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Irishman leads group offering Americans premium co-working and gym spaces

James O’Reilly is in charge of a premium health club chain’s rollout of high-end co-working locations in the US and Canada

James O’Reilly, president of Life Time Work: ‘When I say premium I mean it.’ Picture: Bryan Meade

Life Time Group Holdings, a US-listed company best known for its gym chain, is expanding the number of co-working spaces it has under the leadership of Irishman James O’Reilly.

Life Time Work, where membership starts at $400 per month, currently has nine locations in North America, with plans to have two more open by the end of this year, and with at least five new sites due to open in 2023.

Dubbed WeWork Out, these ...