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OtherAna NarvaezThu 16 May 19

WeWork Starts $3bn Fund to Buy Property

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After confidentially filing for an initial public offering in April, WeWork’s parent company has launched a US$2.9 billion platform to buy the buildings it rents in.

WeWork, which rebranded as The We Company in early 2019, has launched “Ark” to manage and expand its real estate holdings.

Raising an initial US$2.9 billion (A$4.2bn) in equity capital, Ark will serve as WeWork’s “global real estate acquisition and management platform”, the company said in a press release.

Ark will buy out the various office stakes of WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann, who has effectively functioned as both landlord and CEO — creating potential for conflict of interest — the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this year.

The ambitious startup has launched a number of offshoots from the original co-working concept, with the company setting up retail ventures, schools (WeGrow) and co-living (WeLive) as it broadened its portfolio.

Ark is majority owned by The We Company, and has partnered with Canadian pension fund manager Ivanhoé Cambridge for the initial capital boost. Its mandate is to acquire, develop and manage real estate assets in global gateway cities and high-growth secondary markets.

Related: WeWork Acquires New York Retail Site for $1.1bn

WeWork will deploy its space-as-a-service model in Ark-owned properties.WeWork.


The Ark real estate arm will optimise WeWork assets and leverage its “extensive real estate experience”, Ark managing partner Rich Gomel said.

“Ark has been set up to capitalise on that opportunity and allow us to provide different partnership options for the real estate community to participate in the expansion of the We Company,” Gomel said.

The news comes as the company posted US$264 million in losses in its quarterly financial results and Japan’s Softbank flipped on plans for another round of investment in the company.

WeWork was valued at about US$47 billion after a private fundraising round as it looks set to follow similarly-sized startups Uber and Lyft into filing for IPOs.

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