Cairo/MTM Pictures lot

Cairo/MTM Pictures Lot is a television and film studio complex located at 100 Studio City Plaza in Studio City, Washington. It is owned by the Cairo/MTM Entertainment Group. The lot officially opened the gates of Studio City on March 15, 1915. Today the Cairo/MTM Pictures Lot is made up of 400 acres, which includes more than 30 sound stages and 165 separate structures. The Argosy Media Building is the Cairo/MTM Entertainment Group headquarters, but the studio lot is the HQ for the Cairo/MTM Pictures subsidiary.

History
On April 4, 1916 William Marshall opened Cairo Pictures on a 230-acre ranch near Seattle. The site later became known as Studio City. This was considered the second self-contained community dedicated to making films after Universal City.

In 1951, the Cairo Pictures lot increased its overall size to 400 acres after Cairo acquired additional land at the northern border of the studio. Over the years, numerous television shows and movies were filmed on the Cairo lot.

Television South (TVS Entertainment) bought the Cairo lot in 1985. Cairo then leased back its property from TVS until TVS and Cairo merged in 1989.

In 2011, the site was renamed "Cairo/MTM Pictures Lot" as part of a reorganization of the Argosy Media film studios. In 2012, Cairo/MTM demolished the backlot and 5 of the 10 post-production studios in favor of 5 new sound stages, 5 new office buildings (Cairo Pictures Building, Visual Arts Building, Cinema City Building, Argosy Broadcasting Building, and Argosy Graphic Design Building) and 5 new backlots.

Today, the Cairo/MTM Lot is one of the largest full-service production facilities. It has continued to modernize and grow with plans to expand by adding additional soundstages and building facilities.