WeWork在伦敦市中心迅速扩张

WeWork, the US co-working group backed by Softbank’s Vision Fund, has become the largest corporate office occupier in central London, underlining the speed of growth of one of the world’s most highly valued start-ups.

软银愿景基金(SoftBank Vision Fund)投资的美国联合办公空间企业WeWork，已成为在伦敦市中心占据最多商用办公空间的企业，这凸显出了这家全球最有价值的初创公司之一的发展速度。

WeWork, which was valued at more than $20bn following its last fundraising in August, has rented more space in the key office districts of London since 2012 than any other company, leasing 2.6m sq ft of space, according to estate agency group Cushman & Wakefield. This has made WeWork the biggest occupier of offices in the capital after the UK government.

WeWork在去年8月的最新一轮融资中的估值已超过200亿美元。地产中介集团Cushman & Wakefield的数据显示，2012年以来，WeWork在伦敦核心办公区租用的办公空间面积已超过其他任何一家企业，达到260万平方英尺。这使得WeWork成为除英国政府之外在伦敦占据最多办公空间的实体。

The company has become increasingly important to commercial property markets in cities such as London and New York, both leasing and buying buildings to offer shared offices.

在伦敦和纽约等城市的商业地产市场，WeWork正占据日益重要的地位，这家公司正通过租用和购买办公楼来提供共享办公空间。

WeWork started in 2010 as a trendy co-working space aimed at millennial tech start-ups — enticing participants via memberships, rather than leases, and through communal activities and perks such as free beer. But it is now working with larger companies to offer flexible working conditions.

作为一家新潮的联合办公空间提供商，WeWork于2010年创建，其目标群体是千禧年一代创办的科技初创企业。WeWork并不采取租赁制，而是通过会员制、公共活动以及如免费啤酒等额外的好处来吸引客户。

In London, WeWork’s take-up has been nearly double that of Google, which leased 1.3m sq ft over the five year period, while Amazon and Deutsche Bank leased just over 1m sq ft and 0.9m sq ft, respectively.

在伦敦，WeWork占据的办公空间几乎是谷歌(Google)的两倍，后者在2012年到2017年间租用的办公空间面积为130万平方英尺，而亚马逊(Amazon)和德意志银行(Deutsche Bank)租用的办公空间面积则分别为100万平方英尺多一点和90万平方英尺。

Flexible workspace providers, which use shorter-term tenancies than traditional landlords, have snapped up commercial property across London over 2017, making up more than a fifth of all office leases across the capital, according to Cushman & Wakefield, compared to just 8.5 per cent the previous year.

根据Cushman & Wakefield的数据，2017年，相对于传统房东而言提供更短期租约的灵活办公空间提供商纷纷抢占伦敦各处的商业地产，它们占据的办公空间面积占伦敦所有租赁办公空间面积的五分之一，而2016年这个数字仅为8.5%。

Across large regional UK cities, the average take-up of space by flexible office groups jumped to 7.5 per cent of all activity in 2017, up from 2 per cent the previous year.

英国各个地区性大城市中，灵活办公空间提供商所占办公面积的平均占比从2016年的2%跃升至2017年的7.5%。