Last threat from WeWork: the owners of the old school are trying to copy WeWork

At a dinner held two years ago in the wine cellar of real estate executive Jeffrey Hines, the executives of the office building company he led expressed growing suspicions about WeWork.

WeWork began as an excellent client of Hines Interests LP and other owners, renting out unused spaces and renting them out to companies too small to be ordinary tenants, said Charlie Kuntz, Hines senior executive, in a presentation. after dessert, according to several people present.

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