Artsiphere is hosting preview parties on Friday and Saturday. It officially opens its doors on Sunday.

More than a year after Arlington County shuttered Artisphere’s doors, the building is now slated to become a coworking space.

Once the home of the Newseum, 1101 Wilson Boulevard housed the multi-media arts space for several years before the county decided it was not financially viable.

When they gave up on the art center, Arlington still had six years on the lease and struggled to figure out the building’s future. The property includes two different theaters (plus a third next door), three exhibition galleries, a 4,000-square-foot ballroom, and a two-story projection wall.

“It’s a quirky space,” Michelle Isabelle-Stark, the director of the Arlington Cultural Affairs Division, told DCist last fall. “It’s going to have to have a for-profit take it over. We’re hoping that tech companies will take a serious look at it.”

Indeed, that is the hope of its soon-to-be-occupant. The owner, Monday Properties, has announced that they are renting 45,000 square feet to Regus, a massive office-leasing company, for its ‘Spaces’ coworking brand.

“Co-working is becoming increasingly popular with millennials and those who prefer a more flexible workspace,” Tim Helmig, president and chief operating officer of Monday Properties, said in a release. “1101 Wilson Boulevard, with its diverse services and prime location, is the right home for SPACES and for other cutting edge firms that are looking to optimize and effectively grow their businesses.”

It is a microcosm of larger trends. As the region’s arts spaces struggle with making ends meet amid rising rents, millennial-focused co-working spaces are sprouting up like luxury condo developments and fast-casual eateries.

And Regus, which has been described as the national 800-lb. gorilla of leasing corporate “executive suites,” has jumped on board with Spaces.

“Rosslyn is the perfect destination for Spaces, which is dedicated to building productive and professional communities of likeminded business leaders,” said Michael Berretta, vice president of business development at Regus. “We zoned in on the former Artisphere space as soon as we heard it was available.  There was absolutely nothing like this space in the greater D.C. metro area”

Monday Properties and Spaces will work to reconfigure the space to their needs over the next year.