They also share common areas, such as reception, kitchen and lavatories, with other clients in the facility. Additional services, e.g., fax, copying, courier, word-processing, technical support, are generally available and are billed as used. These facilities are also known as executive suites or business centers. Larger corporations increasingly use the facilities for sales and field offices.
Home based businesses use center' facilities and conference rooms part-time for satellite offices.
All of these basic applications are growing rapidly. They range in size from 10,000 to 75,000 square feet. They tend to be somewhat larger in North America than in Europe or elsewhere in the world. Larger companies also use the facilities, often in multiple locations, to set up networks of sales and branch offices. They are also used by government agencies, retired individuals and as temporary quarters by organizations of all sorts for projects.