Washington Post Co. explores the sale of its downtown headquarters
Source: Washington Post
The Washington Post Co. executives are considering relocating the company from its 63-year-old headquarters in downtown Washington, exploring the sale of the building that saw the Post evolve into one of the countrys top newspapers.
Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth made the announcement in an e-mail to staff Friday morning, saying the goal was to give us a more modern, bright, open and efficient building that better supports and advances our mission into the future.
Other major metropolitan media companies have recently sold their dated headquarters, reflecting changing times. While newspapers financial prospects have faded and their staffs slimmed, the prospects for their downtown real estate have improved. Thats particularly true in cities such as the District that have experienced a financial comeback and demographic influx led by young professionals.
The New York Times Co. moved into a new 52-story headquarters in Times Square in 2007, but sold and leased back the space it occupies there two years later to pay down debt. Last week the Detroit Media Partnership announced that it planned to sell the headquarters of the Free Press and Detroit News. Gannett has leased parts of its headquarters in Tysons Corner to at least five other companies.
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BumRushDaShow
(129,197 posts)to the School District and others and are now in leased space.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Joe Bacon
(5,165 posts)Nobody would be able to tell the difference between a Press Whore and the Real Thing
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(182,848 posts)They might as well be a call center.