WotC Wizards of the Coast Is Moving -- But Not Far!

Wizards of the Coast has leased 110,000 square feet in a new office development in Southport, an area of Renton, a city near Seattle in Washington. The company is already based in Renton, which is where D&D has been based since WotC acquired TSR.

Renton’s Southport, the 727,000 square foot office complex developed by SECO Development located on the southern shores of Lake Washington, has found another tenant to occupy its modern office space. Hasbro’s gaming subsidiary Wizards of the Coast

SECO’s Southport Development Scores 110,000 SQFT Lease with Gaming Developer Wizards of the Coast - The Registry

Renton SECO Development Southport The Partners Group Wizards of the Coast Hasbro

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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm not sure if there are many news organizations that are even interested in being informative.

This is an extremely silly take.

Almost everything you know about what's going on in the world is the product of a reporter, outside of stuff in your immediate vicinity, even if it's been laundered through social media posts.

Now, are there outlets that get stuff wrong? Yep, just like there are businesses and professionals of all sorts that make a mess of things.

Generally speaking, I don't think much of cable news or even local broadcast television news, but most of what is accepted fact was reported and verified by a newspaper reporter, usually a local newspaper reporter making less than a school teacher's salary, and then regurgitated by progressively better paid (and less close to the source) other outlets.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Sure, but I don’t think it would be wrong to say they count it as one of their notable titles. It is a very notable title, and they do count it among those they’ve published.

Pokemon is also one of the two properties, outside of D&D, associated with WotC that random real estate investor (the audience for the newspaper being quoted) would recognize.

 

[Charlaquin]

Pokemon is also one of the two properties, outside of D&D, associated with WotC that random real estate investor (the audience for the newspaper being quoted) would recognize.

Exactly

 

[JEB]

So is this more space than they had before?

 

[Lanefan]

So is this more space than they had before?

By about half again I think - something like 75000 square feet to 110000, with both those numbers being very approximate.

 

[GreyLord]

Even if it is only 5KM, moving is a major expense and not as easy as one may think if they've never moved a large amount of office stuff.

Humorous Edit PS: But is it worth it? If it stops all that junkmail from coming into the mailboxes...it might be!!!

 

[DeviousQuail]

Scared me with that title. I like having them in my backyard and wouldn't want them to go somewhere else.

 

[bedir than]

I haven't read the story, but I'm wondering if this means that their branch offices in Bellevue (Eastgate) are going to consolidate again.

SouthPort is a fun little area that should be a booming space, but opened just prior to the pandemic

 

[Abstruse]

Do we know if they're actually moving or if they're expanding into an additional office? I mean they are a top-level subdivision of Hasbro now with a lot more responsibility including all the digital gaming for Hasbro which includes...I think four video game studios at this point? Two from ex BioWare people, Tuque, and the Wizards Digital team doing M:TG Arena. I know Archetype and Skeleton Key both have their own offices in Austin, but that's still a big expansion.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

Since the new office is situated directly next to a lake, they should rename the company to Wizards of the Shore.

Kidding aside, that looks like a great place for an office. It's always feels good to be close to water.