Everything to save it
What’s the proof that you’re desperate as a company? When even the global headquarters might be up for sale. That’s what Nissan is considering, according to Japanese media, although that doesn’t mean that Nissan will actually leave the building in Yokohama.
Anyone who has missed so far that things are not going so well at Nissan really needs to visit this site more often and read this article again for now. Due to the setback, Nissan will lay off 20,000 employees in the coming years and will abandon a significant part of its factories, but even the head office is not safe. According to Nikkei Asia, quoted by various Western media, Nissan has also put its headquarters in Yokohama on the list of assets that may be sold.
According to sources, a sale of that building could bring in 100 billion yen, or just under 615 million euros. A welcome amount if, like Nissan, you have to do everything you can to survive. A possible sale of the building does not mean that Nissan has to leave the 22-story building. The most obvious option in that case is to lease back the same building, where Nissan has been based since 2009. McLaren did this before when it sold its headquarters in Woking.