I agree, the freelance working space market must be extremely ripe right now, I wonder why supply has been so slow to increase? It should be obvious that the demand is very high just by visiting most wifi cafes, looking around, and seeing all of the freelancers and office-refugees.
I think because it's actually a pretty high risk proposition for property owners. It means a lot of unknown people coming and going through commercial (not retail) space and all the insurance, theft risk, vandalism risk kinds of concerns that come with that for a landlord. Usually in a city with a growing and vibrant tech industry less risky tenants can be gotten who will probably pay more.
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