Solar energy firm heads to Allen with new headquarters and warehouse

Allen has just landed a new corporate headquarters — the latest economic development win for the Collin County city.Plano-based Sol-Ark, which sells a line of solar-generating and energy-storage technology products for homes and businesses, is moving its head offices and production facilities to Allen.“Allen is the perfect place for our growing business because of its central location within the Metroplex and the opportunity to create a collaborative corporate campus,” Sol-Ark chief technology officer Tom Brennan said in a statement. “Because we are expanding rapidly, being surrounded by a highly skilled workforce was also an important factor in the site selection process.”The company has leased a 115,000-square-foot office building at 805 North Central Expressway for its headquarters. The two-story building is just east of the popular Watters Creek shopping district and…

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