It’s tough at the top. For the Australian businessman David Collard, the problems go right to the very top – of the One World Trade Center in New York. Collard, whose Scale Facilitation bought the collapsed battery maker Britishvolt in February, is in hot water with his landlord.
Collard’s firm has space on the 88th floor of the tower, and court filings in New York reveal that Hyper Labs, the landlord of the floor, believes it has been in default on its rent since May. Despite having its contract cancelled, Scale has not surrendered the premises, documents claimed in June. Hyper Labs is seeking $455,000.
Remarkably, Collard is also being chased by the landlord of his Midtown apartment for $150,000 in unpaid rent. The filings
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