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Three Questions with Brandon Hinman of Switchyards

Posted on September 23, 2025   |   Updated on September 30, 2025

City Cast Houston Staff

Switchyards, a new neighborhood work club in Montrose. (Photo provided by Switchyards)

Switchyards, a new neighborhood work club in Montrose. (Photo provided by Switchyards)

Are you looking for a new place to get work done and be productive? Switchyards, a brand new neighborhood work club, is opening soon in Montrose. Brandon Hinman, Creative Director of Switchyards, shares more details about the one-of-a-kind work club with City Cast Houston Host Raheel Ramzanali below.

What is Switchyards?

“ Switchyards is the world's first neighborhood work club and we're bringing one to Houston. A work club is for us the best parts of a coffee shop. A college library and a boutique hotel lobby all put together in one space, opened up in residential neighborhoods where people actually live and wanna spend time. We keep it open 24/7, coffee's free, and folks join with a membership and they can come whenever they want.”

What can you expect to see when you walk in?

“ A very large, beautiful space. Bookable phone booths for those critical calls. Even bookable meeting rooms where you can take a board meeting or a huddle meeting. You're gonna see a cozy kitchen where you get that coffee that I was mentioning nonstop all the time. A lot of different seating, a lot of art. A lot of books, magazines, a lot of soul.”

How can Houstonians become a member?

“ The membership is $100 a month, no brainer price, and that gets access to the club and every other Switchyards club in the country 24/7. Those memberships will drop all in one morning, and that's on Sept. 25 at 10:00 a.m. Everyone who is getting on our early access list will be sent that link to buy a membership first."

Click here to find out more about Switchyards, the world's first neighborhood work club, and how to become a member. They are hosting free sneak peak tours of the work club on Sept. 23 and 24. There is also a sneak peek party on Sept. 24. RSVP for tickets to these events here.

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