Gravitate Coworking Mail Policy

Monthly Coworking and Mailbox Members may receive mail at Gravitate Coworking locations as a benefit of their membership, with approval and completion of USPS 1583 forms. Day pass, punch card, and room rental customers cannot receive mail directly, but they may purchase a Mailbox Membership at any Gravitate location.

  • Members will be given a Private Mailbox Number or PMB to use as part of their address to remain in compliance with the US Postal Service (USPS). If you don’t format the address in this way, it is possible that automated systems at USPS (such as the online address change notification service) will reject your address. This is a known limitation acknowledged by the USPS. The address used by members should appear in the format shown below, by location, with “xxx” being the unique Private Mailbox Number. Members should not reference Gravitate in the address they use to get mail delivered to the space.

Gravitate Downtown
Your Name and/or Business Name
500 Locust St. PMB xxx
Des Moines, IA 50309

Gravitate East Village
Your Name and/or Business Name
505 East Grand Suite 200
PMB xxx
Des Moines, IA 50309

Gravitate Midtown
Your Name and/or Business Name
6500 University Ave, Ste 100
PMB xxx
Windsor Heights, IA 50324

  • Please see the Community Manager to request a mailbox and Private Mailbox Number.

  • Your community manager will assist you to complete and notarize the necessary USPS forms.

  • Some Gravitate East Village & Gravitate Midtown members may want to substitute the hash symbol “#” for PMB when giving out their mailbox address. Members at these locations CAN NOT use “Suite” or “Unit”, however, since the base address (Gravitate’s address) includes a suite number.

  • Many Gravitate Downtown Des Moines members substitute the words “Suite” or “Unit” or the hash symbol “#” for PMB when giving out their mailbox address. This typically works for mail delivery where the postal carriers are involved but will not work with automated systems at USPS (please only use “PMB” if communicating with USPS).

  • You may not use Gravitate’s address without approval. 

  • You may not use Gravitate’s address without a Private Mailbox Number (PMB).

  • Unauthorized mail received at a Gravitate location will be returned to the sender.

Google Business Profile Listing

Monthly Members may qualify to use the Gravitate Address to create a Google Business Profile listing.

These requests must be approved by Gravitate. Any attempt to create a listing and by step Gravitate verification/approval is grounds to terminate membership.

A few notes: 

  • Google’s objective is to be very transparent with its users. If a business does not actually reside at a specific address, and/or is not actually a local business, Google does not want a Google Business Profile listing to be created. Read more on Google Business Profile Policy here.

  • Who should use a Google Business Profile listing?

    • An actual local business - i.e., a handyman, a computer repair service that services a specific geographic area

    • A business that requires local reviews from local users for marketing

  • Who should not use a Google My Business listing?

    • Anyone else!

      • Google Business Profile is not for Google Ads

      • Google Business Profile is not for businesses that operate online (i.e., software)

Package Delivery

Packages delivered through carriers other than the United States Postal Service may include “Gravitate” in the address to better ensure delivery.

Excessive package delivery and/or long-term storage of packages are not permitted.



If you have any questions regarding mailbox and mailing address please talk to your community manager or send us an email..