What's being done to market Woods Corners?
NORWICH – Selling the Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals research laboratory and manufacturing plant at Woods Corners in Norwich couldn’t come too soon for town Supervisor David C. Law.
He told members of the Chenango County Planning and Development Board Tuesday that officials from what was once the county’s most prestigious and largest employer “seem to be dragging their feet.”
“We’ve had a couple of nibbles, but nothing really strong,” he said. “We have to get someone in there.”
The Cincinnati-based pharmaceutical company announced in June 2007 that it would close down operations over a two-year period. The company currently employs 180 at Woods Corners, down from 700 just seven years ago when it owned and operated the Eaton Center on Eaton Avenue in the City of Norwich and a manufacturing facility in North Norwich.
Law and Commerce Chenango President Maureen Carpenter recently hosted two prospective buyers on a tour through the plant. According to P&G External Relations Leader Scott Docherty, only one of them was a viable candidate.
“The Chamber has helped identify one possibly interested party,” he said. “The other one was local who was interested from news stories about the sale.”
Docherty said yesterday afternoon that he was in the process of helping a Binghamton-based real estate broker compile a marketing strategy for the 1950s era, 350,000 square feet complex. A packet should be ready to go out to the general public and to health care-specific companies by the end of he month, he said.
A small number of P&G employees are due to transfer to Cincinnati in December. The majority are scheduled to leave in phases by the end of 2009, either to Cincinnati, to retirement or onto new employment.
“We are working expeditiously with our brokers to get the right information to present to parties that may be interested in purchasing the site. We are not slowing the process down at all. There are just a lot of details that need to be pulled together for a site our size and the large number of capabilities that we have here,” Docherty said.
Law has suggested the facility could be utilized by an educational institution.
Docherty said P&G is not limiting the potential use of the site. “We would be open and agreeable to any prospect for this site that would benefit both the community of Norwich, the town and the surrounding area.”
He told members of the Chenango County Planning and Development Board Tuesday that officials from what was once the county’s most prestigious and largest employer “seem to be dragging their feet.”
“We’ve had a couple of nibbles, but nothing really strong,” he said. “We have to get someone in there.”
The Cincinnati-based pharmaceutical company announced in June 2007 that it would close down operations over a two-year period. The company currently employs 180 at Woods Corners, down from 700 just seven years ago when it owned and operated the Eaton Center on Eaton Avenue in the City of Norwich and a manufacturing facility in North Norwich.
Law and Commerce Chenango President Maureen Carpenter recently hosted two prospective buyers on a tour through the plant. According to P&G External Relations Leader Scott Docherty, only one of them was a viable candidate.
“The Chamber has helped identify one possibly interested party,” he said. “The other one was local who was interested from news stories about the sale.”
Docherty said yesterday afternoon that he was in the process of helping a Binghamton-based real estate broker compile a marketing strategy for the 1950s era, 350,000 square feet complex. A packet should be ready to go out to the general public and to health care-specific companies by the end of he month, he said.
A small number of P&G employees are due to transfer to Cincinnati in December. The majority are scheduled to leave in phases by the end of 2009, either to Cincinnati, to retirement or onto new employment.
“We are working expeditiously with our brokers to get the right information to present to parties that may be interested in purchasing the site. We are not slowing the process down at all. There are just a lot of details that need to be pulled together for a site our size and the large number of capabilities that we have here,” Docherty said.
Law has suggested the facility could be utilized by an educational institution.
Docherty said P&G is not limiting the potential use of the site. “We would be open and agreeable to any prospect for this site that would benefit both the community of Norwich, the town and the surrounding area.”
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