Mike’s Hard Lemonade is moving its (small) head office to Seattle; specifically to Pioneer Square’s Washington Shoe Building, that onetime party central for the Seattle indie art world. The company’s Canadian-born founder-CEO (whose real first name, natch, is Anthony) will hire 30 people here to handle development and marketing for the Mike’s brands, which are manufactured and distributed by subcontractors.

Imagine the implications: Boeing, Muzak, and UPS may have moved their corporate HQs to other states, but by golly we can still become the capital of flavored clear-malt coolers!