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WeWork

  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    Can WeWork’s new owner succeed where Adam Neumann failed?

    Low-profile software tycoon Anant Yardi sees ‘tremendous opportunity’ after a turbulent bankruptcy

    A montage of Anant Yardi and the WeWork logo
  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    WeWork agrees restructuring deal that shuts out Neumann comeback bid

    Agreement would give senior creditors control of reorganised co-working company in exchange for $450mn

    WeWork sign on a building
  • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
    WeWork races to raise cash as Neumann offers to outbid rivals

    Co-working group is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars to exit bankruptcy without a sale

    Montage of Adam Neumann, WeWork logo and US dollars
  • Monday, 25 March, 2024
    Adam Neumann makes conditional offer to regain control of WeWork

    Co-working group’s co-founder says he has ‘half a dozen’ partners to finance a potential bid of about $600mn

    Adam Neumann
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    Unhedged podcast19 min listen
    WeWork rework

    Value investors are looking to scoop up the remains of WeWork

  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The patchy record of returning founders

    Adam Neumann’s potential comeback at WeWork is a double-edged sword

    Adam Neuman gives V for victory signs with both hands as he addresses a crowd
  • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
    Lex
    Who would want to back Adam Neumann’s plan to save WeWork? Premium content

    The poor state of commercial property market does not inspire much hope for a turnaround

    Outside the entrance to a WeWork office space in Berkeley, California, US
  • Sunday, 11 February, 2024
    John Gapper
    WeWork’s distress is an opportunity for Adam Neumann

    The financial crisis for office buildings has lured back the prophet of flexible working

    Ben Hickey illustration of a person pulling a logo of WeWork on a string
  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Can Adam Neumann make a comeback at WeWork?

    The co-working entrepreneur has made a late entry into an already complex bankruptcy process

    A montage of Masayoshi Son, Dan Loeb and Adam Neumann in front of a WeWork logo
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    Adam Neumann
    Adam Neumann seeks to buy WeWork out of bankruptcy

    Entrepreneur says he is partnering with Third Point but hedge fund says it has not committed to participating in any deal

    Adam Neumann
  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
    Brexit
    EU faces potential €450mn post-Brexit bill on empty London offices

    European Medicines Agency saddled with 15-year liability for lease after subtenant WeWork stops paying rent

    A view on the European Medicines Agency building at Canary Wharf, London
  • Monday, 27 November, 2023
    Flexible working
    Desks by the hour: why flexible offices are a hit with business

    New form of co-working offers companies ability to expand or shrink space when needed

    Nancy Hey
  • Friday, 10 November, 2023
    Commercial property
    WeLurk around offices with abandoned leases

    Not really. But if you wanted to, it’d be pretty easy

  • Friday, 10 November, 2023
    David Tolley: WeWork’s answer to Adam Neumann’s flamboyant legacy

    The clear-eyed former financier could scarcely be more different in style from the entrepreneurial hustler he replaces

  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
    Gillian Tett
    After WeWork, the office is dead — long live the office

    The desk-renting start-up’s implosion ought to teach investors not to bet the future on the recent past

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of a worker’s desk being torn away from an office building
  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
    SoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank posts unexpected $6.2bn loss after WeWork bankruptcy

    Japanese tech conglomerate hit by falling valuations in portfolio companies

    SoftBank and WeWork logos
  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
    Due Diligence
    SoftBank: WeLost $16bn (more or less) Premium content

    Plus, investors choose to overlook the Credit Suisse AT1 fiasco and hedge fund managers score nine-figure salaries

    Due diligence logo
  • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
    SoftBank paid $1.5bn to WeWork lenders including Goldman days before bankruptcy

    Japanese conglomerate has committed more than $16bn since initial investment in 2017

    The entrance to a WeWork co-working office in New York
  • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
    News in-depth
    Fall of a ‘trailblazer’: what WeWork’s bankruptcy means for flexible working

    As office space group navigates Chapter 11 protection, rivals must also face down threats from tech and hybrid working

    A WeWork location in Tokyo
  • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
    WeWork files for bankruptcy amid office market downturn

    Desk-renting company seeks to restructure more than $13bn in lease obligations through Chapter 11 process

    A WeWork office
  • Monday, 6 November, 2023
    LexProperty sector
    WeWork: boxed-in flexible space group seeks new lease of life Premium content

    Company’s over-reach through 2010s defined era of magical thinking inspired by cheap money

    A WeWork co-working office space in Berkeley, California
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Global Economy
    ZIRP: good, actually!

    In praise of bubbles

  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    Unhedged
    WeWork, too big to fail Premium content

    Plus, private funds sue the SEC

  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    WeWork tells landlords it will renegotiate most office leases

    Company calls rental costs ‘dramatically out of step with current market conditions’

    A WeWork sign at the workspace-sharing office in Manhattan
  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    WeWork announces 1-for-40 reverse stock split to retain New York listing

    US office space group recently warned it faced ‘substantial doubt’ about ability to continue as a going concern

    WeWork signage
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