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...WeWork said it was up to date with its lease obligations and its operation remained unaffected....
...WeWork, SoftBank and Goldman declined to comment....
...The new WeWork will carry no debt....
...You’ve been kind of in the thicket of WeWork for some time. Ortenca Aliaj Yes. I came into the WeWork story relatively late....
...Neumann, who resigned as WeWork’s chief executive in 2019, has been courting potential investors for months to finance his effort to regain control of the company....
...The Wall Street Journal first reported Neumann’s preliminary offer for WeWork....
...“Third Point has had only preliminary conversations with Flow and Adam Neumann about their ideas for WeWork, and has not made a commitment to participate in any transaction.”...
...His lawyers sent a letter to WeWork last week, saying he wants to acquire it or its assets....
...WeWork, the co-working company founded by Adam Neumann, collapsed in bankruptcy last year. And since then, the commercial real estate market has only gotten worse....
...Since then, Neumann’s fortunes have eclipsed WeWork’s....
...(In Neumann’s case, even a small portion of that $1bn buys a large chunk of WeWork creditors’ attention.)...
...they wrote in their letter to WeWork’s counsel....
...He also faces a ticking clock as WeWork struggles through the bankruptcy process....
...The loan was financed by one of WeWork’s largest backers, the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank....
...WeWork’s senior creditors are poised to take control of the reorganised co-working space provider after agreeing to invest a fresh $450mn, in effect ending Adam Neumann’s attempt to purchase the company...
...Shares in WeWork were halted for trading early on Monday, as Wall Street anticipated an imminent bankruptcy filing of the co-working space company once valued at $47bn....
...But WeWork’s first and latest chief executives could scarcely be more different....
...The Chapter 11 process also allows WeWork to terminate leases early with little financial penalty. It is seeking to restructure its more than $13bn in lease obligations. Read more about WeWork here....
...Humza Yousaf is resigning as Scotland’s first minister, and WeWork’s senior creditors are poised to take control of the reorganised co-working space provider....
...A slimmer, humbler WeWork can now emerge. According to filings, WeWork’s typical lease with landlords started with 15-year terms....
...Nor does the downfall of WeWork mean that urban spaces will die....
...The group said it had largely written down its exposures but that it took a ¥21.6bn loss after exchanging unsecured WeWork notes for shares and convertible bonds....
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