British landlord Twitter said on Tuesday it was taking the social media company to court over non-payment of rent at its London headquarters.
The Crown Estate, the company that manages land and property belonging to the British monarchy, said it had launched legal action in the High Court for rent arrears on office space near Piccadilly Circus.
Representatives said they had contacted Twitter earlier and are currently in discussions with the company.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, bought Twitter for $44 billion (£35 billion) in October last year.
He fired half of his staff and reportedly stopped paying office space rent to try to raise funds after taking out a large loan to buy the company.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday that the landlord of Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco has sued the company for allegedly not paying nearly $6.8 million in rent for December and January.
Twitter has its London office in a complex on Air Street called Air W1, owned by the Crown Estate.
The Daily Telegraph reported that Twitter’s signs and logo had been removed but a staff member said the company was still there.
Twitter UK started using this office in 2014, according to Companies House, which gives this as its registered address.
A Crown Estate is an independently managed portfolio of land, property and other assets.
The commercial income goes to the Treasury and the king receives an annual allowance of 15 percent of the profits called the Sovereign Grant.
The Crown Estate said it has more than 2.6 million sq ft (241,550 sq m) of office space in central London.