Potential buyer for Pfizer
Comments |
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is in negotiations with a potential
buyer for its operation in Kent.
The drugs company has confirmed it is meeting with a consortium
about the future of its base in Sandwich.
The firm announced nearly a year ago it would be closing its
Kent site, which employed 2,400 people.
Pfizer has now confirmed it is in talks with a consortium called
London and Metropolitan about buying the campus, called the
Discovery Park.
A Pfizer spokesman said: "Following a structured selection
process, Pfizer has entered into a period of legal exclusivity with
a consortium led by London & Metropolitan and financed by a
major European institutional real estate investor, which could lead
to the sale of the Discovery Park campus in Sandwich, Kent.
"This announcement is a positive milestone in the transition of
the Discovery Park to becoming a multiple-use campus with
Enterprise Zone status."
It announced in November that 650 jobs would remain at the
Pfizer site.
Friday, January 27 2012
The KM Group does not moderate comments.
Please click here for our house rules.