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WeWork's woes dominated the financial news last year. Now, itsissues may bring more scrutiny on startups in real estate,according to Cody Vichinsky, co-founder of Bespoke Real Estate.

"You see this golden child, like WeWork, that on paper lookslike it's a game-changing business model," Vichinsky says. "Then itfails, and the investment that went into it was just unbelievable.How, after all that investment—they have billions of dollars toplay with—are they collapsing?

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Leslie Shaver

Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.