This is major issue going forward for a lot of us and needs to have its own thread.
The company workshop should be attached to the company and not the land where it resides. There has been inclination towards the notion before but this should serve to keep the idea afloat by reaffirming interest.
Workshops are one of the largest time and Gil investments many of us will undertake in-game, the parts to build them are costly and time consuming, but the biggest barrier in having good viable ships is the duration they take to unlock and level. Granted they level almost every time after completing a mission, but it will take several months to get >all< 4 ships to 50 with choice parts.
As it stands moving a FC to another plot would forfeit all ship progress besides the parts resulting in significant constraint. Another issue is what if the FC decided to take a break or move servers, without housing the workshop progress would also be lost.
At the verge of a new expansion bringing additional housing, more information regarding the status of workshops and FC plot transfers is warranted.