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Dan Primack: uncertainty

25 Oct 2019 Acquired The WeWork “Acquisition” (with Dan Primack)

“I don’t know whether they’re officially signing lease or not, but certainly had the engine running.”

— Dan Primack

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Speaker
Dan Primack
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Claim type
uncertainty
Recorded
25 Oct 2019
Publisher
Acquired

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…Yeah. So, the deal falls apart. SoftBank does end up investing corporate, I believe, not the Vision Fund, $2 billion in WeWork at this point in time. WeWork needs the cash. They’ve been grow-grow-grow, they bought the Lord & Taylor building for $850 million. And they’ve been making decisions. Remember, the bigger deal fell apart really at the last minute as far as WeWork was concerned. Think about the timing. Again, end of year Q4. That’s when you’re making all your plans for the next year. They expected to have the money. I don’t know whether they’re officially signing lease or not, but certainly had the engine running. Yeah, totally.…

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