Baltimore Sun Media’s headquarters will be moving to downtown Baltimore in 2012,
Trif Alatzas published a memo Thursday afternoon announcing that the company has signed a lease on 200 St. Paul Place. He stated that he expected the suite to be ready for move-in in the first quarter 2023.
The newspaper’s new offices will be just a few blocks away from its longtime home at 501 N. Calvert St. After 68 years in that building, The Sun’s editorial and business operations staff moved to Baltimore Peninsula, formerly known as Port Covington, in 2018, joining what was then the paper’s printing plant at Sun Park.
The return to the Central Business District will position reporters closer to many of Baltimore’s government agencies and landmarks. The Sun, as well as several other community newspapers, will be located in the new offices.
The Sun’s record-breaking year of growth, in which it reached 80,000 digital subscribers, ended with this move.
“We are thrilled to be back in the heart of the Central Business District in a space that is well suited to our needs,” Alatzas said in a statement. “For more than 185 years, The Sun has been the leading source of news and information, advertising and customer service for this region. Our digital subscription program, which is supported by our readers, is the best in the country. We look forward to building on that success.”
The company’s departure from Sun Park is complete. In January, the Sun shut down its Sun Park printing plant and moved printing operations to Wilmington. The Sun Park newsroom was closed on January 1, and staff met for the last time on December 9.
The paper will be located in the same building as The Daily Record. The building’s other tenants include the offices of the Maryland Attorney General and the Maryland Insurance Administration.