Should I use suggest an edit to move SAB to physical location?

[Desnr]

I am opening an office and need to move my existing SAB to a physical location in the same city. My current SAB GBP was previously moved (mid 2024) from a neighboring city (home address to home address) - I followed @JoyHawkins advice to create a new listing and then merge here. After around a month of back and forth with Google, eventually my reviews were moved, however I lost all photos and replies to reviews and it took awhile to rank again.

I am now physically moved into the new office and have updated all business documentation, citations, website, press release that the business has moved, GBP + Instagram updates that we're moving etc. I'm planning to wait a couple of weeks for Google to index everything and then edit/show the GBP address. Because I'm in a very low-volume, high-touch business, I am loath to risk losing reviews by creating another new profile and merging (it took me 5 years to get to 10 reviews).

My question is - should I try to update the GBP address by having a friend suggest an edit first? I've seen this approach recommended, but not sure how it works for SABs moving to physical location. I do see the option under "place is closed or not here" then "moved to a new location" and typing in the address - but would that risk shutting down the original GBP? Screenshots below.

Thanks in advance to the fantastic Sterling Sky team and others for advice!

 

[keyserholiday]

Update the address and complete the video verification process.

 

[JoyHawkins]

If you are moving to a storefront you can simply add the address. If you.were to ever hide that new address though, the profile would rank back at the old location.

 

[JS Girard]

To the basic question "should I try to update the GBP address by having a friend suggest an edit first" the answer and the reason that Jason is right is not "no you shouldn't", it's that move edit suggestions simply do not work with SABs.

At least I for one have never seen it work, though I admittedly haven't done a test in a while.

 

[JoyHawkins]

If you add the address, it does move the listing, it's when you remove it again that it screws it up. The moment you clear the new address, the listing reverts back to ranking at the original one you verified the listing with.

 

[JS Girard]

If you add the address, it does move the listing, it's when you remove it again that it screws it up. The moment you clear the new address, the listing reverts back to ranking at the original one you verified the listing with.

I meant adding the address via a user suggestion as Desnr was showing in their screenshots has never transformed a SAB into a pin-based profile for me