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Well if there's no inflation.

Now, if we got some inflation, those leases would start to look pretty cheap. Then the debt turns into equity, viola!

See lowering interest rates to 0 is fun.

This comment was downvoted for snark, but the point is accurate. Inflation could double rental prices and then all of Wework leases will be worth a lot.

Aren't leases usually inflation adjusted?

In most places it's usually completely dependent on the contract, if you are a big leaser (such as WeWork) you can leverage a lot of terms just by having money and paying upfront.

I have never seen an inflation adjusted lease in any of the commercial leases I've done.

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