{"id":147927,"date":"2025-08-15T13:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/147927\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T13:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:40:10","slug":"first-solar-moving-tempe-offices-to-the-grove-in-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/147927\/","title":{"rendered":"First Solar moving Tempe offices to The Grove in Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX \u2013 First Solar, the largest solar technology company in the United States, will relocate its Tempe-based offices 7 miles north to east Phoenix.<\/p>\n

The new offices will be housed on the second floor of The Grove<\/a>, an office building at 44th Street and Camelback Road, which also houses tenants like PWC and JP Morgan. First Solar\u2019s offices will be 18,725 square feet, or around 2.5% of The Grove\u2019s total space.<\/p>\n

The news comes after the company\u2019s second quarter results were \u201creceived positively,\u201d according to Yahoo! Finance<\/a>. CEO Mark Widmar said the company \u201cprogressed our domestic capacity expansion during the quarter,\u201d with $1.10 billion in revenue reported.<\/p>\n

Christine Mackay, Phoenix\u2019s director of community and economic development, said the solar company\u2019s move signals the city\u2019s commitment toward \u201clong-term economic growth and innovation.\u201d <\/p>\n

First Solar opened its doors in Tempe in 1999.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to placing our Arizona-based team in a setting designed for performance and flexibility,\u201d First Solar\u2019s Samantha Sloan added.<\/p>\n

RED Development oversees The Grove\u2019s development and offices, alongside other city spaces like Biltmore Fashion Park, Chandler Gateway and Downtown Phoenix\u2019s CityScape.<\/p>\n

Mike Ebert, the company\u2019s managing partner, called First Solar\u2019s move \u201ca strong addition,\u201d adding \u201cthe demand we\u2019re seeing speaks to the appeal of a mixed-use environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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