Another Thanksgiving, Another Old Legacy Merck Property For Sale...

At Thanksgiving 2016, we were discussing the fact that the Whitehouse Station former Merck HQ sale had fallen through.

Here at Thanksgiving 2017, Merck has relisted a nearby (or a part of the same?) property -- 154 acres, in all -- with Jones Lang LaSalle. The full article is behind a registration wall, so if any readers out there want to chime in with more detail, that would be great. I've used a Google Maps image of the corner where the parking entrance is, as my graphic, at right. But is this the other half/parcel of the since-divided old Merck HQ lots? The one million or so square foot building that was HQ is still listed (I believe) with Cushman -- is/was this part of that?

Hmmm. . . is this the "rest" of that tract -- the more prosaic, and industrial complex part of it? It seems so (unless my memory is faulty, here two decades on), by the iconic sandwich shoppe, down the street, on the corner -- from those "bad old days", flying in and out, to meet with Merck. [I used to snag lunch there, when I flew in and out for the day, to do licensing and M&A deals (on behalf of another life science company) with various factions of Merck. . . gosh, how time flies. . . . In any event, do let me know. . . what you know, dear readers.] It should be quiet around here for a bit.

And do have a safe and happy turkey feast, one and all. I'm out until Monday night, barring an unforeseen event in the land of the crazy that is 45. Which is to say -- I am sure he will do something. . . nutty. Sheesh. Smile -- just the same.

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