Office-leasing company WeWork lost over $2 billion in the first quarter of 2021, as it prepares to go public through a SPAC deal more than a year after it initially sought to IPO.
The company reported a net loss of $2.06 billion on sales of $598 million. Occupancy rose to 50 percent, up slightly from the previous quarter, the company said Thursday in a press release.
“WeWork continued to see encouraging signs of recovery with sales activity, a critical indicator of future revenue, ramping over the first quarter, as the company achieved gross desk sales of 24k in January, 25k in February, and 38k in March,” the company said.
WeWork said it spent $494 million on “restructuring costs” driven by Japanese tech giant SoftBank’s stock purchases, and a settlement with ousted CEO and co-founder Adam Neumann.
WeWork appointed Sandeep Mathrani as CEO on Feb. 18, 2020. Tony Favarula/Andrew Collings Ph
The company said it finished the quarter with $2.2 billion in liquidity, including $719 million in cash on hand.
The company is in the midst of a turnaround effort led by CEO Sandeep Mathrani, who was chosen to replace Neumann by Softbank, which has invested at least $18.5 billion in
