Massachusetts solar company leases 125,000-sq.-ft. in Enfield

A Massachusetts solar company has leased 125,000 square feet in an Enfield industrial building. Hopkinton, Massachusetts-based commercial solar and energy storage contractor Solect Energy Development has signed a multi-year lease in a 362,568-square-foot industrial building on 14 acres at 53 Manning Road, according to Goman+York Property Advisors, which represented the landlord. Attempts to reach Solect were not successful. A limited liability affiliate of Las Vegas-based Patriot Holdings paid $7.5 million for the 1967-vintage building in 2022. The property was originally developed to service greeting card maker Hallmark, once a bedrock company for the town. Patriot, according to its website, manages more than $400 million in assets, spanning more than 3 million square feet across 100-plus commercial properties. Solect, founded in 2009, develops and installs solar and energy storage systems for municipalities, schools, businesses and nonprofits. The company says it has completed more than 900 projects representing over 185 megawatts of solar capacity. The building, which is broken into two units, also hosts a self-storage facility. Goman+York is marketing another roughly 102,768 square feet of second-floor warehouse space at the property. Goman+York Property Advisors Senior Vice President Robert Montesi said the Solect lease brings the industrial portion of the property more than halfway back toward full occupancy. “Solect Energy Development is an excellent fit for the building, and, along with a noticeable uptick in market activity, this bodes well for leasing the remaining space,” Montesi said. Solect was represented in the lease by Matt Cuneo, Victor Galvani and Jay Cannon of NAI Parsons Commercial Group Boston.