FILE - A sign for WeWork is displayed at their office in the borough of Manhattan in New York, Aug. 9, 2023. Trading in shares of WeWork were halted Monday as rumors that the office sharing company will seek bankruptcy protection. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File) (Ted Shaffrey, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

NEW YORK – WeWork has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a stunning fall for the office sharing company once seen as a Wall Street darling that promised to upend the way people went to work around the world.

The company offered few specifics about the course of its restructuring, but noted in its filing that it was requesting the ability to cancel leases in particular locations that WeWork described as largely non-operational. All affected members have received advanced notice, the company said in a late Monday announcement.

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