Simon Benson Award alumni recipient Travis Knight set to expand his animation studio Laika:
Laika plans major Hillsboro expansion
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Laika, the Portland region's thrice-Oscar-nominated animation studio, is on the grow.
The company, according to the Oregonian, is boosting its Hillsboro space by 70 percent. Laika's current spot, which houses its studio, is 150,000 square feet.
The company had been thinking of expanding for some time, with Laika's Travis Knight telling the Business Journal last September that he was seeking as much as 350,000 square feet. Laika eventually hopes to produce one film per year.
"The kind of facility you'd need to make these films is a big box," he said at the time. "When we moved into this building, we were trying to find a place to suit our needs to make 'Coraline' in 2005/2006. It was huge. It was too big. Other than that, it was perfect. And by the end of 'Coraline' it was like, we don't have enough space. You fill it out."
Laika plans major Hillsboro expansion
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2015/03/laika-plans-major-hillsboro-expansion.html?ana=e_ptl_rdup&s=newsletter&ed=2015-03-11&u=I1DlZmR9LMyX7vqHI8XY0g07d54a20&t=1426087833" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Laika, the Portland region's thrice-Oscar-nominated animation studio, is on the grow.
The company, according to the Oregonian, is boosting its Hillsboro space by 70 percent. Laika's current spot, which houses its studio, is 150,000 square feet.
The company had been thinking of expanding for some time, with Laika's Travis Knight telling the Business Journal last September that he was seeking as much as 350,000 square feet. Laika eventually hopes to produce one film per year.
"The kind of facility you'd need to make these films is a big box," he said at the time. "When we moved into this building, we were trying to find a place to suit our needs to make 'Coraline' in 2005/2006. It was huge. It was too big. Other than that, it was perfect. And by the end of 'Coraline' it was like, we don't have enough space. You fill it out."
