04:04 PM EDT, 03/27/2024 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with WeWork's comment in the fifth paragraph.)

Deutsche Bank ( DB ) assumed receivership of 51 Eastcheap after a fund tied to WeWork lost the London-based property due to banking covenant breach and a collapsed sale deal, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the situation.

The office building was owned by WeWork Capital Advisors, which had repeatedly attempted to sell the property in the past two years, the report said.

Brokers tried to sell the property leased to WeWork for 125 million British pounds ($158 million) in 2022, then for 70 million pounds last fall. The fund agreed to sell it for about 50 million pounds in initial terms, but talks collapsed, prompting Deutsche Bank ( DB ) to enforce its loan, Bloomberg said.

Spokespersons for Deutsche Bank ( DB ) and WeWork declined to comment, and WeWork Capital Advisors did not immediately respond to Bloomberg.

"WeWork Capital Advisors operates as a separate business from WeWork's operations and is overseen by a separate management committee that advises on the fund's investments," a representative for WeWork said in an emailed statement to MT Newswires.."We are unable to comment" on the investment strategy or details of the WeCap Portfolio, the statement said.

Deutsche Bank ( DB ) and WeWork Capital Advisors didn't immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for comment.

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