RALEIGH – HQ Raleigh has grown to support operations outside of its launch point as the HQ Community. But HQ Raleigh remains the startup hub of Raleigh. It has doubled its local impact by expanding into two new areas in the city.

In 2017, HQ Raleigh has branched out of its original space to become less of a singular entity and more of a plexus, offering support and camaraderie for startups throughout the city of Raleigh.

Earlier this year, HQ Raleigh leased a new 15,000 square foot space in four floors of the historic downtown Raleigh Capital Club building. The space opened over the summer and is now up to 26 companies. According to HQ Raleigh Founding Member and Director Liz Tracy, “About 85 percent are technology companies or have technology integrated into their product or services in some way.”

The Capital Club location is still filling space for new tenants, and Tracy expects the number of member companies to grow even more by the end of the year.

Just a few months after the debut of the new Capital Club space, HQ Raleigh opened up yet another location, in Raleigh’s Glenwood South neighborhood. The HQ Raleigh at Glenwood South space, which officially opened earlier this month, is in partnership with local content marketing firm Centerline Digital. If offers 12 office suites and space for larger teams in the Glenwood South area. Teams are already moving into their new home there.

Flexible work space expanding in Glenwood South with @Centerline bringing online an additional 31,000 SF @HQRaleigh. pic.twitter.com/hmXpcnxUZ6 — Glenwood South(GSNC) (@Glenwood_South) December 6, 2017

The original HQ Raleigh is in downtown Raleigh’s Warehouse District on South Harrington Street, and serves as a sort of hub for the brand and all its member startups with 33 office suites, food and beverage perks, and regular events. This location houses a range of startups from event discovery app Offline Media to edtech platform Lea(R)n, and programs such as the NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic.

Tracy is optimistic about the future of HQ Raleigh as she expects continued growth on into 2018, largely motivated by evidence she’s seen of larger teams and a broader range of sizes and stages of companies moving into the spaces.

“There continues to be an interesting pipeline of opportunities for this region,” Tracy adds. “As we open the door for bigger companies to move in, that pipeline can only widen.”

This year, HQ Raleigh launched a series of business development programs to further help grow the local startup community. They include: