It’s been a busy week in Chicago as we’re unpacking from the brief one-block trip over to 230 East Ohio. Everything went great, but we all hope it’ll be a while before we have to move again.

fxphd has a larger and nicer studio space which is used for both class editing and recording, as well as doing on camera filming and product inserts on greenscreen. The folks at Hootenanny and Mr. Moqo also have some more space, including a couple of extra offices for future expansion. We took over the former Outsider space, a post company that went out of business earlier this year (well, officially they say “reorganized”). It’s never great to see another company go under, especially in these challenging business times in post. But it is a good example of one company’s demise providing a fantastic opportunity for another — a space that is already built out and just needed a serious facelift.

We’re covering the move in this week’s PST201 course at fxphd. Liz and Jim will be discussing why taking over an already built-out space is preferable to building out from scratch (even though a landlord would give you hundreds of thousands of dollars for the build-out), how construction is handled, and more. Jim actually helped oversee the move of Avenue Edit (an $18-million company) several years ago so he’s got some experience on the subject.

For a gallery of images from the new space…click through to see the full post.