Alexion Not Yet Signed Agreement With Oconee County For Purchase Of Land At Gateway Business Park

Oconee County has not yet received a signed contract back from Alexion Pharma LLC of New Haven, Conn., for the sale of 38 acres in its Gateway Technology Business Park south of Bogart.

J.R. Charles, Oconee County economic development director, said he is not expecting a decision until late summer.

The sale of the property, which has occupied recent meetings of the Oconee County Industrial Development Authority, owners of the business park, came up only indirectly at the group’s meeting last month.

The Authority did vote to go into executive session for some unspecified reason at the end of its regular February session, and it is possible the sale was discussed at that time.

The Authority is scheduled to meet again at 4 p.m. tomorrow (Monday) at the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce offices on Nancy Drive in Watkinsville.

For more on this story, with a complete video of the February IDA meeting, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Public Works Director Emil Beshara.