Solar Array Compared With
Football Field (Lower Right)

PERRIS, CA-DEXUS Property Group has leased more than 1.6 million square feet of rooftop space on an industrial building here to Southern California Edison for 20 years for SCE to install a solar power system capable of generating up to 10 megawatts of electricity at peak capacity. The new solar station will be part of a network of solar plants SCE is building through Southern and Central California, according to an announcement from DEXUS regarding the installation. Electricity generated by these installations will be transferred directly into the neighboring SCE energy grid through more than a dozen groups of inverters and transformers built alongside the building.

Bruce McDonald, managing director of asset management and development for DEXUS’s US office, says the new lease "will unlock further value with the DEXUS distribution center to now host two tenants: SCE on the rooftop and Whirlpool within the building it has occupied since 2008." The building is at 3722 Redlands Ave.