But those extras will generally cost top dollar. Copies run about 13 cents each. Word processing is often billed in 15-minute intervals, even if your job takes five. And phone service for faxes and regular calls can be higher than regular rates. They really kind of gouge you on that.
Some business centers are more flexible than others.
Howard Materetsky, a financial planner who leases three offices at an Alliance Business Center on Long Island, N.Y., brought in a photocopier and fax. Most executive suites don't furnish a computer. With large corporations using suites more and more to establish beachhead field offices, hallway chitchat with seasoned professionals is a real possibility. Motown Record Company, for instance, is leasing 100 offices next year at an HQ Business Center in New York to see if it wants to open a full-fledged office in the Big Apple. Most businesses, though, outgrow the executive suite at four or five offices, says Joanne McDaniel, vice-president for marketing at InterOffice Management, an operator of 40 business centers nationwide.