{"id":78667,"date":"2023-05-12T15:09:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T12:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=78667"},"modified":"2025-09-11T06:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T03:36:05","slug":"solana-opens-community-office-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/solana-opens-community-office-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Solana opens community office in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solana Labs <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/solana-labs-unveils-new-25-000-square-foot-4-story-community-office-space-in-lower-manhattan-301821800.html\\\">\u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u043e\u0431 \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0440\u044b\u0442\u0438\u0438<\/a> four-storey public office space of 25,000 square feet in New York, United States.<\/p>\n<p>The space is located in the Lower Manhattan district and serves as a venue for &#8220;co-working and events for projects in the Solana blockchain ecosystem&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>At the opening, New York officials and senior figures from Solana Labs were in attendance, including the company&apos;s co-founder Raj Gokal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;New York has everything it needs to become a global hub for <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-web3\">Web3<\/a>. There is art, culture, innovation, technology and talent,&#8221; said Andrew Kimball, president and CEO of the New York City Economic Development Corporation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Gokal, the company is &#8220;doubling down&#8221; on its efforts to &#8220;give startups a place for creativity and collaboration&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Solana clarified that they did not purchase the offices, but leased them. The exact price was not disclosed by representatives, but they added that they signed a ten-year lease.<\/p>\n<p>In February, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/solana-to-close-two-stores-in-the-united-states\">decided to close<\/a> two offline Solana Spaces stores in New York and Miami. Management explained that the project did not attract as many users as initially expected.<\/p>\n<p>In May, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/solana-sets-date-for-saga-smartphone-sales\">sales<\/a> of Solana Labs&apos; Web3-focused Saga smartphone began. The device costs $1000 and features 512 GB of storage, two rear camera lenses, a 6.67-inch OLED display and a fingerprint scanner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solana Labs announced the opening of a four-storey public office space covering 25,000 square feet in New York, United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[322,1159],"class_list":["post-78667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-events","tag-solana-sol"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"29","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78669,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78667\/revisions\/78669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}