Run by Omar since 2011

Independent.
Founder-run.

Indie Desk is a single, independent workplace in Downtown LA. No investors. No chain. Same founder, same address, since 2011.

The community room, Suite 3310
The short version

15 years. One address.

Indie Desk opened in 2011 as the first coworking space in Downtown LA — a spin-off of Indie Printing, built to give freelancers across industries a real place to land. We’ve been in Suite 3310 of the Wells Fargo North Tower ever since.

Same founder. Same address. Same printer (mostly).

No investors to answer to. No chain to expand into. No quarterly pivot. We’re a single, independent workplace run by the person who answers the door — Omar Madero.

Indie Desk is part of The Indie Group, alongside Indie Printing — also independent, also run by humans.

Omar Madero · founder, runs the place
The person at the door
Same founder. Same address. Same printer (mostly).
— Omar

Omar opened the door in 2011 and has been opening it most mornings since. He books tours, fixes the printer, remembers your coffee order by month three.

By the numbers

Fifteen years. Counting.

2011
opened our doors
312
events hosted
15
years in DTLA
cups of coffee
What’s started here

Companies launched on the 33rd floor.

A few of the businesses that started — or grew up — at Indie Desk before they outgrew us. We’re proud to have been the first office.

Burner
Privacy phone numbers
Loot Crate
Subscription mystery boxes
Visionary VR
Mindshow precursor · acquired
VRLA
LA’s VR/AR conference
Mindshow
Animation in VR
Members past and present

Who’s been here.

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Milestones

A decade and a half.

2011
Indie Desk opens on the 33rd floor. DTLA’s first coworking space.
2014
Private offices added. First full year profitable.
2017
Event space opens — 95 seats, real room.
2020
Stayed open for essential members through lockdown.
2023
Added bilingual staffing arm — Champion City Staffing launches.
2026
Year 15. Still on the 33rd floor. Still the same printer.
The Indie Group

Two independents. One family.

Indie Desk
Coworking · 2011

The 33rd-floor workplace. Desks, offices, events.

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Indie Printing
Press · 2015

Letterpress and offset. Business cards to book runs.