Chinese shared office giant UrWork has partnered with a Shanghai-based rival to accelerate its growth drive, as Asia’s co-working space race continues to ramp up. The $1.4 billion, Beijing-based firm announced Monday that it has inked a joint venture agreement… Read More>>
WeWork Calls UrWork a Co-Working CopyCat in NY Lawsuit
Shared office giant WeWork is suing Beijing-based rival UrWork over its “confusingly similar name” as the Chinese company prepares to launch a new centre in WeWork’s home base of New York.
WeWork, the world’s largest co-working brand, filed the suit… Read More>>
WeWork Suing URWork Over Trademark and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The gloves have come off in the fight for dominance of the shared office market as US co-working champion WeWork takes a swing at Chinese challenger URWork over an oddly similar moniker. Also in the news today, BlackRock unloads its… Read More>>
URWork Raises $30M from Kunming Developer, Plans 30K SQM Project
URWork, the Beijing-based shared office unicorn, has flexed its fundraising muscles once again by completing a new funding round for RMB 200 million ($30 million) from KCC, a state-owned developer based in the city of Kunming.
The $1.3 billion startup… Read More>>
Wanda’s Vista Tower Still on Track Says Chicago Partner And More Asia Real Estate Headlines
At the top of the news, Wanda’s partner in Chicago says the 98-storey Vista Tower is progressing as planned, notwithstanding the mainland group’s proposed reshuffling of overseas assets. In other headlines, shared office giant WeWork is suing its similarly named… Read More>>
URWork Raises $178M From Prosperity Fund, Beijing Capital Land
Beijing-based flexible office startup URWork has displayed its fundraising prowess once again, announcing it has closed a RMB 1.2 billion ($178 million) round of financing from a group of mainland investors to fuel the $1.3 billion company’s overseas expansion.
For… Read More>>
URWork To Land in Fosun’s 28 Liberty in Manhattan
China’s URWork has joined forces with an American flexible office provider to open its first US location in downtown Manhattan, as the battle for co-working domination intensifies. The $1.3 billion Beijing startup that aims to be China’s answer to WeWork… Read More>>
$1.3B Co-Working Startup URWork Raises $29M from Beijing Investor
Shared office unicorn URWork has just closed another round of funding, with Beijing Aikang Group injecting RMB 200 million ($29.4 million) into the startup that aims to be China’s answer to WeWork, the company announced this week.
The latest cash… Read More>>
URWork Moving in on WeWork’s Home Turf With NYC Co-Working Centre
Co-working pioneer WeWork made global headlines a year ago when it opened in Shanghai, marking the first foothold in the world’s second largest economy for the $20 billion co-working company.
But it didn’t take long for China’s local players to… Read More>>
Keppel REIT Buying $268M Stake in Melbourne Office Project and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
At the top of today’s headlines Singapore’s Keppel REIT has taken a shopping trip to Melbourne, Australia where it picked out a nice new office tower for its portfolio. Also in the news, Yanlord Land buys a site in Zhuhai… Read More>>