WeWork CEO Sandeep Mathrani Resigns

May 16, 2023 / no comments

WeWork CEO Sandeep Mathrani is stepping down.
Effective May 26, Mathrani will leave WeWork and be replaced by Board Member David Tolley on an interim basis. The coworking giant announced the leadership change in a press release on Tuesday.
Mathrani is joining Sycamore Partners as a director leading its real estate activity.
No reason was given for Mathrani’s departure or the suddenness of WeWork’s announcement. Tolley, a former Blackstone private equity partner, joined WeWork’s board this year. A WeWork representative declined additional comment.
Mathrani spent over three years in WeWork’s top spot, succeeding interim co-CEOs Artie Minson and Sebastian Gunningham, who replaced co-founder Adam Neumann after his star fell in…

AT&T To Mandate Managers’ Return To Office, Consolidate Real Estate

May 16, 2023 / no comments

AT&T, America’s largest telecommunications company, is consolidating its office space into nine locations and will require some 60,000 managers to come back to the office.
The company will require managers to come into the office at least three days per week, CEO John Stankey said in a Bloomberg Radio interview this week. 
Affected employees will be required to return to the office beginning in July in Dallas and Atlanta, where AT&T has major hubs, and by Sept. 4 in Los Angeles, Seattle, St. Louis, San Ramon, California, and Middletown and Bedminster, New Jersey. Eighty-five percent of the company’s employees live near one…

Supportive Housing Developer Pulls Out Of UC Berkeley Project, Citing Legal Delays

May 16, 2023 / no comments

The developer responsible for building housing for people experiencing homelessness for the People’s Park project in Berkeley backed out Monday, citing lengthy delays caused by the litigation swirling around the contentious project. 
A nonprofit called Resources for Community Development said it would no longer be involved in the project, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. 
In February, a California Court of Appeals ruled those who approved the broader student housing project near the University of California, Berkeley campus failed to adequately consider its environmental impacts. The project proponents have appealed that ruling to the California Supreme Court. 
The project calls for the development of a 3.1-acre park, with…