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COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SOLAR SOLUTIONS

Solar solutions for real estate owners

Greenskies helps real estate owners, REITs, property managers, asset managers, and portfolio owners turn rooftops, parking areas, and available property assets into solar opportunities.

Solar can help commercial real estate owners generate revenue, create long-term site value, support tenant and investor expectations, and improve the sustainability profile of properties and portfolios.

Create value from underutilized property assets

Real estate owners are balancing asset performance, tenant needs, operating requirements, investor expectations, and long-term property value. Solar can help CRE owners and portfolio managers:

Generate revenue from rooftops, parking areas, and land
Put underutilized space to productive use without disrupting core property operations
Support tenant sustainability expectations
Improve the sustainability profile of individual properties or broader portfolios
Create visible clean energy assets across commercial real estate sites
Evaluate portfolio-wide opportunities across multiple buildings, locations, or property types
Move projects forward with confidence through experienced planning, project structuring, and execution support

Greenskies helps real estate owners evaluate site feasibility, project structure, long-term value, and execution strategy across single properties and multi-site portfolios

Solar lease structures for real estate assets

For many real estate owners, the primary solar opportunity is not purchasing electricity from a system but increasing the value of the property itself.

Through a solar site lease or similar project structure, eligible property owners may lease rooftop space, parking areas, or land for solar development. Greenskies develops, finances, constructs, owns, and operates the solar project, while the property owner receives value from the use of available space.

Solar lease benefits may include

Revenue from underutilized property assets
No upfront capital investment from the property owner
Productive use of rooftops, parking areas, or available land
Support for tenant, investor, and stakeholder sustainability expectations
Long-term project ownership and operations by Greenskies
A practical way to add renewable energy value to commercial real estate

Project structures vary by site, ownership model, tenant energy needs, and local market conditions. Greenskies works with property owners to evaluate the right approach for each property or portfolio.

Solar solutions tailored to real estate owners

Real estate solar projects vary by property type, tenant mix, ownership structure, site conditions, and portfolio energy strategy. Greenskies helps real estate owners assess which properties are strong candidates for solar and how each opportunity can support long-term asset value.

Commercial property owners

Commercial property owners can use solar to generate value from rooftops, parking lots, parking garages, and available land that may otherwise sit unused.

Greenskies helps property owners evaluate solar opportunities across shopping centers, office buildings, warehouses, logistics facilities, industrial properties, and other commercial sites. Solar can support revenue generation, property differentiation, tenant value, and long-term site use.

REITs and portfolio owners

REITs and portfolio owners often manage large, geographically diverse property portfolios with varied roof conditions, tenant needs, and site constraints.

Greenskies helps evaluate portfolio-wide solar opportunities, prioritize viable sites, and structure projects across multiple locations. This can help owners identify scalable opportunities to create value, support sustainability goals, and strengthen the renewable energy profile of commercial real estate portfolios.

Property managers and asset managers

Property managers and asset managers balance site operations, tenant considerations, roof access, parking lot use, construction planning, and long-term operations.

Greenskies helps make solar practical for property owners, site teams, and tenants who use the property every day.

Turn rooftops, parking areas, and available land into solar assets

Rooftops, parking lots, and available land can create meaningful solar opportunities for real estate owners. These assets may support rooftop solar, solar carports, ground-mounted solar, or other project structures depending on site conditions and market requirements.

Greenskies evaluates property characteristics, roof condition, tenant considerations, interconnection, permitting, site access, and project economics to determine whether a property is suitable for solar.

Strong solar candidates may include

Large commercial rooftops
Shopping centers and retail properties
Warehouses, logistics facilities, and industrial buildings
Office properties and corporate campuses
Parking lots suitable for solar carports
Available land or constrained property areas
Multi-site real estate portfolios

Support tenant and investor sustainability expectations

Solar can help real estate owners improve the sustainability profile of commercial properties and support tenant or investor expectations around renewable energy.

For tenants, solar can be a visible sign of practical clean energy progress. For investors and stakeholders, solar can help show measurable action across real estate assets without relying on broad or dated ESG language.

Move forward in an evolving solar market

Commercial real estate solar projects still have opportunities in a changing market, but timing, financing, procurement, and project structure matter.

Greenskies helps property owners evaluate project options, preserve value where possible, and move viable solar opportunities forward with greater confidence.

Greenskies can help real estate owners evaluate

Property and portfolio solar potential
Rooftop, parking, land, and carport opportunities
Site lease and project structure options
Tenant and ownership considerations
ITC, Safe Harbor, and Domestic Content opportunities where applicable
Project timing, feasibility, and execution path

Why real estate owners choose Greenskies

Real estate solar projects require practical site evaluation, flexible structures, tenant-aware execution, and long-term accountability.

Greenskies originates, develops, constructs, finances, owns, and operates commercial solar projects, giving real estate owners a single experienced partner from early evaluation through long-term operations.

Proven experience and long-term support

400+ MW developed and constructed across 735+ sites in 19 states
Experience with commercial rooftops, parking areas, land, and multi-site portfolios
Flexible project structures, including site leases and PPAs where applicable
Support for tenant coordination, site access, and construction planning
Long-term ownership, asset management, and O&M support
National commercial solar experience with practical local execution

Jersey Gardens Mall

Elizabeth, NJ

System Size: 4.8MW

Highlights: Large-scale rooftop solar installation on a major commercial retail property, using approximately 15,000 solar modules to generate 11% of the mall's electricity demand. The project demonstrates how large commercial rooftops can be used to create long-term renewable energy value from existing property assets.

Butler Plaza

Gainesville, FL

System Size: 2.2MW

Highlights: Six-site retail solar portfolio anchored by a rooftop array at one of the Southeast's largest retail centers. The portfolio shows how shopping centers and retail properties can use large rooftops to support renewable energy generation and long-term property value.

Pavona Apartments by Windsor / GID

San Jose, CA

System Size: 130kW

Highlights: Rooftop solar installation at a multifamily property, expected to generate more than 180,000 kWh of clean electricity annually. Developed and financed by Greenskies at no upfront cost through a 25-year PPA, the project supports GID's long-term sustainability commitments while increasing on-site renewable energy production.

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How can commercial real estate owners use solar?

Commercial real estate owners can use solar to create value from rooftops, parking lots, parking garages, land, and other available property assets. Depending on the site and project structure, solar may generate lease revenue, support tenant sustainability goals, improve the sustainability profile of a property, and put underutilized space to productive use.

What is a solar roof lease?

A solar roof lease allows an eligible property owner to lease rooftop space for solar development. In a typical structure, Greenskies develops, finances, constructs, owns, and operates the solar project, while the property owner receives value from the use of available roof space.

Can parking lots be used for solar?

Yes. Parking lots may be suitable for solar carports depending on site conditions, layout, interconnection, permitting, and project economics. Solar carports can generate clean energy while making productive use of parking areas and providing added shade or covered parking benefits.

What types of real estate properties are good candidates for solar?

Large rooftops, shopping centers, retail properties, warehouses, logistics facilities, industrial buildings, office properties, parking lots, available land, and multi-site portfolios may be strong candidates for solar. Greenskies evaluates each site to determine whether solar is technically and financially viable.

Can solar support tenant sustainability goals?

Yes. Solar can help property owners support tenant expectations around renewable energy and sustainability. Depending on the project structure, solar may also help improve the property’s sustainability profile and demonstrate visible clean energy progress to tenants, investors, and stakeholders.

Who owns and operates the solar project after it is built?

Depending on the project structure, Greenskies can develop, finance, construct, own, operate, and maintain the solar project over the long term. This gives real estate owners a long-term partner beyond development and construction.

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