WeWork commits to pursuing the WELL Coworking Rating across 300+ locations on five continents (about half of its 600+ site portfolio), working with IWBI and The Instant Group. The rating spans 50+ features across air, water, light, comfort and more. Ebbie Wisecarver (WeWork), Rachel Hodgdon (IWBI) and Sam Pickering (Incendium Consulting / Instant) frame it as making verified well-being a sector norm within three years for 550,000+ annual members.

Occupiers are asking for independently verified health standards, not just nice amenity photos. Operators without a measurable well-being story will look soft next to this scale play.

Jigar Shah is now Chief Information Officer at WeWork, a role effective January 2026 after leading tech strategy since 2023. He is consolidating platforms across 28 countries, pulling AI, data and infrastructure into one stack, following earlier work at Yardi Systems.

John C. Santora, WeWork CEO, publicly backed the transformation.

Christoph Fahle of One Coworking analyzed 82,074 Google reviews across 1,351 European spaces and found each major brand leads on a different strength, from WeWork‘s location (99%) to Techspace‘s staff (100%). Spaces, Regus, Mindspace and Design Offices each scored highest on different aspects like connectivity, network reach, atmosphere and events.

The takeaway is to match needs like client meetings or quiet floors to the right operator rather than chasing a single winner. As someone with a pet peeve for ‘top coworking spaces in x’ lists, this hits home for me.