About Us
From a lunch time conversation to 1600m2 of modern office space.
People often ask how Co. Habitat came to be. Simply put it was through a conversation with a former manager, colleague and Josh, our owner and operator. Somehow, the conversation turned to shared office spaces that had started showing up in cities such as Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. All of a sudden, Australia’s metropolitan areas were starting to embrace an idea that was already being used in the U.S.A., U.K., Canada and across Europe and Asia.
Already at a crossroad with his career, Josh saw this as an opportunity to create something special, so he started looking into the operation and set up of such places. To say he jumped in to the deep end of business is probably an understatement.
From that initial conversation and nearly 18 months of planning and setbacks, Co. Habitat Co-Working Space officially opened its doors on 1 August 2018 with an area of approximately 4002m on the mezzanine level of the old Townsville Transit Centre. The demand for space was so high that 12 months later we were already in discussion with the property owner to take over a larger space in the building and 1 July 2020 we relocated to the top floor of the building. This gave us access to 26 Private Offices (9 of which convert to Semi-Private Office Space), Conference Room (120PAX), 2 Boardrooms, Meeting Room, Classroom, Podcasting Room, Video Conferencing Room, Therapy and Consulting Room and plenty of space for Hot Desks and Breakout areas.
Our members are a diverse range of businesses at times featuring financial advisors and mortgage brokers to human resource consultants, work placement and recruitment agencies, lawyers, mindfulness coaches, software developers, archeologists and more. This diversity has created a dynamic and interesting community where conversations can vary from professional curiosity and understanding through to the outright ludicrous and hilarious.
With an aim to be flexible and evolve with our members, Co. Habitat has also been able to bring on services and increase expectations where needed. Sometimes this is small such as the addition of secure document destruction (a service we didn’t think about), other times they are big changes such as the addition of Virtual Memberships.
Co. Habitat is now an award winning Co-Working Space, having recently taken out ‘Best Coworking & Shared Office Space 2023 – Queensland’ and ‘APAC Insider Special Recognition Award for Business Growth 2023’ in the APAC Insider 2023 Business Awards. Co. Habitat has also been a finalist for the Townsville Chamber of Commerce Business Awards; Go Local Award (2022); Small Business of the Year Award (2024)
Josh – Director
Having always had an inquisitive nature, ability to take on new challenges and that ‘I am going to do this because I can’ attitude, Josh moved to Adelaide after school to study a Bachelor of Oenology (Wine Science) at The University of Adelaide. Graduating in 2010, Josh then spent the next four years travelling both domestically and internationally with work. This allowed him to work in some of the most picturesque places around the world including, the Hunter Valley, Barossa Valley, Margaret River and Rutherglen in Australia and Napa Valley in America and Upper Rhine in Germany.
In 2014, Josh moved back to Townsville to spend some more time with family and rest from the constant travelling. Since then, he has gotten married and with his wife, welcomed two gorgeous boys in to the world.
Josh has always taken a keen interest in community activity. Committed to seeing and helping local business thrive in a changing environment, serving as the captain of the Townsville Young Chamber Committee (2024-2025) and in 2025 was part of the organising team for The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (Townsville). These days, Josh continues to contribute to the local business community as board member to the Townsville Chamber of Commerce.
Prior to becoming a father, Josh could also be found at a wide range of networking events throughout the city, from Young Chamber Kickstarters and Townsville Chamber of Commerce Coffees and was a long term season ticket holder for the North Queensland Cowboys..
Josh is a two time finalist for the Townsville Chamber of Commerce Business Awards: Young Business Person of the Year (2022 and 2024)
Office Administrator
A position currently exists for someone to join our team.
Eden – Front of House
Eden is in her first year at James Cook University, where she is studying a Bachelor of Business. Outside of her studies, Eden enjoys spending time with family and friends.
Danica – Front of House
Danica is in her final year studying law and business at James Cook University. Originally from Mackay, Danica has a passion for supporting people and making a difference. She hopes to work in commercial or corporate law once she graduates. Further down the line, it’s in her great interest to work in immigration law or foreign affairs. She enjoys baking, travelling, hiking and doing DIY projects.
