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Apparently the two companies are roughly the same size in terms of square footage under management. (IIRC IWG is a little bigger.)

So not likely IWG could absorb significant percentages of WeWork customers on short notice.

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If WeWork goes under there are going to be large amounts of co-working space going cheap.

...so short CRE REITs, am i right?

I don't advocate active trading unless you have substantial non public information, and I don't think this meets my non-public criterion

Stay out of REITs anyway; once they have your money they essentially never have to give it back. I can't imagine how something so illiquid could be shorted in the first place.

Aren't REIT mutual funds the most likely vehicle for a retail investor to invest in REITs?

That's a good problem to face.

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