LAUFT says it's on the hook for $2.5 million it invested in the co-working space plan.

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A company that opened a co-working space in Gatineau for the federal government earlier this year has already shut the office, saying the government has ended its $13.8-million contract. Article content

LAUFT opened the co-working space on Boulevard du Plateau in March. It only lasted in September when the government pulled the plug on the contract, said Jesse Sharratt, LAUFT’s co-founder. Article content Article content

“So we ended up building this workspace they probably knew they were only going to use for six months,” said Sharratt, who added the company is now on the hook for $2.5 million it invested in the plan.

Sharratt told the Ottawa Citizen that the government only

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