Flex office IWG tries to reduce long-term leases
Handout IWG PLC, the world’s biggest co-working company, is trying to adapt its business model to reduce its exposure to long-term office leases as dozens of its locations in Canada and the United States restructure under creditor protection. The pandemic’s work-from-home mandates have exacerbated weaknesses with the co-working business of rent arbitrage. IWG and other flexible office providers such as WeWork and Knotel have had to continue paying rent on their long-term property leases while their revenue evaporated because their short-term subtenants stopped using their space. Story con...