Our time on Sunset Blvd has ended. 25+ people in 1,500 square feet had become ridiculously inefficient so we have moved on down to the Pacific Design Center. We will miss the great views, the local Subway (eatery) and the occasional walk down to Sunset Plaza. We will certainly not miss the crappy building telco, exorbitant parking expense and the cramped quarters.
Working through a new lease in these economic times is an interesting exercise.
- Landlords in the prime area are trying to keep lease rates up (even in the spite of declining vacancy).
- Lots of lower cost space on mid-Wilshire, but that whole area feels sapped of energy.
- We talked to multiple landlords, and in each case they were amazingly slow to respond and close the deal (one would think otherwise in this environment).
Anyway, the best part of the move was the way the team responded. We elected to save some money and move ourselves. Everyone chipped in, and things went amazingly well. Over the course of 24 hours we had packed, moved out and in, built 30 new desks, and wired the new building.
The good news. We are in the new building. The bad news - we are in a temporary space (on a different floor) until our permanent office opens up in February. So we will soon be moving again.
Images below of our move and the "budget" approach we took.
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