Back during COVID, the Gotham Gal and I, along with the team in our family office, debuted our "sustainable" apartment building development business in Brooklyn, called Frame Home. We had two small ground floor retail spaces to lease in our first building, Frame283, and nobody wanted them. So Alex O'Daly, who helps us run our family office, suggested we make a "covid safe co-working space" in the ground floor. And so we did.

We called it Framework and it opened in early 2021. The concept is simple. Every "frameworker" gets their own sound insulated office pod optimized for privacy and productivity. Our tagline is "your own home office away from home". Our first Framework has been sold out since shortly after opening. We made something a lot of people want, almost by accident.

So when our friends at Two Trees opened up The Refinery at Domino Park in Williamsburg, we suggested that we put a Framework in that building. They visited the original location and loved it and a partnership was struck.

Back in October, we opened up Framework At The Refinery on the 9th floor of The Refinery building. We are now getting close to half full and hope to expand the operation to take the entire 9th floor later this year.

Again, the concept is dead simple. Every Refinery "frameworker" gets their own pod. It comes with a sit/stand desk, a chair, a file cabinet, an electric kettle, a french press, and a small fridge. There is fast and reliable wifi, and a few shared resources like bathrooms, a kitchenette, unlimited printing, and one bookable conference room.

As you can see, the views of the east river are wonderful. The light in the space is fantastic.

Pods start at $820 per month and can be leased for a minimum of 30 days or as long as 18 months.

If you want to schedule a tour and see it for yourself, go here and book one.

The way we work is changing but we still need a comfortable place to do our best work and Framework is all about giving that to people in a place that is close to home, but without the distractions of home.

A lot of people reacted to my New Years Day predictions post with skepticism. And rightly so. Some of the "predictions" were pretty far out.

But that was the point. I probably should have called them provocations not predictions.

That post was a list of things that I feel should happen, not so much what will happen.

Our business is about teaming up with founders who have a shared vision of where things are going and a desire to make them happen.

So my provocations are a good way of letting the world know where our head is at. Founders whose heads are in a similar place will appreciate that and come knocking on our door.

Or so we hope.

I've done a lot of these January 1st look forward posts in the 20+ years I've been blogging. I've used many different approaches. I sometimes talk big themes, like I did last year. I sometimes focus on just one thing. And sometimes I just make a bunch of predictions. I am going to do the latter approach today because I feel like it and it's so much fun.

1/ Apple and Google will leverage their existing market power to surpass OpenAI/ChatGPT in consumer AI prompts by the end of 2025.

2/ Waymo will surpass Uber in rides taken in San Franciso and Los Angeles by the end of 2025.

3/ Direct bank to bank payments will surpass credit card interchange payments in a few categories in the US in 2025.

4/ A decentralized clinical trial attracts millions of participants and produces a favorable outcome and Trump's FDA not only approves the drug but celebrates the approach.

5/ A housekeeper robot named Judy is launched by Dyson and it becomes a massive success, selling millions of units.

6/ NFT Art, left for dead at the end of 2024, makes a remarkable comeback and the MOMA purchases The 6529 Museum Of Art for an undisclosed sum.

7/ An AI doctor with the personality of Mr Rogers will treat millions of patients at zero cost in 2025.

8/ A bitcoin mining operation will pair with a wind farm in Newfoundland and grid scale battery storage to power an AI data center showcasing a new model for sustainable infrastructure.

9/ Arizona's ESA program attracts over 25% of K12 students in the state, leading to a number of local school closures.

10/ An AI produces an animated feature film that is nominated for an Oscar.

11/ An air taxi service launches in New York City offering an alternative to the L train commute.

12/ TikTok turns all videos into memecoins that can be traded on decentralized exchanges all over the world.

13/ The USV Librarian goes rogue, gets access to USV's crypto wallet, and starts making seed investments, one of which turns into a fund returner.

Like I said yesterday, "buckle up", 2025 is going to be wild.