WeWork Co-Founder Branches into the Business of Education
✉️ Want to forward this article? Click here.

A rendering of WeGrow’s future New York location
Years ago, WeWork became a global powerhouse in the coworking sector. Later, the company branched out into cohousing via its WeLive locations. Now, WeWork’s founding partner is focusing on schools.
WeWork founder Rebekah Neumann is a mother to five young children and found herself underwhelmed by their school options in New York and on the West Coast. Seeing a void, Neumann created a pilot program last month for WeGrow, a highly-interactive school serving students in kindergarten through 5th grade, Fast Company reported. The school is operating out of a Chabad school in New York and there are currently seven children enrolled, ages 5, 6 and 8.

Rendering of a WeGrow classroom designed by Bjarke Ingels
story continues below
story continues above
The school is based on principles of kindness, “conscious entrepreneurship”, mindfulness and appreciation of nature, with yoga classes, meditation and farmwork as integral parts of the curriculum. Neumann and her husband (WeWork’s founder and CEO) purchased a 60-acre farm north of New York City in early 2016, which the students visited before setting up a farm stand at a WeWork location.
WeWork is envisioned as an integral part of WeGrow (although the funding and logistics have not yet all been worked out), enabling partnerships and apprenticeships between the students and WeWork members. WeWork members and employees will be able to apply for slots at the school for their children. The schools will also be open to families in the immediate area of WeGrow locations. The first location is expected to open next year in WeWork’s Chelsea headquarters building, moving along with the headquarters offices to the Lord and Taylor building on Fifth Avenue in 2019.
Other WeGrow schools may also open in existing WeWork locations, creating a school network that will also be a benefit to WeWork members who relocate elsewhere in the country or the world. Tuition is still to be determined. Starchitect Bjarke Ingels is slated to design the first WeGrow school.
See other articles related to: bjarke ingels, new york, new york city, school, schools, wegrow, welive, wework
This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/wework_co-founder_branches_into_the_business_of_education/13222.
Most Popular... This Week • Last 30 Days • Ever

Cash-out refinancing is a popular financial strategy that allows homeowners to conver... read »

Plans to redevelop a strip mall along the thoroughfare are back in the works after a ... read »

A new report continues to find that there is an uptick in new listings coming online ... read »

The new 230-room citizenM hotel is expected to open at the beginning of 2026.... read »

Today, UrbanTurf takes a look at the residential pipeline southeast of Florida Avenue... read »
- How Does Cash-Out Refinancing Work?
- 262-Unit Development With 'Main Street' Retail Pitched For Columbia Pike
- Three Months In, How Is DOGE Affecting The DC-Area Housing Market?
- Georgetown Hotel Along Water Street Set To Deliver Next Year
- The Nearly 2,500 Units That Could Still Be In The Works For NoMa
DC Real Estate Guides
Short guides to navigating the DC-area real estate market
We've collected all our helpful guides for buying, selling and renting in and around Washington, DC in one place. Start browsing below!
First-Timer Primers
Intro guides for first-time home buyers
Unique Spaces
Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro