{"id":280505,"date":"2021-06-21T22:48:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/wework-posts-best-sales-numbers-since-2019-ipo-implosion\/"},"modified":"2021-06-21T22:48:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:48:25","slug":"wework-posts-best-sales-numbers-since-2019-ipo-implosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wework-posts-best-sales-numbers-since-2019-ipo-implosion\/","title":{"rendered":"#WeWork posts best sales numbers since 2019 IPO implosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#WeWork posts best sales numbers since 2019 IPO implosion<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WeWork posted its best sales numbers in almost two years as the company seeks to go public while recovering from the twin blows of the pandemic and the implosion of its attempted 2019 initial public offering.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> comes as the SoftBank-backed company prepares to go public through a SPAC deal valuing it at $9 billion, a sharp decrease from the company\u2019s $47 billion valuation in January 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WeWork sold 33,000 new desks in April and 39,000 in May 2021, WeWork <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210621005242\/en\/WeWork-Provides-Business-Update-on-Sales-Momentum-Accelerating-Recovery\">said<\/a> Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The monthly numbers are WeWork\u2019s best since September 2019, when the company pulled its IPO after investors pushed back against its unprofitable business model and ownership structure that gave eccentric founder Adam Neumann an unusual amount of control. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After paying Neumann a sweet exit package worth nearly a quarter of a billion dollars, WeWork says it is bouncing back under CEO\u00a0Sandeep Mathrani, who took the reins last February.<\/p>\n<p>Total occupancy at the company\u2019s 767 locations ticked up from 50 percent in March to 53 percent in May, the company said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WeWork now has 505,000 total members, up from 490,000 at the end of 2020 but far below 662,000 at the end of 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic destroyed demand for commercial real estate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"WeWork building\" class=\"wp-image-18591627 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/wework-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/wework-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/wework-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/wework-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/wework-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>WeWork says it is bouncing back under CEO\u00a0Sandeep Mathrani, who took the reins last February.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dan Ives, managing director of equity research at Wedbush Securities, said WeWork\u2019s new occupancy numbers could help bolster the still-unprofitable company as it prepares to take a second shot at going public.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is clearly heavy lifting ahead with challenges abound in commercial real estate and occupancy but WeWork is clearly on a much better path than it was a few years ago,\u201d Ives told The Post. \u201cWeWork is a major \u2018prove me\u2019 story in the eyes of the Street looking ahead.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WeWork lost more than $2 billion during the first three months of 2021.\u00a0\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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