PMI, On The Move

As many of our customers and visitors to this site are aware, Point Park University has purchased the building we have occupied for the past 23 years. The bad news is that we have to move, the good news is that we have about two years to figure out where we’re moving to. We anticipate that our new location will be somewhere within the central business district of Pittsburgh, and most every commercial real estate company in Southwestern Pennsylvania has recently been in touch with us, assuring us that they have just the property to satisfy our needs.

It will no doubt take some time to identify a location, negotiate the lease/purchase terms and build it out to our specifications—but we’re confident that we can accomplish that before the end of this decade. In the interim, if you hear any good rumors about what we’re planning and where we’re going, please be certain to share them with us. We’ll be happy to post them here for all to read, and we’ll even give a gift certificate to the person who submits the rumor that turns out to be the truth.

So let’s have some fun with our dilemma, let us know what you hear at rumors@pmidigital.com

Some we’ve heard so far include:

PMI Moves to Braddock
False:  Sure, there’s plenty of available properties and abundant free parking plus, the economic incentives would be plentiful, but Braddock?  I guess we could start a trend like we did when we moved to the Firstside area of Pittsburgh over 20 years ago.  Any other media-related businesses out there want to join us in Braddock?  No offense to the General for whom the town was named or to Joe Pytka for that matter, but we think not.

PMI Returns to Its Roots on Ross
False:  Rumor has it that PMI may occupy 200 Ross Street, the former location of Gateway Studios, but this is not true.  Even though the founders of the company spent many years there prior to opening PMI, it was decided that a return uptown may not be the best business decision…at least that’s what we think today.

PMI and the Boulevard Deli Combine Forces
False:  PMI and the Deli have been tenants in the same building for over twenty years and there are those who feel that we should move together-- after all, it was so convenient. But alas, we don’t think that’s to happen.  They’ve moved to Smithfield Street without us.  We wonder what they’ll call themselves there, perhaps The Boulevard Deli on Smithfield.  Maybe we should give them some ideas.  

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