It took eight and a half years for WeWork to climb to the top of the commercial real estate world, dominating the world's biggest office markets and raking in billions in investment. It took less than two months for it all to come crashing down.
Much has been written about WeWork and now-former CEO Adam Neumann's meteoric rise and precipitous fall. And while WeWork has some very public, very persuasive critics, those who it really needs to convince of its durability are future investors and the industry it spent years disrupting. That's who Bisnow wanted to hear from, so that's who we asked.
In an online poll of more than 500 Bisnow readers, 54% said they expect WeWork to file for bankruptcy. Fifty-nine percent of respondents believe it will be much harder, but not impossible, for WeWork to sign leases, while 12% agreed with the statement, "No one will want to lease to…
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