It has been speculated before which firms may benefit from a move downtown, or would even be interested. A few weeks ago Plante Moran announced an expansion of their office in downtown, and the reporter took the opportunity to ask whether a HQ move was in the works. Though it seemed like a throw away question, there may be some smoke here.

While meeting for beers with a friend in the industry, he said that a higher up at PM, who happens to be a friend of his, made a comment last fall that they are looking at consolidating the offices into one facility and are considering new build either downtown or in the burbs. In fact, he went as far to say that they already had property in mind both places that they are considering. This raises a few questions:

1. Is it simply a rumor or is there some truth behind this?
2. Would PM actually look at new build downtown? And if so, where make sense?
3. What type of impact would this have on downtown. Would this near 1,000 employees?